ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday awarded insignia of military honors to 42 officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces.
The Presidential investiture ceremony was held at Aiwan-e-Sadr on the occasion of Pakistan Day and was attended by senior officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces, government officials and the families of the awardees.
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Army) recipients included Lt Gen Mohsin Muhammad Qureshi, Air Marshal Abdul Moeed Khan, Air Marshal Tariq Zia, Air Marshal Ghulam Abbas Ghuman, Major General Shoaib Ahmed, Major General Naseer Ahmed Samore, Rear Admiral Habibur Rehman, Major General Shazia Nisar, Major General Ejaz Ghani, Major General Nadeem Ahmed Rana, Major General Waseem Ahmad Khan, Major General Arshad Naseem, Rear Admiral Syed Ahmed Salman, Major General Arshad Mehmood, General Muhammad Atif Mansha, Major General Javed Dost Chandio, Major General Muhammad Irfan Khan, Major General Syed Asif Hussain, Major General Sheheryar Parvez Butt, Air Vice Marshal Zaffar Aslam, Major General Imranullah, Rear Admiral Jawad Ahmed, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, Rear Admiral Faisal Amin, Major General Muhammad Raza Aizad, Major General Muhammad Ishaq Khattak, Major General Ch. Amin Ajmal, Major General Jawwad Ahmed Qazi, Major General Ahmad Bilal, Major General Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhry, Major General Ehsan Ali, Major General Kamran Nazir Malik, Major General Wajid Aziz, Major General Muhammad Umer Bashir, Major General Asad ur Rehman Afzal Cheema, Major General Mushtaq Ali, Major General Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Major General Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Rear Admiral Syed Faisal Ali Shah, Major General Ahsan Altaf and Major General Abeena Choudry.
The President also conferred Sitara-i-Basalat (posthumously) on Captain Abdul Wali Shaheed, who received martyrdom during a terrorist operation in North Waziristan.
President confers military awards upon officers of Pakistan Armed Forces
