Sitara-e-Jurat
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| Sitara-e-Jurat | |
|---|---|
| Awarded by Pakistan | |
| Type | Military Decoration |
| Eligibility | Military only (Conferrable on all ranks) |
| Awarded for | "...for gallant and distinguished service performed in combat..." [1] |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | (1) Nishan-i-Haider (2) Hilal-i-Jurat |
| Next (lower) | (4) Tamgha-i-Jurat |
Sitara-e-Jurat, is the 3rd highest Military medal of Pakistan. It is admissible to all ranks for gallant and distinguished service in combat. It is normally awarded to officers /junior commissioned officers.
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[edit] List of recipients
Pakistan Army
- PA - Lt.Gen. M. Masood Aslam, SJ, HI
- PA – 882. Major General Muhammad Jamshed SJ, MC
- PA - BA Colonel MAG Osmani SJ
- PA – 959. Brigadier Nisar Ahmed Khan SJ
- PA - 12855. Brigader Arshad Zaman (R) SJ
- PA – 4865. Capt Agha Abdul Rehman Ahmedzai Baloch SJ
- PA – 5779. Major General Hidayatullah Khan Niazi SJ
- PA – 6487. Lieutenant General Muhammad Tariq SJ
- PA – 6726. Major Raja Nadir Pervaiz SJ
- PA – 6910. Major Farouk Adam Khan SJ
- PA - 7280. Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal Janjua HI(M), SJ, SBt
- PA - 8990. Captain Umair Iftikhar Ahmed SJ
- PA - ? Lieutenant Mohammad Qais, SJ (A.M.C)
- PA - ? Major Raza Shah SJ (Armored Corps)
- PA- ? Capt Sagheer Hussain,SJ
...this list is incomplete...
Gallantry 1948
- Air Commodore Mukhtar Ahmad Dogar SJ
Posthumous 1965
- Squadron Leader Munir-ud-Din Ahmed SJ
- Squadron Leader Alauddin Ahmed SJ
- Squadron Leader Muhammad Iqbal SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Yunus Hussain SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Saifullah Khan Lodhi SJ
Gallantry 1965
- Group Captain Eric G Hall SJ
- Wing Commander M G Tawab SJ
- Wing Commander M. Anwar Shamim SJ
- Wing Commander M A Sikandar SJ
- Wing Commander S Zahid Butt SJ
- Wing Commander Nazir Latif SJ
- Squadron Leader Mervyn L Middlecoat SJ
- Squadron Leader Azim Daudpota SJ
- Squadron Leader Jamal A Khan SJ
- Squadron Leader Rais A Rafi SJ
- Squadron Leader Syed Sajjad Haider SJ
- Squadron Leader Muhammad Mahmood Alam SJ
- Squadron Leader Shabbir H Syed SJ
- Squadron Leader Najeeb A Khan SJ
- Squadron Leader A Masood Khan SJ
- Squadron Leader Mir Abdul Rashid SJ
- Squadron Leader Shuaib Alam Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Cecil Chaudhry SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Yousaf Ali Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Amanullah Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Amjad H Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant S S A Hatmi SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Sikander M Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant S Shamsuddin Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Yousaf Hasan Alvi SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Arshad Sami Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Dilawar Hussain SJ
- Flight Lieutenant M Akbar SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Ghani Akbar SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Imtiaz A Bhatti SJ
- Flight Lieutenant M Tariq Habib Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant William D Harney SJ
- Flight Lieutenant I A K Ghori SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Saadat M Akhtar Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant S V A Abidi SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Rizwan Ahmed SJ
- Flight Lieutenant S K H Wasti SJ
- Flight Lieutenant S M H Hashmi SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Saiful Azam SJ
- Flight Lieutenant N A Khan SJ
- Flying Officer Ziauddin Hassan SJ
Posthumous 1971
- Wing Commander Mervyn L Middlecoat SJ (and Bar)
- Wing Commander Syed Muhammad Ahmad SJ
- Squadron LeaderKhusro SJ
- Squadron Leader Ishfaq Hameed Qureshi SJ
- Squadron Leader Muhammad Aslam Choudhry SJ
- Squadron Leader Peter Christy SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Fazal Elahi SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Samad Ali Changazi SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Syed Safi Mustafa SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Saeed Afzal Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Zulfiqar Ahmad SJ
Gallantry 1971
- Wing Commander Hakimullah Khan Durrani SJ
- Wing Commander M Afzal Choudhry SJ
- Squadron Leader G A Khan SJ
- Squadron Leader Farooq Umer SJ
- Squadron Leader Abdul Basit SJ
- Squadron Leader Javed Afzaal Ahmed SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Mir Alam Khan SJ
- Flight Lieutenant A Wajid Saleem SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Israr Ahmad SJ
- Flight Lieutenant Javed Ahmed SJ
- Flying Officer Riffat Jamil SJ
- Flying Officer M Shamsul Haq SJ
- Flying Officer S Shamshad Ahmad
...this list is incomplete...
[edit] Notes & References
- ^ PAF Combat website on military awards
- ^ Citations of PAF Shaheeds, Defence Journal
- ^ Citation of PAF Heros, PakDef.info
- Nishan-e-Haider, from Pakistan Television Corp (PTV). Television drama on Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed, Rashid Minhas Shaheed, and Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed
- Edward Haynes webpage on Pakistani awards
- Geocities website on military awards
