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Sitara e Jurat

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Type
  
Military Decoration

Post-nominals
  
SJ

Status
  
Currently awarded

Established
  
16 March 1957

Eligibility
  
Military only (Conferrable on all ranks)

Awarded for
  
"...for gallant and distinguished service performed in combat..."

Sitara-e-Jurat (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. It may be considered to be roughly equivalent to the Military Cross and the Silver Star.

List of recipients

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-882 Major General Muhammad Jamshed, MC SJ
  • PA-? Brigadier Muhammad Taj, SJ & Bar
  • PA-* Brigadier Abu Rashid, SJ & HI(M)
  • PSS-15177 Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan, SJ & Bar, 21 AK Regiment, Commander of only successful Ghaznavi Force of Operation Gibraltar.
  • Number-335139 Sepoy Maqbool Hussain.
  • PA-? Lieutenant Colonel Sahibzad Gul Shaheed

    • 6 Lancers, Armed Corps., Khem Karan, 1965

  • Major Mohammad Zia Uddin Uppal

    • 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 Major Mujahid Mirani Shaheed - 26 November Salala 2011

    Unknown Regiment

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

    • Pakistan Navy

  • PN-643 Commander Zafar Muhammad Khan SJ & HJ, Submarine PNS/M Ghazi

    • Pakistan Air Force

  • Muhammad Shafique
  • Syed Saad Akhtar Hatmi
  • Muhammad Mahmood Alam
  • Sarfraz Rafiqui
  • Imtiaz Bhatti
  • Farooq Umar
  • ST Hussain

    • References

    Sitara-e-Jurat Wikipedia
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