President confers military awards

President Asif Ali Zardari conferred insignias of military awards upon 42 officers of the Pakistan armed forces at a presidential investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Sunday in connection with Pakistan Day celebrations.

The investiture ceremony was attended by senior military officers, government officials and families of the award recipients. At the ceremony, the president conferred Sitara-i-Basalat (posthumous) upon Capt Abdul Wali Shaheed, who embraced martyrdom during a terrorist operation in North Waziristan.
Sitara-e-Basalat– Star of Good Conduct—is a non-operational gallantry award of Pakistan Armed Forces given to individuals for distinguished acts of gallantry, valor or courage while performing their duty. It is given by the President of Pakistan on the recommendation of a service chief.The recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) are Lt-Gen Mohsin Qureshi,  Air Marshal Abdul Moeed Khan, Air Marshal Tariq Zia, Air Marshal Ghulam Abbas Ghuman, Maj-Gen Shoaib Ahmed, Maj-Gen Naseer Ahmed Samore, Rear Admiral Habibur Rehman, Maj-Gen Shazia Nisar, Maj-Gen Ejaz Ghani, Maj-Gen Nadeem Rana, Maj-Gen Waseem Ahmad Khan, Maj-Gen Arshad Naseem, Rear Admiral Syed Ahmed Salman, Maj-Gen Arshad Mehmood, Maj-Gen Atif Mansha, Maj-Gen Javed Dost Chandio, Maj-Gen Muhammad Irfan Khan, Maj-Gen Syed Asif Hussain, Maj-Gen Sheheryar Parvez Butt, Air Vice Marshal Zaffar Aslam, Maj-Gen Imranullah, Rear Admiral Jawad Ahmed, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, Rear Admiral Faisal Amin, Maj-Gen Muhammad Raza Aizad, Maj-Gen Ishaq Khattak, Maj-Gen Chaudhry Amin Ajmal, Maj-Gen Jawwad Qazi, Maj-Gen Ahmad Bilal, Maj-Gen Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhry, Maj-Gen Ehsan Ali, Maj-Gen Kamran Nazir Malik, Maj-Gen Wajid Aziz, Maj-Gen Umer Bashir, Maj-Gen Asadur Rehman Afzal Cheema, Maj-Gen Mushtaq Ali, Maj-Gen Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Maj-Gen Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Rear Admiral Syed Faisal Ali Shah, Maj-Gen Ahsan Altaf and Maj-Gen Abeena Choudry.