The ceremony took place at the Aiwan- e-Sadr in Islamabad and was attended by President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCSC) General Khalid Shameem Wynne.
Zardari and Kayani also had a brief meeting during the award ceremony and discussed various issues.
Admiral Sandila replaced Admiral Nauman Bashir as the Chief of Naval Staff in October 2011. He was commissioned in the operations branch of the navy in 1975.
The officer has held appointments which include Command of a guided missile Destroyer PNS BADR and 25th Destroyer Squadron. He was also director-general Maritime Security Agency and Commander Logistics.
Sandila commanded the navy fleet from Oct 2008 to Nov 2009.
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its a ceremonial medal given to a 4 star admiral who is appointed the Chief of Navy. Medal given purely on ceremonial-cum-professional basis.
Has the navy chief switched sides from Army to the civvies ???
So that makes him really good at fishing isn't it?
@Nadir:
He has not caused an incident like Mehran...yet.
@ nadir:
"And what exactly is his acheivement?:"
An excellent question!
Perhaps the answer lies in Gillani/Zardari proclamations and boasting about 'longest serving PM/elected government' - which means that apparently just 'existing' is an achievement for this bunch.
This government also handed out a raft of awards when it came into power to Western officials like Biden and Boucher over some very dubious 'contributions to Pakistan'.
I don’t think that this was the right time to award Nishan-i-Imtaiz to PN Chief when the political environment of the country is at its lowest ebb.
Probably, one of the reasons may be that all the services chief would come at the presidency and the President would get an opportunity to chit chat with every one to remove any misunderstanding between the political and the military elite.
For what?
And what exactly is his acheivement?