CNS confers awards on Pakistan Navy officers, men.

KARACHI, 06 May , 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir, on Wednesday conferred military awards on Pakistan Navy officers and men in an impressive investiture ceremony held at Bahria Auditorium here. An ISPR (Navy) press release said that these awards were announced by the Government of Pakistan in recognition of meritorious service, acts of gallantry and exceptional devotion to duty of recipients in their respective fields. The recipients of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) are: Commodore Abid Ihsan, Commodore Abdul Hameed Meer, Commodore Khalid Saeed, Commodore Imtiaz Ahmad, Commodore Arifullah Hussaini, Commodore Muhammad Naeem, Commodore Adnan Nazir, Commodore Nasir Mahmood, Commodore Hasan Nasir Shah, Commodore Zafar Abbas Khan, Commodore Kaleem Shaukat, Commodore Shah Sohail Masood, Commodore Mahmood ur Rehman and Commodore Asif Saleem. Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) was awarded to Captain Sajid Mahmood, Cdr Muhammad Zubair, Cdr Sherin Khan, Cdr Akmal Hameed Kayani, Cdr Fahim Muhammad Khan, Cdr Aqib Riffat Shaikh, Cdr Arshad Mahmood, Cdr Wajid Mahboob, Cdr Syed Ahmed Salman, Cdr Tariq Saeed Ahmed, Cdr Rajub Ali Jaffri, Cdr Muhammad Saleem, Cdr Asif Hussain Baig, Cdr Muhammad Khalid Rahman, Lt Cdr Muhammad Ashraf Javed, Lt Cdr Rizwan Ahmed, Lt Cdr Syed Abbas Raza Zaidi, Lt Cdr Farrukh Mushtaq, Lt Cdr Shahid Wasif and Lt Cdr Jawad Riaz. Cdr Mamoon Sadiq has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civil). Tamgha-e-Basalat were awarded to Cdr Naveed Anwar Cheema, Cdr M.Ikram Tahir Khaili, Lieut Khan Gul, Amir Ali MCPO, Nadeem Akhtar LCDT, Laeeq Khan PT-I, Muhammad Saqlain MAR-I and Muhammad Younis MAR-I. This year, the government has also conferred Sitara-e-Eisar on four officers for their commendable services during earthquake in Northern Areas, NWFP and Azad Kashmir. The officers are: Captain Zain Zulfiqar, Lt Cdr Abdul Saboor Rana, Lt Cdr Malik Nadeem Azam and Lt Cdr (Retd) Sohaib Farooq. In addition to these awards, 13 Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military)-I, 29 Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military)-II and 11 Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military)-III were also awarded. Chief of the Naval Staff Letters of Commendation were presented to 27 officers and men for their excellent performances in their respective trades. Ghazanfar Ali was declared the best sailor of the year 2008 whereas Karam Nawaz and Safdar Hussain were proclaimed the best civilian employees of the year 2008. The ceremony was attended by a large number of senior serving and retired officers of the Armed Forces and families of the award winners.

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