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{{Infobox award
| name = Hilal-e-Jurat<br>{{Nastaliq|ہلالِ جرأت}}
| image = [[File:Hilal-e-Jurat Medal.png|130px]]
| caption = 
| presenter = [[Pakistan]]
| status = Currently Awarded
| type = Military Decoration
| eligibility = Conferrable Upon Officers Only<br>(Army, Navy and Air-Force)
| awarded_for = "...acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty, performed on land, at sea or in the air in the face of the enemy"
| clasps = 2
| post-nominals = '''HJ'''
| established = 16 March 1957<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com" /><ref name=medals>{{cite web|url=http://www.medals.org.uk/pakistan/pakistan017.htm|title=Crescent of Courage (Hilal-i-Jur'at)|last=Robertson|first=Megan|work=Medals.org|access-date=6 June 2009}}</ref>
| higher = [[File:Nishan-e-Haider.png|130px]]<br>'''     [[Nishan-e-Haider]]'''
| lower = [[File:Sitara-e-Jurat.png|130px]]<br>'''      [[Sitara-e-Jurat]]'''
| image2 = [[File:Hilal-e-Jurat.png|130px]]<br>
''' [[Hilal-e-Jurat|Hilal-e-Jurat Ribbon]]'''
| awardname = [[Hilal-e-Jurat]]
}}
The '''Hilal-e-Jurat''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ہلالِ جرأت}}}} {{IPA|hns|ɦəˈlaːl ə dʒʊˈraːt̪|}}, as if it were ''Halāl-e-Jurāt''; English: '''Crescent of Courage ''', sometimes spelled as '''Hilal-e-Jur'at''', '''Hilal-e-Jurat''', '''Hilal-i-Jurrat''' and '''Hilal-i-Juraat''')<ref group="note" name="SPELLINGNAMES">Various official sources that are highly reputable spell the name of the medal differently, so the Pakistan Army website spelling is being taken as the official spelling construction.</ref> is the [[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military|second-highest military award]] of [[Pakistan]] out of a total of four gallantry awards that were created in 1957.<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com" /> In order of rank it comes after the [[Nishan-i-Haider|'''Nishan-e-Haider''']] (the ''Sign of the Lion'', which is the equivalent to the [[Victoria Cross]] and the [[Medal of Honor]] under the [[British Honours System]] and the United States Honors System, respectively) coming before the [[Sitara-i-Jurat|'''Sitara-e-Jurat''']] (the ''Star of Courage'', which is the equivalent of the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]] and the [[Silver Star]], respectively).<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com" /><ref name="Gazette"/><ref name="List of Pakistan Army Awards" />

It was created and declared for official use on 16 March 1957 by the [[President of Pakistan]].<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/forces/forces.htm|title=Pakistan Defence Forces (Pakistanpaedia.com)|publisher=Pakistanpaedia.com|access-date=8 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="Gazette"/><ref name="List of Pakistan Army Awards" /> The Hilal-i-Ju'rat is considered to be the equivalent of the [[Conspicuous Gallantry Cross]] and the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]].<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com"/> The medal is only conferrable to those who are ranked at an [[Officer (armed forces)|Officer]] level only and it is only allowed to be given to the Army (excluding paramilitary personnel), Navy and Air-force.<ref name="List of Pakistan Army Awards" /> The award after this honour is the [[Sitara-i-Jurat|'''Sitara-e-Jurat''']] (''Star of Courage''), and subsequent to this medal is the [[Tamgha-i-Jurat|'''Tamgha-e-Jurat''']] (''Medal of Courage'').<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com" />

Unlike the Nishan-e-Haider, the Hilal-e-Jurat is the highest military award thus far that has been given to living [[Pakistanis]] to date.<ref group="note" name="NISHANREASON">The Nishan-i-Haider has been given to ten people officially since conception in 1957, some have received it before its official creation when it was given posthumously soon after 1957, when it was made into law. Prior to this, under the British Honours System soldiers who displayed the utmost valiant acts of bravery were given the Victoria Cross.</ref> The medallion has been given to many famous Pakistani army personnel, including many national heroes.  Most notably, well known [[major general]]s, [[brigadier]]s and lieutenants of the Pakistan Armed Forces have all received the medal.<ref group="note" name="TABLE">See the list of recipients under [[Hilal-i-Jur'at#Recipients|Recipients]]</ref>

The award holds significant benefits for the recipient including [[reputation|social]], political and financial benefits.<ref name="Story of My Struggle (Details of finances Ju'rat)" /> Land and pensions are awarded as recompense for serving in the Army of Pakistan on behalf of the State for acts of "valour and courage" during battle against the enemy.<ref name="Financial Rewards (Dawn.com)" /> As of 2003 it was revealed that cash rewards have replaced land being given to the recipient under new defence housing schemes, which had taken place for the duration of the past twelve years perpetrated by the army, which was accounted to the [[Pakistan National Assembly]] as reported in the last decade.<ref name="Financial Rewards (Dawn.com)" />

==History==
{{Further|Modern day Pakistan|Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan Military|Pakistan Military Awards}}

