Government of Pakistan has announced honours and awards for the Armed Forces of Pakistan on the occasion of 60th Independence of Pakistan.
Those who have been decorated with awards include: Sitara-i-Basalat; Major General Shujaat Zamir Dar, HI(M), Major General Tahir Mahmood, HI(M), S Bt, Major General Muhammad Farooq, SI(M), Major General Muhammad Haroon Aslam, Brigadier Sajjad Rasul, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Siddiq, Lieut Colonel Aamir Hameed (Shaheed), Lieut Colonel Muhammad Rizwan Lashari, Major Naeem Ullah Khattak, Sitara-i-Esar, T Bt, Major Basharat Ahmad Noor, Major Pervaiz Siddique (Shaheed), Major Wajahat Ali Khan, Major Khalid Aziz (Shaheed), Major Tahir Mehmood, Major Tauqir Anwar Khan, Captain Zameer Abbas (Shaheed), Major Adil Obaid, Captain Salman Farooq Lodhi (Shaheed), T Bt, Captain Tanvir Ahmed Basra, Naib Subedar Muhammad Ilyas (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Ghulam Rabbi (Shaheed), and Commander (PN) Zahid Akram.
Tamgha-i-Basalat has been awarded: to Major General Muhammad Alam Khattak, Brigadier Asim Saleem Bajwa, Colonel (approved Brig) Muhammad Masha Allah, S Bt, Major (approved Lieut Colonel) Raza Abbas, Major Tariq Saleem, Captain Muhammad Afzal, Captain Ihteram Ahmed, Lieut Muhammad Bilal, Lieut Atta Ullah Khan, DSR Nadeem Sikandar (Shaheed), Inspector Syed Naseem Abbas (Shaheed), Subedar Khalid Mansoor, Subedar Muhammad Inayat (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Saleem Shah, Sub Inspector Misri Khan (Shaheed), Havaldar Muhammad Khan (Shaheed), Havaldar Muhammad Asif, Havaldar Mohib Ullah Khan, Havaldar Abdul Waheed, Lance Havaldar Muhammad Riaz, Naik Rahim Nawaz Khan, Naik Saeed Ahmed, Naik Muhammad Saddique (Shaheed), Naik Ghulam Abbas, Lance Naik Sheraz Ali (Shaheed), Lance Naik Nasrumain Ullah, Lance Naik Fiaz Ahmed, Lance Naik Shoukat Ali, Lance Naik Muhammad Ismail, Lance Naik Muhammad Johar Nasim (Shaheed), Lance Naik Afsar Sayyab (Shaheed), Lance Naik Ghulam Abbas (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Khalid Khokhar (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Naseer (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Shafiq (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Wahid Afzal, Sepoy Latif Ur Rahman (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Ismaeel (Shaheed), Sepoy Zafar Ali Khan (Shaheed), Sepoy Ghulam Shabbir (Shaheed), Sepoy Waheed Abbas(Shaheed), Lieut Commander (PN) Zahid Shah Syed, LSNT (PN) Kaleem Ahmed, CD(T)-I (PN) Sarfraz and Squadron Leader Faisal Bashir.
Imtiazi Sanad has been awarded: to Brigadier Ashraf Masood, Colonel (approved Brig) Muhammad Masha Allah, S Bt, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Ikram Ul Haq, T Bt, Lieut Colonel Syed Khurram Hasnain Alam, Major Syed Raza Mustahsan Zaidi, Major Kaleem Ullah Butt, Captain Moeen Arshad, Captai Ali Sheharyar Saadi, Captain Qaiser Nawaz, Captain Bilal Zafar, Naib Subedar Muhammad Ali, Sub Inspector Muhammad Adil Khan, Naik Ashiq Hussain, Lance Naik Manzoor Ahmed, Lance Naik Ishaque Ali, Lance Naik Muhammad Ibrahim, Lance Naik Muhammad Afzal, Sepoy Shoukat Ali Setthi, Sepoy Naeem Akhtar and Sepoy Aftab Ahmed.
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) has been conferred upon: Major General Najeeb Tariq, SI(M), Major General Muhammad Ali Khan, SI(M), Major General Muhammad Farooq, SI(M), Major General Muhammad Alam Khattak, Major General Ahmed Bilal, Major General Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak, Major General Javed Iqbal, Major General Taufiq Rafiq, Major General Shafqaat Ahmed, Major General Tahir Ali, Major General Anwar Saeed Khan, Major General Azhar Rashid, Major General Khushnood Javaid Awan, Rear Admiral Pervaiz Asghar, SI(M), Rear Admiral Nayyar Iqbal, SI(M), Air Vice Marshal Inamullah Khan and Air Vice Marshal Khalid Masuad Rajput.
