COAS confers awards
By Adnan Rafique

RAWALPINDI—An investiture ceremony was held at the Army Auditorium to confer awards of “Sitara-i-Imtiaz” (Civil), “Sitara-i-Imtiaz” (Military), “Tamgha-i-Imtiaz” (Civil) and United Nations (UN) Medal. The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani conferred the awards.
A total of 113 awards, including 1 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Civil), 101 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), 3 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Civil) and 8 UN Medals were conferred during the ceremony. It may be highlighted that UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon has awarded UN Medals to 8 Pakistan Army personnel who embraced shahadat while performing Peace Keeping Duties in different UN Missions last year. A large number of senior military officials and relatives of awardees attended the ceremony. Those who have been awarded are Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmed has been awarded with “Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Civil).
Those who have been awarded with Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) are Major General Sohail Shafqat, Brigadier Muhammad Shahid, Brigadier Qaiser Hameed Malik, Brigadier Fazal Ur Rehman, Brigadier Chaudhry Muhammad Rafique, Brigadier Abdul Ghafoor, Brigadier Tahir Mahmood Zahid, Brigadier Shahid Hamid, Brigadier Maqbool Ahmad, Brigadier Shaukat Ali, Brigadier Syed Muhammad Jamil, Brigadier Shahir Yar Ashraf, Brigadier Muhammad Mansur Aslam, Brigadier Abdul Razzaq, Brigadier Tanveer Ullah Khan, Brigadier Saeed Ahmad Khan, Brigadier Nisar Ahmad, Brigadier Tughral Yamin, Brigadier Farooq Ahmad Mir, Brigadier Abdul Hamid, Brigadier Wajahat Ahmad Chaudhary, Brigadier Javed Ahmed, Brigadier Ifzal Ahmad Chohan, Brigadier Pervaiz Sarwar, Brigadier Tayyab Akram, Brigadier Abdul Majeed, Brigadier Muhammad Jan, Brigadier Shahid Pervez Cheema, Brigadier Ahmad Ghias Nadim, Brigadier Khalid Nazir, Brigadier Nisar Ahmed, Brigadier Pervez Khalid, Brigadier Sharaf Saifoor Gul Kiani, Brigadier Muhammad Javed Anwar, Brigadier Sajid Hussain Rizvi, Brigadier Ikramur Rahman, Brigadier Babar Baig Barlas, Brigadier Muhammad Aslam, Brigadier Akhtar Javed Warraich, Brigadier Iftikhar Ul Haq, Brigadier Shaukat Yaqub Malik, Brigadier Sheikh Muhammad Tahir, Brigadier Jamal Zia, Brigadier Shahid Ahmad, Brigadier Muhammad Faheem Khawar, Brigadier Tariq Sher, Brigadier Agha Ali Raza Qizilbash, Brigadier Zuhr Khan, Brigadier Muhammad Iftikhar Mansoor, Brigadier Munir Ahmed, Brigadier Arjmand Iqbal Janjua, Brigadier Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Brigadier Ghazanfer Ali, Brigadier Mukhtar Hussain, Brigadier Akhtar Nawaz Janjua, Brigadier Tahir Ul Mulk Kahlon, Brigadier Muhammad Zahir Khan, Brigadier Nadir Mir, Brigadier Muhammad Asif Alvi, Brigadier Jawed Ashraf Bajwa, Brigadier Zahir Shah, Brigadier Zafar Ali, Brigadier Munawar Hayat Khan Niazi, Brigadier Khawar Awais Butt, Brigadier Tariq Aslam, Brigadier Simeen Ber Rehman, Brigadier Muhammad Arif, Brigadier (Mrs) Gul-e-Rana, Brigadier Anwar Ul Islam, Brigadier Liaqat Ali Minhas, Brigadier Sohail Azad Kayani, Brigadier Amtul Hafeez, Colonel Muhammad Asif Masood Nazami, Colonel Ghulam Sarwar, Colonel Imtiaz Ghani Bhatti, Colonel Mateen Arif, Colonel Khalil Taher, Colonel Saleem Zaman, Colonel Ehsan Ullah, Colonel Arshad Mahboob Khan, Colonel Ahmad Javed, Colonel Tafseer Ahmad, Colonel Abdul Jabbar, Colonel Syed Najam Ul Hasan Rizvi, Colonel Arshad Saeed Kundi, Colonel Muhammad Qasim, Colonel Rao Muhammad Tariq Aziz, Colonel Rashid Amin, Colonel Afzal Niaz, Colonel Abdul Qadir, Colonel Muhammad Ashfaq Afridi, Colonel Syed Mohsin Jalil, Colonel Abrar Daud Chaudhary, Colonel Muhammad Zameer Khan, Colonel Muhammad Khalid Khan, Colonel Basharat Aman, Colonel Anwar Ul Haq, Colonel Zahid Iqbal, Colonel Azhar Hussain, Colonel Azmat Ali, Colonel Innayat Ullah Arain,
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Civil) has been awarded to Major Muhammad Aslam, Naib Subedar Abdul Khaliq and Lance Havildar Nazir Hussain Shah. United Nation Medal has been awarded to Subedar Noor Ul Samad (Shaheed), Havildar Muhammad Sadiq (Shaheed), Havildar Nazir Ahmed (Shaheed), Havildar Hafiz Muhammad Khan (Shaheed), Havildar Zafar Iqbal (Shaheed), Naik Nusrat Mehmood (Shaheed), Sepoy Amir Mukhtar (Shaheed), Sepoy Hayat Ullah (Shaheed).