President confers Hilal-e-Imtiaz on 34 military officials

ISLAMABAD : President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday conferred Hilal-e-Imtiaz (military) awards on 34 officers of armed forces in recognition of their meritorious services and exemplary professionalism.
The investiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr was attended by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, Chief of the Air Staff, Acting Chief of Naval Staff, federal ministers and senior civil and military officials.
The recipients of the award include Vice Admiral Nayyer Iqbal, Vice Admiral Saleem Ahmad Meenai, Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Rear Admiral Naveed Ahmed, Rear Admiral Pervaiz Asghar, Maj Gen Jamshed Riaz, Maj Gen Najeeb Tariq, Maj Gen Waqar Ahmad Kingravi, Maj Gen Syed Taqi Naseer Rizvi, Maj Gen Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad, Maj Gen Zawar Hussain Shah, Maj Gen Iftikhar Ahmad Choudhry, Maj Gen Syed Muhammad Owais, Maj Gen Mukhtar Ahmed, Maj Gen Muhammad Ali Khan, Maj Gen Zahid Pervez, Air Vice Marshal Khalid Masud Rajput, Maj Gen Khalid Nawaz Khan, Maj Gen Sardar Mehmood Ali Khan, Maj Gen Muhammad Farooq, Maj Gen Muhammad Alam Khattak, Maj Gen Ahmad Bilai, Maj Gen Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak, Maj Gen Javed Iqbal, Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Yousaf, Maj Gen Taufiq Rafiq, Maj Gen Shafqaat Ahmad, Maj Gen Tahir Ali, Maj Gen Anwar Saeed Khan, Air Vice Marshal Inamullah Khan, Maj Gen Muhammad Naeem Khan, Maj Gen Shahida Badshah, Maj Gen Azhar Rashid and Maj Gen Khushnood Javaid Awan.