Rawalpindi - Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif conferred military awards on Army personnel for acts of gallantry in ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb in an investiture ceremony held at General Headquarters on Tuesday.
A large number of military officials and relatives of martyrs and Ghazis attended the ceremony.
Thirty officers and soldiers were awarded Tamgha-e-Bisalat, 33 officers were awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), and one soldier was awarded United Nations (UN) Medal. Medals of Shuhada were received by their family members.
The operation Zarb-e-Azb is a military offensive being conducted by Pakistan Armed Forces against various militant groups, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and otehrs. The operation was launched by the Pakistan Armed Forces on 15 June 2014 in North Waziristan Agency of FATA along the Afghan border.
Thousands of Pakistani soldiers are involved in Zarb-e-Azb, described as a “comprehensive operation” to flush out all foreign and local militants hiding in North Waziristan.
The operation has received widespread support from the Pakistani political, defence and civilian sectors.
A large number of military officials and relatives of martyrs and Ghazis attended the ceremony.
Thirty officers and soldiers were awarded Tamgha-e-Bisalat, 33 officers were awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), and one soldier was awarded United Nations (UN) Medal. Medals of Shuhada were received by their family members.
The operation Zarb-e-Azb is a military offensive being conducted by Pakistan Armed Forces against various militant groups, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and otehrs. The operation was launched by the Pakistan Armed Forces on 15 June 2014 in North Waziristan Agency of FATA along the Afghan border.
Thousands of Pakistani soldiers are involved in Zarb-e-Azb, described as a “comprehensive operation” to flush out all foreign and local militants hiding in North Waziristan.
The operation has received widespread support from the Pakistani political, defence and civilian sectors.
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