Established on 16 March 1957, the award was founded in celebration of Pakistan becoming a Republic and was formally given award status by the [[President of Pakistan]].<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com"/><ref name="Gazette">{{Cite journal|date=19 March 1957|journal=Gazette of Pakistan|pages=No. F. 40(3)/Pres/57}}</ref><ref name="Medal.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.medals.org.uk/pakistan/pakistan017.htm|title=Republic of Pakistan: Crescent of Courage (Hilal-i-Jur'at)|work=Megan C. Robertson|publisher=medals.org.uk|access-date=7 September 2010}}</ref><ref group="note" name="ex01"/> According to the official army website of Pakistan the award is given for "acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty, performed on land, at sea or in the air in the face of the enemy".<ref name="List of Pakistan Army Awards" /><ref name="Medal.org.uk" /><ref group="note" name="ex03">'''Pakistan Army Website, Quote:''' "This award is conferrable on officers only, for acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty, performed on land, at sea or in the air in the face of the enemy..."</ref> The recipient of the award is able to use the distinguished [[honorific]] [[post-nominal]] letters "HJ" after his or her name.<ref name="Medal.org.uk" /> The apportion is considered to be the equivalent to the [[Distinguished Service Order]] under the [[British Honours System]] and the United States [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]].<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com"/>

The names of the medals originate from the [[Persian language]] but are written in the form of the [[Arabic language]].<ref name="PAK National Assembly 1966" /><ref group="note" name="ex01">'''[[Shah Azizur Rahman]],''' '''Quote:''' "The Parliamentary Secretary has said that the language inscribed on the military medals instituted by the President is in Arabic. May I know whether Sitara-i-Jurat is Arabic..." <br>'''Dr. Aleem-al-Razee: Quote:''' "I want to ask the honourable Parliamentary Secretary to state the reason of inscribing Arabic script the titles Nishan-e-Haider, Hilal-e-Juraat, Sitara-e-Juraat, Sitara-e-Basalat and Tamgha-e-Basalat, which are words of the Persian language..."</ref> This was unusual since the major languages of Pakistan are [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Urdu]]. In the [[Pakistan Parliament]] there was a debate on why the names were given in Persian but were spelled in Arabic as some politicians were not entirely sure other medals made were inscribed of words from the Arabic language in the decade that it was made official.<ref name="PAK National Assembly 1966">{{Cite book|title=Debates: official report, Volume 3, Issues 4–12 (Pakistan. National Assembly)|pages=527, 528|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2VzVAAAAMAAJ&q=Arabic|year=1966|publisher=Manager of Publications|location=Pakistan}}</ref>

Pakistan became a republic in 1956. Prior to that Pakistan had been a [[commonwealth realm]] and had as such come under the British honours system. When the award was established, however, it was instituted retrospectively back to the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947—and it was subsequently conferred on a number of Pakistani officers for service during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]].

One particular unit that appeared in an article from [[Dawn (newspaper)|''Dawn'']], the Guards Battalion, was mentioned which emphasized that they had earned several [[Military Cross]]es and one [[Victoria Cross]] was congratulated in 2004 by the president. In the article it was emphasized that before the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947 the unit had been given British gallantry awards which suggests the Hilal-i-Jur'at didn't exist at the time.<ref name="Military Crosses pre 1947">{{Cite news|title=Defence is in safe hands: president |url=http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/11/top1.htm |date=11 November 2004 |publisher=Dawn.com |access-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028170347/http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/11/top1.htm |archive-date=28 October 2010 }}</ref>

==Appearance==
It is a circular golden medal, surrounded by ten bundles of golden leaves with the Islamic crescent and star at its centre, suspended from a golden bar that reads ''"Hilal-i-Ju'rat"'' in [[Persian alphabet|Persian]] with [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] lettering in gold. The ribbon attached to the golden bar is made up of three stripes, totalling two colours (two red and one green) that have been placed on the gallantary award.<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com" /> On the official Pakistan Army website the colour insignia is seen as being red, green, and red.<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182|title=Honours and Awards|publisher=Pakistan Army|access-date=6 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531012800/http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182|archive-date=31 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<gallery class="center" perrow="6">
File:Official Army Release of the Hilal-i-Ju'rat.jpg|{{center|From the official Pakistan Army website}}
File:Hilal-e-Jurat.png|The Medals' ribbon colors
File:Hilal jurat gold bar only.jpg|{{center|The golden bar display, Arabic lettering, Persian wording.}}
File:Gold bar and suspension.jpg|{{center|The golden bar and the suspension decoration as displayed.}}
File:Hilal jurat gold medallion only.jpg|{{center|The golden medallion displayed. 10 bundles of golden leaves.}}
</gallery>

==Eligibility and privileges==

Officers serving in the [[Pakistani Armed Forces]], including and limited to the [[Pakistan Army]], the [[Pakistani Navy]] and the [[Pakistani Air Force]], are the only eligible potential recipients for the award. It is conferred for acts of [[Courage|valour]], [[courage]], [[bravery]] and [[duty|devotion to duty]].<ref name="Pakistanpaedia.com"/><ref name="List of Pakistan Army Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182|title=Honours and Awards of the Pakistani Army|work=("Honours and Awards" as originally titled)|publisher=Official [[Pakistani Army]] Website|language=en|access-date=7 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531012800/http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182|archive-date=31 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref group="note" name="ex03"/> The following is an extract, a word for word statement stating the eligibility of the medal on the Pakistan Army website.

