Sitara-e-Jurat

Sitara-e-Jurat

Ribbon of the Sitara-e-Jurat
Awarded by Pakistan
Type Military Decoration
Eligibility Military only (Conferrable on all ranks)
Awarded for "...gallant and distinguished service performed in combat..."[1]
Status Currently awarded
Post-nominals SJ
Statistics
Established 16 March 1957[2]
Precedence
Next (higher) (1) Nishan-i-Haider
(2) Hilal-i-Jurat
Next (lower) (4) Tamgha-i-Jurat

Sitara-e-Jurat (Urdu: ستارہ جرأت‎, Star of Courage) is the third highest military award of Pakistan. It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic; however, it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. It is awarded for gallantry or distinguished service in combat; and can be bestowed upon officers, junior commissioned officers, Petty officers, warrant officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and equivalents in the Pakistan Army, Navy, Air Force, and various paramilitary forces under federal control such as the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Constabulary and the Pakistan Rangers.[2][3] It may be considered to be roughly equivalent to the Military Cross and the Silver Star.

List of recipients

The Sitara-e-Jurat

Pakistan Army

Frontier Force Regiment, 1965

  • Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (NH, SJ), (Received SJ for actions in Chhamb-Jaurian Sector as 2nd Lieutenant in 1965)

Punjab Regiment, 1965

PA-? Capt Sagheer Hussain Shaheed, SJ. Punjab Regt.

6 Lancers, Armed Corps., Khem Karan, 1965

  • Major Mohammad Zia Uddin Uppal Shaheed, SJ

30 SP Artillery Regiment, Wagah, 1965

PSS 3682 Major Saiyid Naseem Haider Rizvi( Shaheed ) SJ 14BR Sialkot Sector 1965 war ( Recommended for Nishan-e-Haider)

Baloch Regiment,1965 War

  • Brigadier Syed Mohammad Ahmed, SJ 1965 - 25th Cavalry
  • Major General Mumtaz Ali SJ & Bar
  • PA-919 * Brigadier M.Aslam Khan, SJ, Pakistan war hero- Liberation War Gilgit-Baltistan, 1948

29 Cavalry (Armoured Corps)

  • 2nd Lieutenant Khalid Kark (Shaheed), Kushtia, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), 9 December 1971

Azad Kashmir Regiment

  • Mujahida Hussain Bibi (1947- 48 Kashmir War) First Female Sitara-e-Jurat of Pakistan [5]
  • Major Mujahid Mirani Shaheed - 26 November Salala 2011
  • PSS 15720 Major Mohammad Din SJ 1965 1st AK Regiment

Unknown Regiment

  • Lt.Col.Abdul Hanan Bajwa (2015 operation azm)
  • Lt.Col. Muhammad Sher Khan (1947- 48 Kashmir War)

Pakistan Navy

Pakistan Air Force

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ PAF Combat website on military awards
  2. 1 2 Robertson, Megan. "Star of Courage (Sitara-i-Jur'at)". Medals.org. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Honours and Awards". Pakistan Army. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to ISPR". Ispr.gov.pk. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  5. ↑ "Hilal The Pak Armed Forces'Magzine". April 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.paffalcons.com/legend/Saad-Hatmi.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Legendary Falcons of the PAF - Flight Lieutenant Imtiaz Ahmad Bhatti, Sitara-i-Juraat". PAF Falcons.
  8. ↑ "Legendary Falcons of the PAF - Squadron Leader Farooq Umar, Sitara-i-Juraat". PAF Falcons. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  9. ↑ http://www.pafmuseum.com.pk/heroes/1965-gallantry-awards. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Legendary Falcons of the PAF - Squadron Leader Syed Tarafdar Hussain, Squadron Leader Aymen Iqbal ChaudhrySitara-i-Juraat". PAF Falcons. Retrieved 2013-03-28.

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