Tribute to Holders of

Nishan-e-Haider
We salute the soldiers of Pakistan Army who fought and gave their lives for
our country.

By: Hassaan Haris Khan (Class-VII Jasmine)

NISHAN-E-HAIDER

• The highest military award of Pakistan.

• Awarded to Shaheed Soldiers who have

shown bravery and courage in times of war &
battles.
CAPTAIN MUHAMMAD SARWAR

• During the Kashmir Operations, as Commander of

the 2nd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, Captain
Sarwar launched an attack causing heavy casualties
against enemy position in the Uri sector.
• On the 27th July 1948, as he moved forward, he
died when his chest was riddled by a burst of heavy
machine gun fire.
 MAJOR TUFAIL MUHAMMAD

• Major Tufail, a Company Commander in the East

Pakistan Rifles, encircled an illegal Indian post, in the
Lakshmipur area.
• Mortally wounded in the encounter that followed,
Major Tufail continued to lead his troops till the Indians
were driven out.
• He died the same day on the 7th August 1958.
MAJOR RAJA AZIZ BHATTI

•As Company Commander in the Burki Area of the Lahore

Sector, Major Bhatti chose to move with his platoon under
artillery and tank attacks for five days and nights.
•Undaunted by constant fire from enemy small arms, tanks
and artillery, he organized the defense of the canal, until
he was hit by an enemy tank shell which killed him on
10th September 1965.
 MAJOR MUHAMMAD AKRAM

• Major Muhammad Akram commanded the 4th FF

Regiment in the area of the Hilli district, in East
Pakistan came under heavy attacks.
•But for an entire fortnight, despite enemy superiority,
he and his men, repulsed every attack.
•Major Akram died during this epic battle in 1971.
PILOT OFFICER RASHID MINHAS

•Pilot Officer Minhas was taxiing for take-off on a

routine training flight when an Instructor Pilot forced
his way into the rear cockpit, seized control of the
aircraft and took off.
•When Minhas realized that the absconding pilot was
heading towards India, he tried to regain control of the
plane was unable to do so.
•He damaged the controls and forced the aircraft to
crash on 20th August 1971.
MAJOR SHABBIR SHAREEF

•Major Shareef and his men held two enemy

battalions at bay.
•But after he took over an anti-tank gun from his
gunner in an attack he was killed by a direct hit
on the afternoon of 6th December.
JAWAN SOWAR MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN

• Although only a driver, Sowar Muhammad Hussain

took an active part in every battle in which his unit
was engaged.
• When he spotted the enemy digging a minefield
near the village of Harar Khurd, on his own initiative
he directed accurate fire at the enemy resulting in the
destruction of sixteen of their tanks.
• But while directing fire from rifles, he was hit in the
chest by a burst of machine gun fire and died on 10th
December 1971.
LANCE NAIK MUHAMMAD MAHFUZ

• Muhammad Mahfuz was deployed on the Wagah-Attari

Sector in East Pakistan.
• Mahfuz advanced towards an enemy bunker whose
automatic fire had inflicted heavy casualties.
• Wounded in both legs, when he reached the bunker he
stood up and pounced on the enemy, he caught hold of
one of the enemy and was strangling him when another
bayoneted him to death during the night of 17th
December 1971.
CAPTAIN KARNAL SHER KHAN

•Captain Karnal Sher Khan emerged as the symbol of

mettle and courage during the Kargil conflict.
•He defended five strategic posts, which he established
with his soldiers at the height of 17,000 feet in Gultary
area.
•He also conducted many raids in enemy area. During one
of such raid he went inside the enemy camp where he
received burst of fire in the chest and embraced
SHAHADAT on 5 July 1999.
HAVALDAR LALAK JAN

•Hav. Lalak Jan volunteered himself to be deployed on the

front positions located at the jagged peak in May 1999.
•He driven back many aggressive ventures by
•the enemy.
•On July 7, Hav. Lalak sustained serious injuries as enemies
made heavy mortar shelling. Despite being injured, he
retained his position.
•He succumbed to his injuries at the same post he was
defending.
THANK YOU