<blockquote>
This award is conferrable on officers only, for acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty, performed on land, at sea or in the air in the face of the enemy.
– <small>Pakistan Army (Website)</small>
</blockquote>

The recipients of the medal are allowed to use the honorific post nominal title letters "HJ" after their names as stated again by the Pakistan Army:

<blockquote>
The recipient has the privilege to add the letters "HJ" after his name.
– <small>Pakistan Army (Website)</small>
</blockquote>

Although there rules are clear, there have been some challenges to change the rules. In March 2009 a group of policeman in [[Islamabad]] challenged the eligibility requirements by campaigning for the medal to be given to Faisal Khan, a police officer, who gave up his life by successfully preventing an [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] [[suicide bomber]] from entering a [[police station]] and causing massive widespread casualties.<ref name="A national hero already forgotten" /> The journalist covering the incident wrote about the anger felt in the community, particularly from the policeman whom Faisal Khan worked with:

<blockquote>
...So sad is the situation that the police have to submit a recommendation for an award 'Hilal-i-Jurrat' and more money for his brave feat...

– <small>Nosheen Abbas, Journalist covering the life of Faisal Khan.</small>
</blockquote>

Khan had adamament dreams of joining the military in his youth or the police force. Whilst he was a police officer he was said to have wanted to "die in the line of duty", serving in the military for his country; many of his colleagues felt that this was a viable reason for him qualifying for the Hilal-i-Jur'at since he didn't receive any gallantry award, only a cash lump sum.<ref name="A national hero already forgotten" />
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==Benefits==
As well as commanding respect and admiration the Hilal-i-Ju'rat holds huge financial benefits for the recipient including land being given to the awardee.<ref name="Captain Kaiser" /> In accordance with Pakistan Law the recipient of the Hilal-i-Ju'rat is granted "two squares of land" according to retired Major General of the [[Pakistan Army]] [[Tajammul Hussain Malik]], who in his 1991 book, ''The Story of My Struggle'', revealed this.<ref name="Story of My Struggle (Details of finances Ju'rat)">{{Cite book|last=Malik|first=Tajammal Hussain |title=The Story of My Struggle (Autobiography of a retired major general of the Pakistan Army, who was tried and imprisoned in 1980 on charges of trying to overthrow Gen. Zia-ul-Haq's martial law government.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8MsAAAAIAAJ&q=square|year=1991|publisher=Jang Publishers|location=Pakistan|page=75}}</ref>

Squadron Leader Safaraz was said to have received seventy-seven acres (0.3116&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land, which was later donated to a charity to benefit the poor and needy, for both his Hilal-i-Ju'rat and the Sitara-i-Ju'rat medals.<ref name="Captain Kaiser" /><ref group="note">'''Quote:''' ''"His selfless devotion to duty was acknowledged by the award of a Sitara-e-Jurat (along with Cecil and Yunus), as well as a Hilal-e-Jurat. PAF Base, Rafiqui (Shorkot), named after him, rekindles the spirit of his chivalry. (Sarfaraz Rafiqui Welfare Trust, based on 77 acres of prime agricultural land in Faisalabad Division, continues to benefit the poor and the needy. The land, given by the Government of Pakistan as recompense with the awards of HJ & SJ, was most generously bequeathed by Sarfaraz-s parents for the Trust, which is administered by the PAF)"'' '''– Captain Kaiser Tufail''', '''Pakistan Defence Journal (Online)''' About the author '''Quote:''' "(Group Captain Kaiser Tufail was commissioned in 1975. He has flown virtually all types of combat aircraft in PAF including the F-16. He commanded a Mirage Squadron and later a Flying Wing. A graduate of Air War College, he has also been on its faculty. He holds a Master-s degree in Strategic Studies. For his meritorious services he has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) by the Government of Pakistan.)".</ref>

Mathematically, if the seventy seven acres is divided and the sums calculated, one square of land, which was awarded to the Sitara-i-Jur'at recipient (according to the book ''The Story of My Struggle''), then this would mean "one square of land" is the equivalent of {{convert|25.41|acre|km2}}, making "two squares of land" equal to {{convert|50.82|acre|km2}}.<ref name="Story of My Struggle (Details of finances Ju'rat)" /><ref name="Wolfram Alpha #1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=33%25+of+77+acres|title=Wolfram Alpha Search Calculation Based on Tajammul Hussain Malik's Account|access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="Wolfram Alpha #2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=66%25+of+77+acres|title=Wolfram Alpha Search Calculation Based on Tajammul Hussain Malik's Account|access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref> The method of calculating the sums is detailed as below with two sources being taken in for consideration to calculate the land awardances on a logical basis.<ref group="note"><u>How The Calculation Was Carried Out:</u>

{{center|<u>Information From Sources</u>}}

1 Square of Land is awarded for the Sitara-i-Jur'at, 2 Squares of Land for the Hilal-Jur'at.<br>Safaraz was awarded 77 acres for ''both'' his Sitara-i-Jur'at and Hilal-i-Jur'at medals. This is the equivalent of 3 Squares of land altogether when added up.

{{center|<u>Logistical Method</u>}}

77 acres divided by 3 Squares of Land will give you the land in acres given for 1 square of land.

Multiply (77 acres divided by 3) altogether by 2 and this gives the 2 Squares of Land in acres for the Hilal-i-Jur'at medal.

