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The highest gallantary
award and is the senior most among civil and military
awards.It is admissible to all ranks for acts of heroism
or conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger
or devotion to the country in the presence of the enemy
on land, at sea or in the air
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Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed
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Born: 1910, Singhori Village, District of Rawalpindi
Commissioned: 1944, Punjab Regiment
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During the Kashmir Operations
soon after the birth of Pakistan, as Company Commander
of the 2nd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, Captain Sarwar
launched an attack causing heavy casualties against a
strongly fortified enemy position in the Uri Sector under
heavy machine gun, grenade and mortar fire. But on the
27th July 1948, as he moved forward with six of his men
to cut their way through a barbed wire barrier, he died
when his chest was riddled by a burst of heavy machine
gun fire. |
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| Major
Tufail Muhammad Shaheed |
Born: 1914, Hoshiarpur
Commissioned: 1943, 16th Punjab Regiment |
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Early in August 1958, Major
Tufail, a Company Commander in the East Pakistan Rifles,
encircled an illegal Indian post, which violated the internationally
recognized boundary between the two countries, in the
Lakshmipur area. And, though mortally wounded in the hand-to-hand
encounter that followed, Major Tufail continued to lead
his troops till the Indians were driven out, leaving four
dead and three prisoners. He died the same day on the
7th August 1958. |
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| Major
Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed |
Born: 1928, Hong Kong
Commissioned: 1950, Punjab Regiment |
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On 6th September 1965, as
Company Commander in the Burki Area of the Lahore Sector,
Major Bhatti chose to move with his forward platoon under
incessant artillery and tank attacks for five days and
nights in Defence of the strategically vital BRB Canal.
Throughout, undaunted by constant fire from enemy small
arms, tanks and artillery, he organized the Defence of
the canal, directing his men to answer the fire until
he was hit by an enemy tank shell which killed him on
10th September 1965. |
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| Major
Muhammad Akram Shaheed |
Born: 1938, Dingha Village, District of Gujrat
Commissioned: 1963, Frontier Force Regiment
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Major Muhammad Akram and
a company of the 4th FF Regiment which he commanded in
the forward area of the Hilli district, in East Pakistan
in 1971, came under continuous and heavy air, artillery
and Armour attacks. But for an entire fortnight, despite
enemy superiority in both numbers and fire power, he and
his men, in near super human ability, repulsed every attack,
inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. Major Akram
died during this epic battle in 1971. |
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| Pilot
Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed |
Born:
17th February 1951
Commissioned: 1971, Pilot, P.A.F. |
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Pilot Officer Minhas was
taxiing for take-off on a routine training flight when
an Instructor Pilot forced his way into the rear cockpit,
seized control of the aircraft and took off. When Minhas
realized that the absconding pilot was heading towards
India, he tried to regain control of the plane was unable
to do so. Knowing that it meant certain death, he damaged
the controls and forced the aircraft to crash thirty two
miles short of the border on 20th August 1971. |
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