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) has been awarded to: Brigadier Qaiser Hameed Malik, Brigadier Muhammad Javed Anwar, Brigadier Sajid Hussain Rizvi, Brigadier Ikramur Rahman, Brigadier Babar Baig Barlas, Brigadier Muhammad Aslam, Brigadier Akhtar Javeed Warraich, Brigadier Iftikhar ul Haq, Brigadier Shaukat Yaqub Malik, Brigadier Sh Muhammad Tahir, Brigadier Jamal Zia, TI(M), Brigadier Shahid Ahmad, Brigadier Muhammad Faheem Khawar, Brigadier Tariq Sher, Brigadier Agha Ali Raza Qizilbash, Brigadier Zuhr Khan, Brigadier Muhammad Iftkhar Mansur, 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, (SI), Brigadier Zahir Shah, Brigadier Zafar Ali, Brigadier Munnawar Hayat Khan Niazi, (T Bt), Brigadier Gul-e- Rana, Brigadier Anwar ul Islam, Brigadier Liaquat Ali Minhas, Brigadier Amtal Hafeez, TI(M), Colonel Ghulam Sarwar, (S Bt), 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, (SI, S.ST, S Bt), Colonel Azhar Hussain, Colonel Innayat Ullah Arain, Commodore Imtiaz Ahmad, Commodore Habib Tariq, Commodore Javaid Manzoor, TI(M), Commodore Muhammad Amjad Zaman, Commodore Nasim Anwar, (T Bt), Commodore Iftikhar Ahmed Qureshi, Commodore Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Air Vice Marshal Asim Suleiman, Air Vice Marshal Syed Najam-ul-Asar, Air Commodore Tariq Nazir, Air Commodore Sherzada Khan, Air Commodore Mujtaba Jamal, Air Commodore Asad Ullah Khan, Group Captain Jauhar Ali, Group Captain Muhammad Moazzam Dar, Group Captain Ishtiaq Hussain Butt, Group Captain Zia ul Hasan, Group Captain Ishtiaq Ahmad Butt, Group Captain Mohsin Zamir and Group Captain Syed Akhtar Abbas Razvi.
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) has been awarded to: Lieut Colonel Abdul Hameed, Lieut Colonel Siyid Shabbir Mujtaba Zaidi, Lieut Colonel Qaisar Tufail Ahmad, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Aslam Mohsin, Lieut Colonel Mushtaq Ahmad, Lieut Colonel Farrukh Aziz, Lieut Colonel Tanveer Uddin Farooqui, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Shabeer, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Iqbal, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Saeed, Lieut Colonel Nisar Ahmad, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Khan, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Khalid, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Zaigham Tayyab, Lieut Colonel Shafeeq Ahmad, Lieut Colonel Musharraf Nawab, Lieut Colonel Naveed Azam Khan, Lieut Colonel Zafar Ghulam Abbas, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Anees Khan, Lieut Colonel Taimur Yousuf, Lieut Colonel A Zafar Iqbal Kayani, Lieut Colonel Hafeez ur Rehman, Lieut Colonel Manzoor Hussain, Lieut Colonel Zahid Zulfiqar Qureshi, Lieut Colonel Shahid Nazir, T Bt, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Maalik, Lieut Colonel Ajaz Ahmad, Lieut Colonel Kafil Ahmad, Lieut Colonel Khalid Mahmood, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Amjad, Lieut Colonel Abdul Ghani, Lieut Colonel Asif Ahmed Khan, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Aslam, Lieut Colonel Tahir Masood, Lieut Colonel Tariq Mahmud Khan, Lieut Colonel Ikram ul Haq, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Jawad Anis Khan, Lieut Colonel Abdur Rashid, Lieut Colonel Hassan Akhter, Lieut Colonel Kiramat Ullah Khan, Lieut Colonel Mian Irfan Amin, Lieut Colonel Riaz Hussain Quraishi, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Mustafa, Lieut Colonel Riaz Ahmed, Lieut Colonel Khalid Qasim, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Zia Ullah, Lieut Colonel Iftikhar Ul Hassain Javed, Lieut Colonel Waqqar Anwar, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Asif, Lieut Colonel Muhammad Shakil, Lieut Colonel Jan Muhammad, Lieut Colonel Saeed Ahmed, Lieut Colonel Asad Ali, Lieut Colonel Sahibzada Tariq Qureshi, Lieut Colonel Syed Shafiq Ahmad, Lieut Colonel Afzal Khatoon, Major Zafar Ullah Khan, Major Ahmad Ali Farooqi, Major Ahmed Naveed Siddiqui, Major Anwar Ahmad Khan, Major Shujaat Ullah Khan, Major Athar Mohsin, Major Syed Nasir Abbas Zaidi, Major Ghulam Ahmad Khan, Major Imran Mahmood, Major Agha Muhammad Irfan Khan, Major Muhammad Akram, Major Muhammad Bilal Malik, Major Muhammad Zia Ul Qayyum, Major Habib Ur Rahman Qaiser, Major Fazal Mahmood, Major Tahir Jamil, Major Irfan Maqsood, Major Tariq Zubair Malik, Major Sher Khan, Major Ikram ul Haq, Major Azeem Ahmed, Major Muhammad Zaheer, Major Abrar Hussain Shah, Major Nusrat Bibi, L/Captain (PN) Qamar Zaman, Commander (PN) Ajaz Ahmad Shah, Commander (PN) Salman Ullah Khan, Commander (PN) Junaid Latif Akhtar, Commander (PN) Naveed Ashraf, T Bt, Lieut Commander (PN) Muhammad Akhtar, Lieut Commander (PN) Mahabat Khan, Wing Commander Aamer Bin Naeem, Wing Commander Abrar Ahmad, Wing Commander Amir Masud, Wing Commander Shafqat Mushtaq, Wing Commander Sarfraz Khan, Wing Commander Waseem Ahmed Khan, Wing Commander Raja Faheem Shahzad Kiyani, Wing Commander Muhammad Atif, Wing Commander Muhammad Nasir Iqbal Kazi, Wing Commander Nasir Sher Muhammad, Wing Commander Zubair Bin Salam and Squadron Leader Muhammad Abdullah.