{{center|<u>Quick Representation:</u>}}

<math>\mathrm{1\ Square\ of\ Land} =(\frac{\mathrm{77\ acres}}{\mathrm{3\ Squares\ of\ Land}}) = 25.41\ acres </math>

<math>\mathrm{2\ Squares\ of\ Land} =(\frac{\mathrm{77\ acres}}{\mathrm{3\ Squares\ of\ Land}}) \cdot 2\ Squares\ of\ Land\ = 50.82\ acres </math>
</ref>

:::<math>\mathrm{1\ Square\ of\ Land} =(\frac{\mathrm{77\ acres}}{\mathrm{3\ Squares\ of\ Land}}) \cdot 1 = 25.41\ acres </math>

:::<math>\mathrm{2\ Squares\ of\ Land} =(\frac{\mathrm{77\ acres}}{\mathrm{3\ Squares\ of\ Land}}) \cdot 2 = 50.82\ acres </math>

It was revealed by the Pakistan news agency [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn.com]], that the gallantry awards have major cash rewards for the recipients and in the last twelve years this has replaced land awardances given to the recipient under defence housing schemes, which was reported in 2003 to the National Assembly of Pakistan. Rs. 500,000 rupees ([[£]]3679.98 or $5824.13, or €4317.5 as of September 2010)<ref name="Wolfram Alpha Exchange Rates">{{cite web|url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=500,000+Pakistani+Rupees|title=Wolfram Alpha Exchange Rates (September 2010 Calculation)|access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref> are given as recompense for obtaining the Hilal-i-Ju'rat during service.<ref name="Financial Rewards (Dawn.com)">{{Cite news|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/09/09/nat18.htm|title=27 defence housing schemes launched in 12 years|date=9 September 2003|publisher=Dawn.com|access-date=14 September 2010}}</ref><ref group="note">''"The minister--"'' '''Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqba''' ''"--said that no allotment of land was being made to the army personnel on receiving gallantry awards. However, cash awards, attached to the military awards, were given to them. Winner of Nishan-i-Haider is awarded Rs 1&nbsp;million, Hilal-i-Jura't Rs 500,000, Sitar-i-Jura'at Rs 400,000, Tamgha-i-Jura'at 300,000, Sitar-i-Basalat 200,000 and Tamgha-i-Basalat Rs 100,000.'' '''-- Dawn Reporter'''</ref>

During the [[Kargil Conflict]] in 1999, however, land was given to those that participated in the war and to those that gained gallantry awards. The Kargil Conflict was the only exception to this when it came to the land awards when the housing schemes were taking place.<ref name="Financial Rewards (Dawn.com)"/>

==Recipients==
{{Further|Indo-Pakistani Wars|Bangladesh|Pakistan Air Force}}

Several high-profile generals of the Pakistan army have received the Hilal-i-Jur'at medal, who've gone on to make successful careers in the army and in Pakistani politics including [[Akhtar Abdur Rahman]], who was known as the second most powerful man in Pakistan during the 1980s, known for being the head of the [[Inter-Services Intelligence]] Agency (ISI) during [[Zia-ul-Huq]]'s presidency.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The ISI is the equivalence of the British intelligence service, [[MI5]] and for Americans, the [[CIA]].<ref name="Chowk (Agha Amin)">{{cite web|url=http://www.chowk.com/articles/comments-on-ongoing-debate-about-isi-in-the-afghan-war-Agha-Amin.htm|title=Comments on Ongoing Debate about ISI in the Afghan War|last=Amin|first=Agha|date=10 December 2007|publisher=Chowk.com|access-date=10 September 2010|location=Pakistan}}</ref>

General [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]], the first military ruler of Pakistan who became a controversial figure towards the end of his presidency, serving as the second [[President of Pakistan]] between 1958 and 1969, also received the award.<ref name="The first uniform">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/2003/05/21/op.htm |title=The first uniform |date=21 May 2003 |publisher=Dawn.com |access-date=22 September 2010 |location=Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204225025/http://www.dawn.com/2003/05/21/op.htm |archive-date=4 December 2008 }}</ref><ref name="The day after">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/11/op.htm |title=The day after |last=Faridi |first=Firozuddin Ahmed Faridi |date=11 October 2002 |publisher=Dawn.com |access-date=22 September 2010 |location=Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050222004043/http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/11/op.htm |archive-date=22 February 2005 }}</ref> Notably [[A.O. Mitha]], a legendary [[major general]] who played a significant part in the [[1971 Liberation War]] in which he was stationed in [[East Pakistan]] (modern day [[Bangladesh]]), which ultimately led to the [[Independence of Bangladesh|Secession of Bangladesh]], was also bestowed the medal.<ref name="Books and Authors - The forgotten hero">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/in-paper-magazine/books-and-authors/the-forgotten-hero|title=Books and Authors – The forgotten hero|last=Anjum|first=Aliya|date=2 August 2009<!-- , 08:40&nbsp;am PST-->|publisher=Dawn.com|access-date=22 September 2010|location=Karachi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sehgal|first=Ikram ul-Majeed |title=Defence journal, Volume 7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaffAAAAMAAJ&q=hilal+e+jurat|year=2004|publisher=Pakistan Defence Journal|location=pakistan|page=49}}</ref>

'''Brigadier (r) Saadullah Khan''', the only living soldier in Pakistan Army's history to have been recommended for Nishan-e-Haider for the demonstration of unmatched gallantry in 1971 war. His book "From East Pakistan to Bangladesh", guides the army's textbook curriculum.<ref name="Shaheen 2013">{{cite web | last=Shaheen | first=Sikander | title='Pak Army could resist Indians for 6 months' | website=Latest News, Today's Paper and Daily ePaper – The Nation | date=2013-12-17 | url=https://nation.com.pk/17-Dec-2013/pak-army-could-resist-indians-for-6-months | access-date=2021-08-22}}</ref>

He was a charismatic person. Upright, handsome, soft-spoken and very, very spiritual.

