Lahore  - A simple but impressive investiture ceremony was held at Corps Headquarters Auditorium here Wednesday morning. Lahore Corps Commander Lieutenant General Rashad Mahmood, who was the chief guest on the occasion, decorated eighty-eight officers and soldiers with military honours and awards. The honours were awarded to the recipients in recognition of their acts of gallantry, outstanding performances in their respective field and for their long meritorious services.
Posthumous award of Tamgha-i-Basalat were received by next of kin of Hav Abdul Hamid (Shaheed) of Frontier Force Regiment, Hav Roshan Ali (Shaheed) of Azad Kashmir Regiment, L/Hav Muhammad Rashid (Shaheed) of Azad Kashmir Regiment, Nk Muhammad Saeed (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Nk Shabbir Akhtar (Shaheed) of Artillery Regiment, Lnk Mukhtar Ahmed (Shaheed) of Frontier Force Regiment, Sep Imtiaz Hussain (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Muhammad Ali Sheeran (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Atta Ullah (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Rafaqat (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Sajwar Hussain Shaheed of Punjab Regiment, Sep Muhamad Irshad (:Shaheed) of Frontier Force Regiment, Sep Muhammad Imran (Shaheed) of Frontier Force Regiment, SW Asif Adeel (Shaheed) of Sind Regiment, Sep Altaf (Shaheed) of Baloch Regiment, Sep Muhammad Nadeem (Shaheed) DSG, Sep Riasat Ali (Shaheed) DSG, Nk Muhammad Yasin (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Nk Muhammad Younas (Shaheed) of Frontier Force Regiment, Spr Muhammad Rizwan (Shaheed) of Engineers, Sep Riaz Ahmed (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Zahoor Ahmad (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Shakoor Hussain (Shaheed) of Frontier Force Regiment, Sep Muhammad Mukhtar (Shaheed) of Sind Regiment, Sep Ansar Ali (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Gulzar Ahmed (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment, Sep Abid Hussain (Shaheed) of Baloch Regiment and Sep Muhammad Nadeem (Shaheed) of Punjab Regiment.
The recipients of Sitar-i-Imtiaz (Military) included Brigadier Najmul Hassan of Army Medical Corps, Brigadier Shahid Afzal of Baloch Regment, Brigadier Syed Shaukat Ali of Armoured Corps, Brigadier Muhammad Shoaib Murtaza T.Bt(M) of Azad Kashmir Regiment, Brigadier Khawar Saeed of Frontier Force Regiment, Brigadier Muhammad Nazif of Artillery Regiment, Brigadier Mian Azhar Mahmud of Armoured Corps, Brigadier Hamid Usman, TI(M) of Air Defence, Brigadier Tanvir Ahmed, Brigadier Muhammad Fiaz Iqbal of Artillery, Brigadier Shafqat Nazir of Engineers, Brigadier M. Allyas Khan of Artillery Regiment, Colonel Aman Ullah Khan Niazi of Air Defence, Colonel Ali Raza Malhi of Frontier Force Regiment, Colonel Nasir Hussain Bhatti of Ordinance and Colonel Ikhlaq Hussain of Punjab Regiment.  
The recipients of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) included Lieutenant Colonel Ayub Akram Tareen of Armoured Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Shahid Hussain of Baloch Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Nayyar Sajjad of Armoured Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Saqib Mahmood Warraich of Punjab Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Mazhar Masood of Sind Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Amjad Iqbal of Azad Kashmir Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Saleem of Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kaiser Aurang Zeb of Armoured Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Khalid Mustafa of Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Ishtiaq Kayani of Army Aviation, Lieutenant Colonel Fawad Akram(S.Bt) of Frontier Force Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Shahzad Afzal of Air Defence, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Imran Khan of Armoured Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Syed Haider Hussain of Baloch Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Muhammad Lutaf Ullah of Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Rahat Malik of Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Saadat Ali Janjua of Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Masood Khokhar of Armed Medical Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Abid Mushtaq of Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Imran Ashraf of Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ibrahim Khan of Armoured Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Gulzar Ahmad of Air Defence, Lieutenant Colonel Asim Zia Qureshi of Punjab Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Manzoor Mohayyud Din of Frontier Force Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Mahmood of Army Services Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Sohaib Rizwan of Artillery Regiment, Major Jawad Qadir Qureshi of Signals Corps, Lt Colonel Zahid Munir of Sind Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Shokat Pervez of Artillery Regiment, Lt Col Amir Nazir of Sind Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Rao Tariq Siddique of Armoured Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Nadir Khan Virk of Engineers Corps, Major Badar Rizwan of Air Defence, Major Shoaib Majid Dar of Singals Corps, Major Iftikhar Manzoor of Frontier Force Regiment, Major Hassan Raza of Artillery Regiment, Major Farooq Haider Virk of Sind Regiment, Major Shahid Bashir of Punjab Regiment, Major Abdul Razzaq of Air Defence, Major Najm Us Saeed of Armoured Corps, Major Imran Ali and Major Nabeel Ahmad Khan Toor of Army Medical Corps.
The ceremony was attended, among others, by General Officers Commanding, Major General Malik Zafar Iqbal, Major General Amir Riaz, Director General of Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Major General Mian Muhammad Hilal Hussain and Major General Azeem Asif.