Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces

Pakistan Armed Forces
	پاک مسلح افواج
	Emblem
Founded	1947
Service branches	Pakistan Army; Pakistan Navy; Pakistan Air Force; Pakistan Marines; Paramilitary Forces
Headquarters	Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Mamnoon Hussain
Minister of Defence	Khawaja Asif
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee	General Rashad Mahmood; Pakistan Army
Manpower
Military age	16–49 years old
Conscription	None
Available for; military service	48,453,305 males, age 16–49 (2010 est.),; 44,898,096 females, age 16–49 (2010 est.)
Fit for; military service	37,945,440 males, age 16–49 (2010 est.),; 37,381,549 females, age 16–49 (2010 est.)
Reaching military; age annually	2,237,723 males (2010 est.),; 2,104,906 females (2010 est.)
Active personnel	617,000 (ranked 6th)
Reserve personnel	550,000 (ranked 15th)
Expenditures
Budget	$7.6 billion (2015–16) (ranked 25th)
Percent of GDP	3.5% (2015)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Air Weapons Complex; Heavy Industries Taxila; Integrated Defence Systems; Global Industrial Defence Solutions; Defence Science and Technology Organization; Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works; Kahuta Research Laboratories; National Development Complex; National Engineering and Scientific Commission; Pakistan Aeronautical Complex; Pakistan Ordnance Factories; SATUMA; Metallurgical Laboratories; Integrated Dynamics; Marine Systems Limited;
Foreign suppliers	Austria; Australia; Belgium; China; France; Germany; Italy; North Korea; Russia; South Africa; Sweden; Syria; Turkey; United States; United Kingdom; United Nations;
Annual imports	China, United States
Related articles
History	Military history of Pakistan; UN peacekeeping missions; Weapons of mass destruction (706); Indo-Pakistani War of 1947; Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; 1970s operation in Balochistan; Pakistan–United States skirmishes; Siachen conflict; Kargil War; Shia insurgency in Yemen; War in North-West Pakistan;
Ranks	Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces

The awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces recognize a service member's service and personal accomplishments while a member of the Pakistan armed forces. Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a service member's career.

Medals[]

Gallantry awards[]

Nishan-i-Haider

The Nishan-i-Haider (Urdu: نشان حیدر meaning "Order of the Lion") is the highest military award given by Pakistan. Awarded "to those who have performed acts of greatest heroism or most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger and have shown bravery of the highest order or devotion to the country, in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea or in the air ..."^[1]

Recipients Nishan-i-Haider recipients receive an honorary title as a sign of respect: Shaheed meaning martyr for deceased recipients and Ghazi meaning victor for living recipients. As of Sept 19, 2013, all Nishan-e-Haider awards have thus far been given to the people engaged in battles with India.

1. Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1910–July 27, 1948)
2. Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (1914–August 7, 1958)
3. Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed (1938–September 10, 1965)
4. Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (1938–1971)
5. Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed(Air Force) (1951–August 20, 1971)
6. Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943–December 6, 1971)
7. Jawan Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949–December 10, 1971)
8. Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944–December 17, 1971)
9. Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970–July 5, 1999)
10. Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967–July 7, 1999)
11. Naik Saif Ali Janjua Shaheed (25 April 1922 - 26 April 1948) (Was awarded Hilal-e-Kashmir - an equivalent to Nishan-i-Haider)
Hilal-i-Jurat (Crescent of Courage)
Sitara-i-Jurat (Star of Courage)
Tamgha-i-Jurat (Medal of Courage)
Imtiazi Sanad (Mentioned in Despatches)^[2]

Non operational awards[]

Sitara-e-Basalat (Star of Good Conduct)
Tamgha-e-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct)
Tamgha-i-Khidmat Class I (Medal of Service)
Tamgha-i-Khidmat Class II (Medal of Service)
Tamgha-i-Khidmat Class III (Medal of Service).^[2]

Civil-Military Awards[]

Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) Military Division
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) (Military)
Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Medal of Service) (Military)

References[]

↑ PAF Combat website on military awards
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Honours and Awards". Pakistan Army. http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182. Retrieved 2009-06-06.

External links[]

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[1] PAF Combat website on military awards

[honours-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Honours and Awards". Pakistan Army. http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182. Retrieved 2009-06-06.

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