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Pakistan Navy investiture ceremony held

By Our Correspondent
May 21, 2026
Admiral Naveed Ashraf, Chief of the Naval Staff, awarding medal to an officer during PN Investiture Ceremony held at Karachi, May 20, 2026. —Facebook@DgprNavy
Admiral Naveed Ashraf, Chief of the Naval Staff, awarding medal to an officer during PN Investiture Ceremony held at Karachi, May 20, 2026. —Facebook@DgprNavy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy Investiture Ceremony 2026 was held at Bahria Auditorium, Karachi.

Admiral Naveed Ashraf, Chief of the Naval Staff was the chief guest and conferred various military awards on Naval personnel in recognition of their services in the line of duty.

The recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) are Cdre Syed Sajid Raza Rizvi, Cdre Nasir Mahmood, Cdre Jawad Riaz, Cdre Muhammad Akram, Cdre Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Cdre Imran Khalid Shafi, Cdre Bilal Ahmed Sana, Cdre Dr Syed Sajjad Haider Zaidi, Cdre Muhammad Mehtab Khan, Cdre Taimur Niaz Khan, Cdre Haider Salman, Cdre Syed Ailya Hasan, Cdre Muhammad Imran Nosher, Cdre Fareed Amin, Cdre Kamran Christy Munir, Cdre Yasir Ikram, Cdre Madasar Khurshid and Cdre Omar Farooq.

The recipients of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) are Cdre Muhammad Imran Akbar PN, Cdre Shoaib Ishaq PN, Cdre Muhammad Sohail Aslam PN, Cdre Muzammel Hussain PN, Cdr Kaleem Ullah PN, Lt Cdre Majid Khan PN, Lt Cdre Muqsit Mahmood Khan PN, Lt Cdre Khaliq-ur-Rehman PN, Lt Cdre Khurram Riaz PN, Lt Cdre Muhammad Majid Adeel PN and Lt Cdre Nazeer Ahmed PN.

As many as 33 awards of Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military)-I, 82 awards of Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military)-II and 69 awards of Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military)-III were also conferred upon CPOs and sailors of Pakistan Navy. Moreover, Letters of Commendation from Chief of the Naval Staff were awarded to 51 Officers, CPOs/sailors and Navy civilians.