The President of Pakistan has conferred non-operational military awards upon 35 officers of Pakistan Air Force on the occasion of 66th Independence Day of Pakistan. The awards include two Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military), 13 Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military), 12 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military), three Sitara-e-Basalat and five Tamgha-e-Basalat.
Following Pakistan Air Force officers' names were announced for the respective Non-Operational Military Awards: Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military): AVM Hafeez Ullah GD (P) and AVM Hamid Shahab Hashmi Engg.
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military): Air Cdre Arshad Mahmood GD (P), Air Cdre Akmai Abbas Khan (Late) GD (P), Air Cdre Shoaib Akbar Khan GD (P), Air Cdre Syed Nadeem Haider Jafri Engg, Air Cdre Muhammad Abbas Engg, Air Cdre Hafiz Noor Anwar AD, Air Cdre Syed Furqan Ahmed Zaidi AD, Gp Captain Muhammad Usman Ghani GD (P), Gp Captain Jawad Zafar Chaudary GD (P), Gp Captain Shahid Jamil Khan Engg, Gp Captain Imran Mehmood Engg, Gp Captain Khalid Mehmood Engg and Gp Captain Rana Muhammad Aslam A&SD.
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military): Gp Captain Adnan Naimat GD (P), Gp Captain Haider Raza Khan AD, Gp Captain Muhammad Ashraf Shahzad A&SD, Wg Cdr S Ali Shezad Abbas Naqvi GD (P), Wg Cdr Taimur Iqbal GD (P), Wg Cdr Shahab Imtiaz GD (P), Wg Cdr Salman Kaleem GD (P), Wg Cdr Idrees-A-Khurshid Engg, Wg Cdr Muhammad Ali Qadir Engg, Wg Cdr Muhammad Abu Bakar Engg, Wg Cdr Waqas Ahmad Log and Wg Cdr Aabid Iftikhar Malik AD.
Sitara-e-Basalat: Gp Captain Amir Shahzad GD (P), Wg Cdr Ghazanfar Latif GD (P) and Wg Cdr Ali Naeem Zahoor GD (P). Tamgha-e-Basalat: Sqn Ldr Agha Syed Zaighum Ali Shah (Shaheed) GD (P), Sqn Ldr Muazzam Ali Khawar (Shaheed) GD (P), Sqn Ldr S Muhammad Masood Akhtar Rizvi (Shaheed) GD (P), Flt Lieutenant Mustafa Shahid (Shaheed) GD (P) and Flt Lieutenant Haseef Alam (Shaheed) GD (P).-PR