Hilal-i-Jurat

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Hilal-i-Jurat
Hilal-i-Jurat
Awarded by Pakistan
Type	Military Decoration
Eligibility	Military only (Conferrable upon officers only)
Awarded for	"...for act of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed on land, at sea or in the air" ^[1]
Status	Currently awarded
Precedence
Next (higher)	(1) Nishan-i-Haider
Next (lower)	(3) Sitara-i-Jurat (4) Tamgha-i-Jurat

Hilal-i-Jurat is the second highest military award of Pakistan. It is admissible to officers of the three services for act of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed on land, at sea or in air.

1 List of recipients
2 See also
3 Notes & References
4 External Links

List of recipients

Pakistan Army In Chronological Order of Award

PA - 919. Brigadier Muhammad Aslam Khan HJ
PA - 18. Major General Mian Hayauddin HJ, MBE, MC
PA - 24. Major General Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi HJ
PA - 10. Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan HPk, HJ, MBE
PA - ?. General Muhammad Musa Khan HJ
PA - 148. Lieutenant General Akhtar Hussain Malik HJ
PA - 159. Major General Abrar Hussain HJ, MBE
PA - 477. Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi HJ (Bar), SK, MC
PA - 524. Lieutenant General Abdul Ali Malik HJ
PA - 624. Brigadier Amjad Ali Chaudhri HJ
PA - ?? Brigadier Ahsan Rashid Shami
PA - ? Major General Naseerullah Khan Babar HJ (& Bar)
PA - 649. Major General A. O. Mitha HJ, SPk, SQA
PA - 332 Brig Abdul Qayum Sher HJ
PA - 4049. Lieutenant Colonel Ghulam Hussain Chaudry HJ
PA - ?. Lieutenant Colonel Raja Mohammad Akram
PA/BA - ? Major General Ziaur Rahman

...this list is incomplete...

Pakistan Air Force

Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan HJ
Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui HJ
Air Marshal A Rahim Khan HJ
Group Captain M Zafar Masud HJ (later Air Commodore)
Air Commodore Inam ul Haq Khan HJ (later Air Marshal)

Notes & References

^ PAF Combat website on military awards

Citation of PAF Shaheeds, at PakDef.info
Air Commodore Mitti Masud, HJ, SBt

External Links

Pakistan's Medals

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