He was seen as being an oddball and 'soft on Bengalis,' fought the hardest in the war.<ref name="Paracha 2013">{{cite web | last=Paracha | first=Nadeem F. | title=Crazy diamonds – VI | website=DAWN.COM | date=2013-03-21 | url=https://www.dawn.com/2013/03/21/crazy-diamonds-vi/ | access-date=2021-08-22}}</ref>

He was recommended for a Nishan e Haider but was awarded Hilal e Jurat instead.<ref name="Abbas 2015 p. 91">{{cite book | last=Abbas | first=H. | title=Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-317-46328-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHKsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 | page=91}}</ref>

It is also believed that Saadullah never appreciated Zia's role in Jordan.

Brigadier Saadullah, who had fought gallantly in East Pakistan and then added a humanitarian dimension to the military's brutal tussle with the Baloch was prematurely retired on the pretext of 'being too religious' by a General who would go on to topple his beloved prime minister on the pretext that 'he was not religious enough.'

Other notable heroic personnel of the [[Pakistan Army]] who died during service and were given the medal in the [[battle|line of fire]] include [[Ghulam Hussain Shaheed]] for his duty in standing his ground during an ambush by the Indian army near Pakistan's modern day border, near [[Kasur]] (of which it was later renamed after him). He was said to have held the [[Flag of Pakistan|national flag of Pakistan]] until his last breath when he was fatally wounded twice during battle with Indian armed soldiers.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Major [[Ziaur Rahman]] was also bestowed a Hilal e Jurat for his contributions in the 1965 war;<ref name=ziaur>{{cite web|title=Hilal-e-Jurat|url=https://ncml.page.tl/Hilal_e_Jurat.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531150247/https://ncml.page.tl/Hilal_e_Jurat.htm |access-date=2 August 2012|archive-date=31 May 2023 }}</ref> he later defected from Pakistan Army in 1971, and subsequently became the seventh [[President of Bangladesh]].

===Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui===
{{Main|Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui}}
[[File:Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui, recipient of the Hilal-i-Jur'at, earned owing to his exceptional stance during the 1965 Indo-Pak War]]
Most significantly of all [[Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui|Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui]], considered a national hero in the region, was bestowed the award after a war between neighbouring countries Pakistan and India erupted. He earned the prestigious award for bravely fighting and defending his pilots against the Indian Air Force during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] in which he participated to the end. He was shot down over the Indian air base in the final moments of air warfare.<ref name="Captain Kaiser" /><ref name="Air Attack"/><ref>{{Cite book|title=The Detective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHkbAAAAMAAJ&q=hilal+e+jurat|volume=17|year=1969|publisher=East Pakistan Police Co-operative Society|pages=29, 31}}</ref>

His equipment malfunctioned and subsequently he was left in a position to attempt to lure enemy pilots away from concentrating fire on the two fully functioning jets left on the battlefield. Taking on heavy fire during the air attack on 6 September, he was finally brought down and crashed in the airfield.<ref name="Air Attack"/> His parents were informed he was given the honour in a telegram sent by the [[Pakistan Air Force|PAF]].<ref name="Captain Kaiser" />

