Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has conferred military awards on the officers of the Pakistan Army, Navy, and Air Force at a special investiture ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad today. Sitara-i-Basalt was conferred on Captain Syed Amir Raza of Pakistan Navy, while forty-three general officers received Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military).
According to Radio Pakistan, the recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) include several high-ranking officials: Air Marshal Muhammad Sarfraz, Air Marshal Kazim Hammad, Air Marshal Shakeel Ghazanfar, Major General Saeed Ur Rehman Sarwar, Major General Nadeem Afzal, Air Vice Marshal Shakeel Safdar, and Major General Tahir Masood Ahmad, among others.
The list of honorees further comprises Major General Sohail Sabir, Major General Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Major General Zeeshan Ahmad, Major General Sohail Ilyas, and Rear Admiral Muhammad Hussain Sial. Also awarded are Major General Syed Mukarram Hussain, Major General Iftikhar Ahmed Satti, Major General Ghulam Shabeer Narejo, and Major General Shahid Pervaiz, as well as Major General Muhammad Asim Khan, Major General Nadeem Yousaf, Major General Gulam Muhammad, and their distinguished peers.
Additional recipients include Major General Noor Wali Khan, Major General Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Major General Raja Muhammad Naeem Ashraf, Major General Naseem Anwar, Major General Umar Ahmad Shah, and Major General Muhammad Shahid Siddeeq. Major General Adeel Haider Minhas, Major General Syed Ali Raza, Rear Admiral Shifaat Hussain, Rear Admiral Amir Mahmood, and the list continues with Major General Abdul Sami, Major General Muhammad Yasir Elahi, Rear Admiral Imtiaz Ali, and others.
Concluding the list are Major General Kamal Anwar Chaudhry, Major General Muneer Ud Din, Major General Ahsan Waqas Kayani, Major General Farrukh Shahzad Rao, Major General Adnan Sarwar Malik, Major General Omar Maqbool, Major General Azhar Yasin, Rear Admiral Khyber Zaman, Rear Admiral Shafquat Hussain Akhtar, Major General Zaheer Akhtar, and Major General Mahmood Sultan.