A ceremony to confer military awards on officials of armed forces for their services has been held on Friday.
Commander Rawalpindi Corps, Lieutenant General Bilal Akbar was chief guest on the occasion.
Awards of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military), Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and Tamgha-i-Basalat were conferred on army officers and soldiers.
Two officers and 24 Junior Commissioned Officers and soldiers including 21 shuhada were awarded Tamgha-i-Basalat. Next of kins of shuhada received their awards posthumously. Sixty three officers were awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 85 officers Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) for rendering meritorious services to the nation.
A large number of senior army officers and families of awardees attended the ceremony.
