President Dr Arif Alvi has conferred military awards upon serving and martyred armed forces’ personnel for rendering meritorious services for defence of the motherland.

These awards were conferred in the investiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad today.

The awards include forty-six Hilal-e-Imtiaz Military, four Sitara-e-Basalat posthumously and one Nishan-e-Imtiaz Military.

The President also conferred Nishan-e-Imtiaz Military upon Commander Bahrain National Guard General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa and Hilal-I-Imtiaz Military on Defence Attache of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Major General (Pilot) Staff Awad Bin Abdullah Alzahrani.

The investiture ceremony was attended by Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, three Services Chiefs, family members of the martyrs and other high ranking civil and military officers.

Source: Radio Pakistan