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32 army officers awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz

ISLAMABAD: An investiture ceremony was held at Aiwan-e-Sadr where President General Pervez Musharraf conferred Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) on officers of Pakistan Armed Forces.

Awards were conferred on Vice Admiral Iftikahr Ahmed, Vice Admiral Asaf Humayun, Air Marshal Mirza Zafar Hussain, Rear Admiral Shahid Lateef, Major General Zahid Hussain, Major General Syed Khalid Amir Jaffery, Major General Nusrat Naeem, Major General Asif Ali, Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan, Major General Tahir Mahmood, Major General Shahid Iqbal, Major General Muhammad Siddique, Rear Admiral Noman Bashir, Major General Muhammad Akram Sahi, Major General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, Major General Muhammad Farooq, Major General Muhammad Tahir Saeed, Major General Masood Hasan, Major General Muhammad Mustafa Khan, Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Ateeb Siddiqui, Air Vice Marshal Hifazat Ullah Khan, Major General Ayyaz Saleem Rana, Major General Naeem Khalid Lodhi, Major General Qasim Qureshi, Major General Bilal Omer Khan, Major General Imtiaz Ahmad, Air Vice Marshal M. Ikram Ullah Bhatti, Major General Nasim Ul Majeed, Major General Badshah Khan, Major General Muhammad Javed Khan, Major General Abdul Malik and Major General Saeed Ullah Khan.

The ceremony was attended by Chairman Senate, federal ministers and high ranking civil and military officers and families of the awarded persons.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=22695

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What is the reason for this grand ceremony?
 
Once you get your 2nd Star you get it. Could be a lot of reasons.
 
Once you get your 2nd Star you get it. Could be a lot of reasons.

I would have thought that since 'Hilal' is a very major honour, you got to do something before you earn it. A lot of high awards given away like that lessens the value of the awards. Suppose that the top brass of the Miliatry consider 'Sitara' too minor an award for their ego.
 
Another source.

President grants awards to officers, men of armed forces

ISLAMABAD, Mar 22 (APP): The President General Pervez Musharraf has granted Military awards to the officers and men of Pakistan Armed Forces according to a Gazette Notification issued by Government of Pakistan Ministry of Defence.

The officers who have been conferred with SITARA-I-BASALT are Major Muhammad Khan (Shaheed), FF, Sepoy Zafar Mehmood Khan (Shaheed), FF, Wing Commander Rizwan Ullah Khan, (Died).

TAMGHA-I-BASALAT: Brigadier Ghayuur Mahmood, FF, Colonel Waheed Khan Bangash, Baloch, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ikram Ul Haq, AK, Major Saif Ullah Khan, Sind, Lieutenant Saad Khan, Baloch, CDT-1 Tariq Mahmood, MAR-1 Muhammad Ramzan, Wing Commander Syed Hussain Mehdi, Squadron Leader Khurram Habib, Flying Officer Muhammad Afzal (Died), Senior Tech Ghulam Shabbir.

HILAL-I-IMTIAZ (MILITARY): Major General Syed Guftar Shah, EME, Major General Syed Khalid Amir Jaffery, Arty, Major General Nusrat Naeem, Arty, Major General Saeedullah Khan, AC, Major General Asif Ali, Engrs, Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan, Sind, Major General Tahir Mahmood, Punjab, Major General Shahid Iqbal, Baloch, Major General Muhammad Siddique, Arty, Major General Tanvir Tahir, EME, Major General Zahid Hussain, Arty, Major General Nasim Ul Majeed, AMC and Major General Badshah Khan, AMC.

Pakistan Navy are: Rear Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed and Rear Admiral Asaf Humayun. From Pakistan Air Force the officers are Air Vice Marshal Mirza Zafar Hussain and Muhammad Ateeb Siddiqui.

