President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday conferred insignias of military awards upon 42 officers of Pakistan armed forces, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

 The Presidential Investiture ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in connection with Pakistan Day and was attended by senior officers of Pakistan armed forces, government officials and families of the recipients of the awards.

Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz included Lt-Gen Mohsin Muhammad Qureshi, Air Marshal Abdul Moeed Khan, Air Marshal Tariq Zia, Air Marshal Ghulam Abbas Ghuman, Major-Gen Shoaib Ahmed, Major-Gen Naseer Ahmed Samore, Rear Admiral Habibur Rehman, Major-Gen Shazia Nisar, Major-Gen Ejaz Ghani, Major-Gen Nadeem Ahmed Rana, Major-Gen Waseem Ahmad Khan, Major-Gen Arshad Naseem, Rear Admiral Syed Ahmed Salman, Major-Gen Arshad Mehmood, Major-Gen Muhammad Atif Mansha, Major-Gen Javed Dost Chandio, Major-Gen Muhammad Irfan Khan, Major-Gen Syed Asif Hussain, Major-Gen Sheheryar Parvez Butt, Air Vice Marshal Zaffar Aslam, Major-Gen Imranullah, Rear Admiral Jawad Ahmed, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, Rear Admiral Faisal Amin, Major-Gen Muhammad Raza Aizad, Major-Gen Muhammad Ishaq Khattak, Major-Gen Ch Amin Ajmal, Major-Gen Jawwad Ahmed Qazi, Major-Gen Ahmad Bilal, Major-Gen Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhry, Major-Gen Ehsan Ali, Major-Gen Kamran Nazir Malik, Major-Gen Wajid Aziz, Major-Gen Muhammad Umer Bashir, Major-Gen Asadur Rehman Afzal Cheema, Major-Gen Mushtaq Ali, Major-Gen Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Major-Gen Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Rear Admiral Syed Faisal Ali Shah, Major-Gen Ahsan Altaf and Major-Gen Abeena Choudry.

The president also conferred Sitara-i-Basalat posthumously upon Captain Abdul Wali Shaheed, who embraced martyrdom during a terrorist operation in North Waziristan.