Sitara-e-Jurat

Sitara-e-Jurat (, Star of Courage) is the third highest military award of Pakistan. It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a republic; however, it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. It is awarded for gallantry or distinguished service in combat; and can be bestowed upon officers, junior commissioned officers, petty officers, warrant officers, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and equivalents in the Pakistan Army, Navy, Air Force, and various paramilitary forces under federal control, such as the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Constabulary, and the Pakistan Rangers. It may be considered to be roughly equivalent to the Military Cross and the Silver Star.

List of recipients

Pakistan Army

Azad Kashmir Regiment, 1965 Captain Abdul Jalil Orakzai (Shaheed) 14 AK Regiment at Kalidhar AJK 1965 War

Corps of Engineer, 1965 PA-4117 Lt.Col.(Major in 1965) Malik Aftab Ahmed Khan (SJ) FIRST Recipient of 1965,0045 hours, 7th, Sep. 1965

Frontier Force Regiment, 1965 Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (NH, SJ) Major Aqil Daad, 1965 Captain Sher Badshah Mahsud 5 FF Kashmir War 1948 Major Ziauddin Ahmed Abbasi Shaheed (Received SJ for his fought bravely in Battlefield of Chowinda. Guides Cavalry 11 September 1965 PA-2163 Lt Col Muhammad Hayat Khan (4FFR) Zafarwal (12 September 1965) Lt. Col. (later Brigadier) Khalid Nazir (40 FFR) Kargil, 1998

Punjab Regiment, 1965 PA-? Lt Col Asghar Ali Raja SJ 3rd Punjab Regiment for leading the surprise attack at Jassar bridge in 1965 against the Indian army. PA-83 Major Muhammad Akbar Khan SJ(1948 Kashmir War) PA-? Lt Col Muhammad Rafiq SJ PA-882 Major General Muhammad Jamshed, MC SJ PA-? Brigadier Muhammad Taj, SJ & Bar, 18 Punjab. FATEH MUNABAO PA-? Lt Col Tanvir Ahmed Khan SJ, SI(M) Lt Gen. M Masood Aslam HI (M) & HI (Civil), SJ PA-* Brigadier Abu Rashid, SJ & HI(M) PSS-15177 Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan, SJ & Bar, 21 AK Regiment, Commander of only successful Ghaznavi Force of Operation Gibraltar. Number-335139 Sepoy Maqbool Hussain, SJ, 4 AK Regiment. PA-? Lieutenant Colonel Sahibzad Gul Shaheed PA-? Captain Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed 3rd Punjab Regiment at Kalidhar AJK 1965 War PA-? Capt Sagheer Hussain Shaheed, SJ. Punjab Regt. PA-1525 Lt Col J.F. Golwalla, SJ. 16th Punjab Regt, 1965 War (Dograi) PA-7082 2/Lt. Farooq Abdul Aziz Shaheed, SJ. 20th Battalion, Punjab Regiment (20 PR) Haji Pir Sector, date of shahadat 21st September 1965.

6 Lancers, Armed Corps., Khem Karan, 1965 Major Ziaur Rahman Major Mohammad Zia Uddin Uppal Shaheed, SJ, 30 SP (Wagah) Abdul Rab Niazi 30 SP Artillery Regiment, Wagah, 1965 PSS 3682 Major Saiyid Naseem Haider Rizvi( Shaheed) SJ 14BR Sialkot Sector 1965 war (Recommended for Nishan-e-Haider) 53 Field Artillery, East Pakistan, 1971 PA. Brig Tariq Khalil (then Major) (SJ, IS with Bar, Gallantry), East Pakistan, 1971 Baloch Regiment, 1965 War PA-? Capt Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, SJ- 25th Cavalry Major General Mumtaz Ali SJ & Bar PA-919 * Brigadier M.Aslam Khan, SJ, Pakistan war hero- Liberation War Gilgit-Baltistan, 1948 29 Cavalry (Armoured Corps) 2nd Lieutenant Abdul Mohsin Khalid Kark (Shaheed), 29 Cavalary, Kushtia, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), 9 December 1971 Mujahida Hussain Bibi, SJ, 5 AK Regiment (1947- 48 Kashmir War) First Female Sitara-e-Jurat of Pakistan Major Mujahid Mirani Shaheed - 26 November Salala 2011 PSS 15720 Major Mohammad Din SJ 1965 1st AK Regiment Unknown Regiment PA- 6368 Major Muhummad Asjad Latif (Ord Depot Qta/2 E BR) (29-3-71 East Pakistan) PA- 45622 Capt. Muhammad Umair Butt Lt.Col. Muhammad Sher Khan, SJ, 5 AK Regiment (1947- 48 Kashmir War) Capt Mehboob Niazi 9 FF (1947- 48 Kashmir War)

Indo-Pakistan War of 1971

Lt. Col. (later Brig.) Mumtaz Malik (SJ)

Lt. Col. (Later Brig.) Muhammad Taj (SJ) Capt. Muhammad Aslam Bajwa (SJ) 49 Fd Regt Arty/53 Fd Regt Lt Col (Later Brig.) Saeed Ahmed Khan (SJ)

Naval units Pakistan Navy Submarine Force, contributions to the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and 1971.

Pakistan Navy PN-643 Commander Zafar Muhammad Khan SJ & HJ, Submarine PNS/M Ghazi Vice Admiral (Retd) Irfan Ahmed (SJ & HI-Military) - Indo-Pak War of 1971 (serving as Lieutenant on a PN Gunboat in erstwhile East Pakistan). Lieutenant Abdul Qayyum Khan PN Admiral Shahid Karimullah - Indo-Pak War of 1971 - (Serving as a CO of a Gunboat during the war in East Pakistan) Vice Admiral Ahmad Tasnim - Indo-Pak War of 1965 (Serving as Executive Officer of PNS Ghazi) Indo-Pak War of 1971 (Commander of PNS Hangor (S131)) Admiral Karamat Rahman Niazi - Indo-Pak War of 1965 (Serving as Commander of PNS Ghazi)

Pakistan Air Force Flight Lieutenant Syed Khalid Hasan Wasti Air Cdre Mir Alam Khan SJ 1971 Yunus Hussain Flight Lieutenant Saiful Azam PAF's No. 17 Squadron from PAF Base Sargodha, post 1971-joined BAF Muhammad Shafique Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Ghory Air Commodore Sajad Haider Flt Lt (Later Air Marshal) Azim Daudpota Sqn Ldr (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Jamal Ahmed Khan Wg Cdr (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Anwar Shamim Flt Lt (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Hakimullah Khan Durrani Flt Lt Saadat Mohammad Akhtar Khan (Indo-Pak War 1965) Sqd Ldr Alauddin Ahmed (Indo Pak War 1965) Sqd Ldr Muhammad Iqbal (Indo Pak War 1965) Sqd Ldr Munir Ahmed (Indo Pak War 1965) Sqn Ldr Ghani Akbar Masood Ahmed Sikander Abdul Samad Ali Changazi Syed Saad Akhtar Hatmi Muhammad Mahmood Alam Wg Cdr Syed Manzoor ul Hassan Hashmi Sarfraz Rafiqui Imtiaz Bhatti Farooq Umar Flight Lieutenant Yusuf Ali Khan ST Muhammad Hussain Warraich Wg Cdr Noman Ali Khan Sqn Ldr Rashid Mir Cecil Chaudhry Squadron Leader Khusro Flight Lieutenant Chaudhry Rizwan Ahmed

Sitara-e-Jurat

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