The mission he was sent on went awry as the result of his guns jamming mid-battle, and as the fighting commenced IAF pilot, Flight Lieutenant DN Rathore of 27th Squadron, shot down his fighter jet after Rafiqui's unit caused significant damage to the enemy. It is reported eight Hunters and five pilots were destroyed, which included the defeat of the IAF Squadron Leader Ajit Kumar 'Peter' Rawlley of the 7th Squadron of the Indian Air Forces.<ref name="Captain Kaiser" /> Rafiqui's qualification for the posthumous honour was enhanced as a direct result of the prestigious [[Pakistan Air Force Academy|''Best Pilot Trophy'' from the Pakistan Air Force Academy]] in [[Risalpur]] where he received it five months after graduating, leading him to be apportioned the penultimate gallantry award from the state, the ''Hilal-i-Ju'rat'' after the 1965 war had ended.<ref name="Captain Kaiser" /> He, along with his subordinates, [[Cecil Chaudhry]] and Yunis Hussain, were given the [[Sitara-i-Jurat|Sitara-i-Jur'at]]. Chaudhry was the only survivor left who made it back to the home airbase.<ref name="Captain Kaiser" /><ref name="Pakistan Air Force: the right stuff">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/letters-to-the-editor/pakistan-air-force-the-right-stuff-809|title=Pakistan Air Force: the right stuff|last=CHAUDHRY|first=KHALID|date=8 October 2009|publisher=Dawn.com|access-date=22 September 2010|location=Karachi}}</ref> Pakistan's third airbase, the Rafiqui Airbase (Shorkot Cantonment), is named after Sarfaraz.<ref name="Tribute: Masters of the sky">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/in-paper-magazine/young-world/masters-of-the-sky|title=Tribute: Masters of the sky|last=Naqvi|first=Rizwana|date=5 September 2009<!-- 12:45&nbsp;am PST-->|publisher=Dawn.com|access-date=22 September 2010|location=Pakistan}}</ref> His body was never found and still lies somewhere around the Halwara Airbase where the battle took place.
{{Quote box
 |quote  = Rafiqui, HJ, SJ, (Shaheed) was my role model. As a matter of fact he was the role model for a large number of pilots in the PAF. He was a born leader and officers like him you come across once in a lifetime. As a pilot he was the best.
 |source = – Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry, SJ when asked who was his role model and inspiration (2001).
}}
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===List of notable recipients===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! {{center|Years<br>of Service}}!! {{center|Name}} !! {{center|Military<br>title(s)}} !! {{center|Army section (unit)}} !! {{center|<small>Region</small>}} !! {{center|<small>Village</small>}} !! {{center|<small>Post-nominal<br>title(s)</small>}}
|-
| 1932–1960
| [[Mian Hayaud Din]]<ref name="Rahman Wardens of the Marches"/>
| [[Major General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-18)
| [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| [[Peshawar]]
| HJ, [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Military Cross|MC]]
|-
| 1957–1963
| [[Muhammad Aslam Khan]]
| [[Brigadier]] 
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-919)
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu Kashmir]]
| 
| HJ, MC, FK,<ref>Unable to trace this award in the London Gazette, except to a Captain, Acting Major Mohamad Aslam Khan (SF 840), Indian States Forces in the London Gazette 22 March 1945 for Burma (award with 4 Jammu and Kashmir Infantry)</ref> SJ
|-
| 1933–1958
| [[Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi|Sher Ali Khan]]<ref name="Sher Ali Book 1978">{{Cite book|last=Khan|first=Muhammad Sher Ali |title=al-Qiṣaṣ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-ZtAAAAMAAJ&q=hilal+e+jurat|year=1978|publisher=Wajidalis|location=Pakistan}}</ref>
| [[Major General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-24)
| [[Haryana]]
| [[Pataudi]]
| HJ
|-
| 1928–1958
| [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Muhammad Ayub Khan]]<ref name="Chowk (Kamal)">{{cite web|url=http://www.chowk.com/articles/p/13607|title=The More Things Change...|last=K. Jabbar|first=Kamal|date=17 February 2008|publisher=Chowk.com|access-date=8 September 2010|location=Pakistan}}</ref><ref name="Dawn (Roeded Khan)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/2002/04/17/op.htm |title=Not the straight path |last=Khan |first=Roedad |date=17 April 2002 |publisher=Dawn.com |access-date=8 September 2010 |location=Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025035632/http://www.dawn.com/2002/04/17/op.htm |archive-date=25 October 2010 }}</ref>
| [[Field Marshal]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-10)
| [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| [[Haripur District|Rehana]]
| HJ, [[HPk]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
|-
| 1935–1965
| [[Musa Khan (general)|Musa Khan Hazara]]
| General
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-28)
| [[Balochistan]]
| [[Quetta]]
| HJ, H.Pk., HQA, MBE
|-
| 1947–1969
| [[Akhtar Hussain Malik]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}
| [[Lieutenant General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-148)
| [[Punjab (Pakistani province)|Punjab]]
| [[Pandori, Jhelum|Pindori]]
| HJ
|-
|
| [[Abrar Hussain (General)|Abrar Hussain]]<ref name="Niazi's Book">{{Cite book|last=Niazi|first=Amir Abdullah Khan |title=The betrayal of East Pakistan (Chiefly an account of events leading to the birth of Bangladesh)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ORtAAAAMAAJ&q=hilal+e+jurat|year=1998|publisher=Manohar|pages=29, 118, 298|isbn=9788173042560 }}</ref>
| [[Major General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-159)
|
|
| HJ, [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
|-
| 1934–1975
| [[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi]]<ref name="Sarmila Bose (Daily Times)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-11-2003_pg3_5 |title=Op-ed: The courageous Pak army stand on the eastern front |last=Bose |first=Sarmila |date=24 November 2003 |work=Daily Times|access-date=8 September 2010 |location=Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524040709/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-11-2003_pg3_5 |archive-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Dawn (Monitoring Desk)">{{Cite news|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/12/18/nat40.htm|title=Niazi 'surrendered' on Yahya's orders|date=18 December 2003|publisher=Dawn.com|access-date=8 September 2010|location=Pakistan}}</ref><ref name="Dawn.com Niazi">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/2004/02/13/fea.htm |title=Gen A. A. K. (Tiger) Niazi: an appraisal |last=Siddiqi |first=A. R. |date=13 February 2004 |publisher=Dawn.com |access-date=8 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217134635/http://www.dawn.com/2004/02/13/fea.htm |archive-date=17 December 2007 }}</ref>