SITARA-I-IMTIAZ (MILITARY) have been granted to officers include: Brigadier Muhammad Ovais Mustafa, EME, Brigadier Munawar Hussain, EME, Brigadier Razi Uddin, AD, Brigadier Malik Manzoor Hussain, Arty, Brigadier Aziz Ahmad Chatta, FF, Brigadier Raja Muhammad Arif Nazir, Avn, Brigadier Khan Azam Khurshid, Sigs, Brigadier Muhammad Anwar Khan, Engrs, Brigadier Muhammad Akbar, Sigs, Brigadier Syed Javed Iqbal, AD, Brigadier Syed Agha Haider Naqvi, AC, Brigadier Agha Ali Hassan, Engrs, Brigadier Muhammad Zulfiqar, Avn, Brigadier Zahid Ahmed Malik, Sigs, Brigadier Nasir Mahmood, Avn, Brigadier Javed Iqbal, Sigs, Brigadier Syed Waqar Hussain Bokhari, AC, Brigadier Khaliq Ur Rehman Shad, Engrs, Brigadier Azmat Hayat Khan, FF, Brigadier M Khaliq Ur Rashid Kayani, Engrs, Brigadier Babur Idris, FF, Brigadier Muhammad Asim Anwar Khan, AD, Brigadier Kamran Aziz Qazi, Arty, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Ahmed, ASC, Brigadier Sajjad Hussain Shah, Sigs, Brigadier Waqar Gull, ASC, Brigadier Ali Mohsin, FF, Brigadier Shahid Wahab Rao, AC, Brigadier Zahir Ud Din Ahmed, CMI, Brigadier Pervez Sultan Khan, Avn, Brigadier M. Atta Ullah Khan, AD, Brigadier Asif Murad, Arty, Brigadier Muhammad Marghub, AEC, Brigadier Pervaiz Rashid, AMC, Brigadier Mansoor Nadeem, AMC, Colonel Maqbool Ahmed, EME, Colonel Arif Ilyas, Sigs, Colonel Sajad Ali Khan, Sigs, Colonel Iqbal Badar Khan, Punjab, Colonel Muhammad Mohy Ud Din Saeed Rajaa, FF, Colonel Zahid Akbar, Engrs, Colonel Hafiz Muhammad Shafiq, AC, Colonel Muhammad Asghar Khan, Sind, Colonel Muhammad Jamil, Sigs, Colonel Iqbal Mahmood Dogar, ASC, Colonel Muhammad Mujeeb, FF, Colonel Muhammad Abdul Wajid, Sind, Colonel Muhammad Sarfraz, Engrs, Colonel Muhammad Rasheed, AEC, and Colonel Muhammad Ashraf Qamar, AMC.

Pakistan Navy: Commodore Shafqat Javed, Commodore Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa, Commodore Azhar Hayat, Commodore Mohammad Asif, Commodore Syed Sarfraz Ali, Commodore Iftikhar Ahmed, Commodore Sajid Ali Hashmi.

Pakistan Air Force: Air Vice Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Air Commodore Farhat Hussain Khan, Air Commodore Riaz-ul-Haq, Air Commodore Atique Rafique, Air Commodore Sohail Aman, Air Commodore Qasim Masud Khan, Group Captain Ilyas Mahmood Ahmad Qureshi, Group Captain Syed Nudrat Kazmi, Group Captain Zafar Ahmad Nadeem, Group Captain Rizwan Aftab, Group Captain Zia-ul-Hassan, Group Captain Khalid Mamhud Akhtar, Group Captain Muhammad Masud Akhtar.

TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ (MILITARY). The officers who have been awarded Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) are: Lieutenant Colonel Nadeem Ahmed Khan, EME, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ahsraf, FF, Lieutenant Colonel Pervez Akhtar Raja, AEC, Lieutenant Colonel Syed Fasih Ud Din Bokhari, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Qazi Abrar Zahoor, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Abdul Rashid, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Shahid Ali Khan, AK, Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Munir, Punjab, Lieutenant Colonel Imtiaz Amjed, Punjab, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Amanullah Khan, Avn, Lieutenant Colonel Malik Azhar Mahmood, Engrs, Lieutenant Colonel Zahid Hussain Shah, AC, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Altaf, Arty, Lieutenant Colonel Tahir Hussain, Sigs, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Zafar, Arty, Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Mahmood, CMI, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Jamil, ASC, Lieutenant Colonel Malik Zahid Hamid, EME, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Tariq, Sind, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Aqil Khan, Ord, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Azhar, FF, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Younas, Arty, Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Masood Ahmad, ASC, Lieutenant Colonel Rauf Ahmed Khalid, ASC, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Pervez, Engrs, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Athar Qureshi, Ord, Lieutenant Colonel Suhail Anjum Ajaz, AC, Lieutenant Colonel Najeeb Ahmad, Arty, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Shujat Salah Ud Din, AD, Lieutenant Colonel Kawan Sarfraz, Baloch, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Nisar Khan, Baloch, Lieutenant Colonel Farooq Ahmed, Engrs, Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Shakoor Razvi, Arty, Lieutenant Colonel Sohail Qadir, Engrs, Lieutenant Colonel Azmat Hussain Awan, FF, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Iqbal Naseem, Punjab, Lieutenant Colonel Wajahat Imam, FF, Lieutenant Colonel Raja Nasim Ullah Khan, AC, Lieutenant Colonel Mahmood Ahmed, Arty, Lieutenant Colonel Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Arty, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Jamil, CMI, Lieutenant Colonel Alam Tab Ahmed, CSO, Lieutenant Colonel Khan Muhammad, Sigs, Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Jalil Khosa, AK, Lieutenant Colonel Riaz Ul Qamar, Sind, Lieutenant Colonel Imtiaz Ahmad, AD, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Yasin Dogar, Sigs, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Akbar, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Sameena Ghayur, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Hammad Ullah Usmani, EME, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Naweed Hassan, EME, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Saleem Saleemi, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Najeeb Ullah Malik, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Akbar Waheed, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Samina Azaz, AMC, Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Nighat Shaheen, AFNS, Major Asad Ali Tahir, EME, Major Mazhar Ul Haq Awan, AC, Major Sohail Mahmood Malik, Sind, Major Muhammad Mansoor Zia, Avn, Major Malik Kamran Nawaz, Arty, Major Arif Mahmood Khan, Sigs, Major Shabbir Ahmed Bhatti, Arty, Major Ejaz Ahmed, ASC, Major Javeed Iqbal, Baloch, Major Asim Pervez Chaudhry, Arty, Major Rahat Qadir Butt, Ord, Major Zafar Abbas, AD, Major Waleem Wali Khan, FF, Major Imarn Ali, CMI, Major Muhammad Sajid Karim, Punjab, Major Muhammad Riaz, Ak, Major Imtiaz Sarwar, Engrs, Major Muhammad Shakil Khan, Punjab, Major Kamal Ur Rehman, Baloch, Major Shahid Saleem, FF, Major Qudrat Ullah Malik, AMC, Major Muhammad Arif Mahmood, AMC, Major Abdul Khalid, ADC, Major Mrs Humera Zeb, AFNS.

Pakistan Navy: Commander Amir Zubair Siddiqui, Commander Sh. Imran Nasir, Commander Faisal Mir, Commander Amjad Ali Awan, Commander Ishrat Mahmood Shakir, Commander Adil Umar, Commander Hamid Uz Zafar, Commander Tariq Mahmood, Lieutenant Commander Muhammad Amin, Lieutenant Commander Hasib Tahir.

Pakistan Air Force: Wing Commander Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, Wing Commander Imtiaz Ali Malik, Wing Commander Zaheer Ahmed Babar, Wing Commander Muhammad Zahid Mahmood, Wing Commander Irfan Ahmed, Wing Commander Syed Naveed Abbas, Wing Commander Rizwan Pasha, Wing Commander Muhammad Akhtar, Wing Commander Ghulam Abbas, Wing Commander Muhammad Maqsood-ul-Haq, Wing Commander Khalid Iqbal Khan and Squadron Leader Faisal Ajmal Butt.

IMTIAZI SANAD has been awarded to the officer includes: Brigadier Muhammad Ifzal, Avn, Brigadier Zahir Shah, Engrs, Colonel Shukran Rafiq, AK, Lieutenant Colonel Anis Ur Rahman, Avn, Lieutenant Colonel Ubaid Ur Rehman, Avn, Lieutenant Colonel Saif Ullah Khan, Sind, Lieutenant Colonel Waheed Akhtar, AK, Major Ihsan Ul Haq, Avn and Major Rana Faheem Aeyzad Khan Sind.

http://www.app.com.pk/n07.htm
 
I would have thought that since 'Hilal' is a very major honour, you got to do something before you earn it. A lot of high awards given away like that lessens the value of the awards. Suppose that the top brass of the Miliatry consider 'Sitara' too minor an award for their ego.

Its typically for general officers (starting off at the Brig level). Nothing special about the word "hilal"...its essentially a meritorious award thus not everyone gets it.
 
Hilal-e-Imtiaz is a non operational medal, on the other hand SITARA-I-BASALT ,
TAMGHA-I-BASALAT and SITARA-I-JURET are very special and a very few get them.
 

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