President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday approved military awards for 1,989 personnel of the armed forces, the President’s Secretariat said.
It said in a statement, “The president has approved the conferment of military awards upon 1,989 personnel of the Pakistan Armed Forces and Civil Armed Forces on the occasion of Pakistan Day, on the recommendation of the prime minister, in terms of Article 259(2) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.”
The approved awards include 23 Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military), 100 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (military), 136 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (military), 11 Sitara-i-Basalat, 475 Tamgha-i-Basalat and 130 Imtiazi Sanad, it added.
In addition, the statement said, 175 Tamgha-i-Khidmat (military) Class-I, 319 Tamgha-i-Khidmat (military) Class-II and 620 Tamgha-i-Khidmat (military) Class-III had also been approved.
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