Overview

• Field Marshal Asim Munir received the Hilal-i-Jurat for commanding Pakistani forces during the April-May clash with India.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and key cabinet members were honoured with the Nishan-i-Imtiaz for their diplomatic and domestic coordination roles.
• Senior commanders and intelligence chiefs, including Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu and ISI Director General Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik, earned high military awards.
• The ceremony also distributed eight Sitara-i-Jurat, five Tamgha-i-Jurat, 24 Sitara-i-Basalat, 45 Tamgha-i-Basalat, 146 mentions in dispatches and 259 COAS commendation cards.
• Opposition figures and independent analysts said the mass civilian decorations risk politicizing the honours system and undermining civil-military norms.