| [[Lieutenant General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-477)
| [[Punjab (Pakistani province)|Punjab]]
|
| HJ (Bar), SPk, SK, [[Military Cross|MC]]
|-
| 1947–1974
| [[Abdul Ali Malik]]
| [[Lieutenant General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-524)
| [[Rawalpindi]]
| [[Pandori, Jhelum|Pindori]]
| HJ
|-
|
| [[Amjad Ali Chaudhri]]<ref name="Amjad Ali Choudhry">{{Cite book|title=Pakistan horizon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uoBCAAAAYAAJ&q=hilal+e+jurat|volume=31|year=1978|publisher=Pakistan Institute of International Affairs|location=Pakistan|page=135}}</ref>
| [[Brigadier]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-624)
|
|
| HJ
|-
|
| Ahsan Rashid Shami
| [[Brigadier]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-???)
|
|
| HJ
|-
| 1948–1974
| [[Naseerullah Babar]]<ref name="Dawn (Anjum Niaz)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/071028/dmag16.htm |title=Whodunnit? |last=Niaz |first=Anjum |date=28 October 2007 |publisher=Dawn.com |access-date=8 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510074745/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/071028/dmag16.htm |archive-date=10 May 2010 }}</ref>
| [[Major General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-???)
|
|
| HJ (Bar)
|-
| 1941–1971
| [[A.O. Mitha]]<ref name="Niazi's Book" />
| [[Major General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-649)
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Bombay]]
| HJ, [[SPk]], SQA
|-
|
|[[Abdul Qayum Sher]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daily.pk/1965-war-was-a-milestone-in-country%E2%80%99s-history-6312/|title=1965 war was a milestone in country's history|date=7 September 2008|work=daily.pk|publisher=Pakistan Daily|access-date=8 September 2010}}</ref>
| [[Brigadier]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-332)
|
|
| HJ
|-
| 1946–1971
| [[Ghulam Hussain Shaheed]]<ref name="Asghar Wahla">{{Cite news|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/09/03/nat27.htm|title=Flag Lowering – A Heartwarming Sight|last=Wahla|first=Asghar|date=3 September 2003|work=The late Col Husain, who served in the army as a commanding officer, put up a valiant fight on the battlefield in the 1971 war. He was decorated with Hilal-i-Jurat|access-date=8 September 2010|location=Pakistan}}</ref>
| [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-4049)
| [[British Punjab]]
| Laliani
| HJ
|-
|
| Muhammad Akram Raja<ref name="Rahman Wardens of the Marches">{{Cite book|last=Rahman|first=Mohammed Attiqur|title=The wardens of the marches: a history of the Piffers, 1947–1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nz25AAAAIAAJ&q=hilal+e+jurat|year=1980|publisher=Wajidalis|location=Pakistan}}</ref>
| [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-3927)
| [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| [[Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khanpur]]
| HJ
|-
|
| Amir Hamza Khan
| [[Major General]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-1986)
|
|
| HJ, SJ<!-- probably not a Jesuit! -->
|-
| 1982–1987
| Muhammad Iqbal Shaheed<ref name="Captain Mohammad Iqbal Shaheed">{{cite web|url=http://thesaleh.blogspot.com/2010/08/captain-mohammad-iqbal-shaheed.html|title=Captain Mohammad Iqbal Shaheed|publisher=World Affairs and Beyond|access-date=7 September 2010|date=17 August 2010}}</ref>
| [[Captain (land)|Captain]]
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] Pakistan Army (PA-???)
| [[Dheri Zardad|Pushtoon Garhi]]
| [[North-West Frontier Province|North-West Frontier Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] 
| HJ
|-
| 1941–1969
| [[Nur Khan]]<ref name="Nur Khan PAF Falcons">{{cite web|url=http://www.paffalcons.com/cas/nur-khan.php|title=PAF s' Chief of the Air Staffs Air Marshal M Nur Khan, HJ, HS, HQA, SPk|access-date=12 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128103247/http://paffalcons.com/cas/nur-khan.php|archive-date=28 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Air Marshal]]
| [[File:Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svg|20px]] Pakistan Air Force (PAF-???)
| [[Chakwal District]]
| [[Talagang]] ([[Dandi, Talagang Tehsil|Dandi]])
| HJ, HS, HQA, SPk<ref name="Nur Khan PAF Falcons" />
|-
| 1953–1971
| M Zafar Masud<ref name="A. Khan Air Marshal">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/2003/10/13/fea.htm |title=Mitty Masud Folds His Wings |last=A. Khan (Air Chief Marshal) |first=Jamal |date=13 October 2003 |publisher=Dawn.com |access-date=8 September 2010 |location=Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215134812/http://www.dawn.com/2003/10/13/fea.htm |archive-date=15 December 2009 }}</ref>
| [[Group Captain|Gp.Captain]], [[Air Commodore]]
| [[File:Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svg|20px]] Pakistan Air Force (PAF-???)
|
|
| HJ
|-
| 1953–1965
| [[Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui]]<ref name="Captain Kaiser">{{cite web|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/sept98/sarfaraz2.htm|title=Boy ...We'll Sort Them Out|last=Tufail|first=Group Captain Kaiser|publisher=defencejournal.com|access-date=9 September 2010|location=Pakistan}}</ref><ref name="Air Attack">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-04.html|title=The Challenge: Pakistan Attacks Indian Air Fields|date=6 September 1965|publisher=bharat-rakshak.com|access-date=8 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="Chowk (A.H. Khan)">{{cite web |url=http://www.chowk.com/articles/5080 |title=Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry, SJ: An Interview with a War Hero ... |last=Amin |first=A.H. |date=8 July 2001 |website=Chowk.com |access-date=8 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204085521/http://www.chowk.com/Change/Group-Captain-Cecil-Chaudhry-SJ |archive-date=2012-02-04}}</ref>
| [[Squadron Leader]]
| [[File:Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svg|20px]] Pakistan Air Force (PAF-3550)
|
|
| HJ, SJ
|-
| 1944–1972
| [[Abdul Rahim Khan]]
| [[Air Marshal]]
| [[File:Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svg|20px]] Pakistan Air Force (PAF-???)
|
|
| HJ, HQA, SPk, SBt
|-
|1948-1981
|[[Inamul Haque Khan]]
|[[Air Commodore]]
|[[File:Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svg|20px]] Pakistan Air Force (PAF-???)
|
|
| HJ
|-
| 1959–1966
| [[Afzal Rahman Khan]]
| [[Vice Admiral]]
| [[File:Naval Jack of Pakistan.svg|20px]] Pakistan Navy (PN-73)
|
|
|HJ
|}

