Sitara-e-Jurat (, Star of Courage) is the third highest military award of

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. 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

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; and can be bestowed upon

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s, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and equivalents in the

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, and various paramilitary forces under federal control, such as the

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, the

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, and the

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. It may be considered to be roughly equivalent to the

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and the

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List of recipients

Pakistan Army

''Azad Kashmir Regiment, 1965''

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Abdul Jalil Orakzai (Shaheed) 14 AK Regiment at Kalidhar AJK 1965 War

''Corps of Engineer, 1965''

*PA-4117 Lt.Col.(Major in 1965) Malik Aftab Ahmed Khan (SJ) FIRST Recipient of 1965,0045 hours, 7th, Sep. 1965

''Frontier Force Regiment, 1965''

*Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (NH, SJ) *Major Aqil Daad, 1965 *Captain Sher Badshah Mahsud 5 FF Kashmir War 1948 *Major Ziauddin Ahmed Abbasi Shaheed (Received SJ for his fought bravely in Battlefield of Chowinda. Guides Cavalry *11 September 1965 PA-2163 Lt Col Muhammad Hayat Khan (4FFR) Zafarwal (12 September 1965), *Lt. Col. (later Brigadier) Khalid Nazir (40 FFR) Kargil, 1998

''Punjab Regiment, 1965''

*PA-? Lt Col Asghar Ali Raja SJ 3rd Punjab Regiment for leading the surprise attack at Jassar bridge in 1965 against the Indian army. *PA-83 Major Muhammad Akbar Khan SJ(1948 Kashmir War) *PA-? Lt Col Muhammad Rafiq SJ *PA-882 Major General Muhammad Jamshed, MC SJ *PA-? Brigadier Muhammad Taj, SJ & Bar *PA-? Lt Col Tanvir Ahmed Khan SJ, SI(M) * Lt Gen. M Masood Aslam HI (M) & HI (Civil), SJ *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, SJ, 4 AK Regiment. *PA-? Lieutenant Colonel Sahibzad Gul Shaheed *PA-? Captain Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed 3rd Punjab Regiment at Kalidhar AJK 1965 War *''PA-? Capt Sagheer Hussain Shaheed, SJ. Punjab Regt.'' *PA-1525 Lt Col J.F. Golwalla, SJ. 16th Punjab Regt, 1965 War (Dograi)

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

*Major

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*Major Mohammad Zia Uddin Uppal Shaheed, SJ, 30 SP (Wagah) *Abdul Rab Niazi 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) 53 Field Artillery, East Pakistan, 1971 PA. Brig Tariq Khalil (then Major) (SJ, IS with Bar, Gallantry), East Pakistan, 1971 Baloch Regiment, 1965 War *PA-? Capt Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, SJ- 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 Abdul Mohsin Khalid Kark (Shaheed), 29 Cavalary, Kushtia, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), 9 December 1971 * Mujahida Hussain Bibi, SJ, 5 AK Regiment (1947- 48 Kashmir War) First Female Sitara-e-Jurat of Pakistan *Major Mujahid Mirani Shaheed - 26 November Salala 2011 *PSS 15720 Major Mohammad Din SJ 1965 1st AK Regiment Unknown Regiment *PA- 6368 Major Muhummad Asjad Latif (Ord Depot Qta/2 E BR) (29-3-71 East Pakistan) *PA- 45622 Capt. Muhammad Umair Butt *Lt.Col. Muhammad Sher Khan, SJ, 5 AK Regiment (1947- 48 Kashmir War) *Capt Mehboob Niazi 9 FF (1947- 48 Kashmir War)

''Indo-Pakistan War of 1971''

* Lt. Col. (later Brig.) Mumtaz Malik (SJ)

''Naval units''

* Pakistan Navy Submarine Force, contributions to the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and

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Pakistan Navy

*PN-643 Commander Zafar Muhammad Khan SJ & HJ, Submarine PNS/M Ghazi *Vice Admiral (Retd) Irfan Ahmed (SJ & HI-Military) - Indo-Pak War of 1971 (serving as Lieutenant on a PN Gunboat in erstwhile East Pakistan). *Lieutenant Abdul Qayyum Khan PN * Admiral Shahid Karimullah - Indo-Pak War of 1971 - (Serving as a CO of a Gunboat during the war in East Pakistan) *

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Ahmad Tasnim - Indo-Pak War of 1965 (Serving as Executive Officer of PNS Ghazi) Indo-Pak War of 1971 (Commander of PNS Hangor) *

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Karamat Rahman Niazi - Indo-Pak War of 1965 (Serving as Commander of PNS Ghazi)

Pakistan Air Force

* Yunus Hussain * Flight Lieutenant Saiful Azam PAF's No. 17 Squadron from PAF Base Sargodha, post 1971-joined BAF * Muhammad Shafique *Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Ghory *Air Commodore Sajad Haider *Flt Lt (Later Air Marshal) Azim Daudpota *Sqn Ldr (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Jamal Ahmed Khan *Wg Cdr (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Anwar Shamim *Flt Lt (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Hakimullah Khan Durrani * Flt Lt Saadat Mohammad Akhtar Khan (Indo-Pak War 1965) * Sqd Ldr Alauddin Ahmed (Indo Pak War 1965) * Sqd Ldr Muhammad Iqbal (Indo Pak War 1965) * Sqd Ldr Munir Ahmed (Indo Pak War 1965) *Sqn Ldr Ghani Akbar *Masood Ahmed Sikander *Abdul Samad Ali Changazi * Syed Saad Akhtar Hatmi * Muhammad Mahmood Alam *Wg Cdr Syed Manzoor ul Hassan Hashmi * Sarfraz Rafiqui * Imtiaz Bhatti * Farooq Umar * Flight Lieutenant Yusuf Ali Khan * ST Muhammad Hussain Warraich *Wg Cdr Noman Ali Khan *Sqn Ldr Rashid Mir * Cecil Chaudhry * Squadron Leader Khusro

References

External links

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
1965 first Air combat - a thrilling dog fight

Paktribune.com

Pakistan's Medals
* PAF {{DEFAULTSORT:Sitara-E-Jurat Military awards and decorations of Pakistan