==Controversy==

===Retractions===
During the Bangladesh War of 1971 several HJs were given out and later retracted.

===Faisal Khan===
[[File:Faisal Khan's Sacrifice - Memorial (Islamabad).jpg|thumb|right|140px|A photograph of Khan is placed over a [[wreath]] where his main body parts lay, after the blast.<ref name="A national hero already forgotten" />]]
On 23 March 2009, Faisal Khan, who was outside the gates of the "G-7 special police branch", was killed when he stopped and refused to let go of an apparent [[suicide bomber]] of [[Uzbek people|Uzbek]] origin who wanted to [[terrorism|blow up the police compound]] near [[List of tourist attractions in Islamabad#Main markets|Sitara Market]] in [[Islamabad]].<ref name="Cop killed in suicide attack on Special Branch office in Islamabad">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\story_24-3-2009_pg1_10 |title=Cop killed in suicide attack on Special Branch office in Islamabad |last=Sher |first=Fazal |date=24 March 2009 |publisher=DailyTimes.com.pk |access-date=22 September 2010 |location=Pakistan, Islamabad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112122855/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C02%5Cstory_2-10-2009_pg7_8 |archive-date=12 January 2012 }}</ref> After he was killed many around the area were thankful for his [[sacrifice]], especially the local police, who thought Khan deserved being given [[Hero|heroic status]] by the country.<ref name="A national hero already forgotten"/> Although the bomber did kill several people, it was thought he could have done more damage by causing a high number of [[casualties]] which could have arisin if Khan didn't stop the man going towards the branch.<ref name="A national hero already forgotten"/><ref name="Cop killed in suicide attack on Special Branch office in Islamabad"/> The building was described as being "poorly guarded" at the time.<ref name="A national hero already forgotten"/><ref name="Cop killed in suicide attack on Special Branch office in Islamabad"/> Khan only received [[Pakistani rupee|Rs. 150,000]] ([[£]]1107.68 or $1753.41 or €1300.87 as of September 2010), which was given to his siblings, as he had no parents nor a family of his own.<ref name="A national hero already forgotten"/><ref name="Wolfram Alpha Exchange Rates Calculation #2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=150,000+Pakistani+Rupees|title=Wolfram Alpha Exchange Rates Calculation #2|access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref>

<blockquote>
Despite the poor conditions of the police and the faulty hierarchic and bureaucratic system in the police force, he sank with his ship. But was he acknowledged by the state as a hero? Certainly not. Prime Minister's adviser on Interior Senator Rehman Malik had announced Rs 150,000 for his family – which is a measly amount for someone's life – for someone who sacrificed his life for others and is nothing less than a national hero[...] Sadly the state too has not shown its appreciation of such a man who saved the lives of so many especially in a time when they are most ill-equipped and the prime targets[...] Its individuals like Faisal Khan who make the difference but get little acknowledgement. When will the government realise that their faces are saved from public humiliation because of the sacrifice of many Faisal Khans[?]

– <small>Nosheen Abbas, documenting the life Faisal Khan, 3 April 2009.</small>
</blockquote>

Controversy arose when this amount was seen as not being nearly enough for what he had done, and that the thirty-year-old Khan deserved more for his sacrifice such as gaining the prestigious Hilal-i-Jur'at for his duty in guarding the station. In memory, because of his aspirations in wanting to always "join the army or police force" in his youth and adult life, some thought he deserved the gallantry award in honour for what he did in protecting and saving the lives of many people around the area. The police force decided to [[protest|campaign]] against the low sum of money that was given to him by submitting a recommendation for him to receive the Hilal-i-Jur'at to the [[government of Pakistan]], as they saw it as an [[shame|embarrassment]] for the state in not recognising Khan as a "national hero".<ref name="A national hero already forgotten">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/a-national-hero-already-forgotten|title=A national hero already forgotten|last=Abbas|first=Nosheen|date=3 April 2009|work=FROM THE PAPER - NATIONAL|publisher=Dawn.com|access-date=22 September 2010|location=Pakistan, Islamabad}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Pakistan}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722053549/http://www.paffalcons.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=387&sid=3c83aa62d7f6ad844edb7b2804c0d194 Air Commodore Mitti Masud, HJ, SBt]
* [http://www.medals.pl/pk/pk1.htm Decorations and Medals of Pakistan]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081229230232/http://www.pakistanimedals.com/ Pakistan's Medals]
{{Cnote2 End}}

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