Sitara-e-Jurat

Sitara-e-Jurat (Urdu: ستارہ جرأت‎, Star of Courage) is the third highest military award of Pakistan. It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic; however, it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. It is awarded for gallantry or distinguished service in combat; and can be bestowed upon officers, junior commissioned officers, petty officers, warrant officers, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and equivalents in the Pakistan Army, Navy, Air Force, and various paramilitary forces under federal control, such as the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Constabulary, and the Pakistan Rangers.[2][3] It may be considered to be roughly equivalent to the Military Cross and the Silver Star.

Sitara-e-Jurat
TypeMilitary Decoration
Awarded for"...gallant and distinguished service performed in combat..."[1]
Presented by

Government of Pakistan
EligibilityMilitary only (Conferrable on all ranks)
Post-nominalsSJ
Ribbon
StatusCurrently awarded
Established16 March 1957[2]
Precedence
Next (higher)(1) Nishan-i-Haider
(2) Hilal-i-Jurat
Next (lower)(4) Tamgha-i-Jurat

List of recipients
The Sitara-e-Jurat

Pakistan Army

Azad Kashmir Regiment, 1965

  • Captain Abdul Jalil (Shaheed) 14 AK Regiment at Kalidhar AJK 1965 War

Frontier Force Regiment, 1965

  • Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (NH,SJ)
  • Major Aqil Daad , 1965

Captain Sher Badshah Mahsud 5FF Kashmir War 1948

  • Major Ziauddin Ahmed Abbasi Shaheed (Received SJ for his fought bravely in Battlefield of Chowinda. Guides Cavalry

11 September 1965)PA-2163 Lt Col Muhammad Hayat Khan (4FFR) Zafarwal (12th September 1965)

Punjab Regiment, 1965

  • PA-83 Major Muhammad Akbar Khan SJ(1948 Kashmir War)
  • PA-? Lt Col Muhammad Rafiq SJ
  • PA-882 Major General Muhammad Jamshed, MC SJ
  • PA-? Brigadier Muhammad Taj, SJ & Bar
  • PA-? Lt Col Tanvir Ahmed Khan SJ, SI(M)
  • PA-* Brigadier Abu Rashid, SJ & HI(M)
  • PSS-15177 Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan, SJ & Bar, 21 AK Regiment, Commander of only successful Ghaznavi Force of Operation Gibraltar.
  • Number-335139 Sepoy Maqbool Hussain.[4]
  • PA-? Lieutenant Colonel Sahibzad Gul Shaheed
  • PA-? Captain Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed 3rd Punjab Regiment at Kali-dhar AJK 1965 War
  • PA-? Capt Sagheer Hussain Shaheed, SJ. Punjab Regt.
  • PA-1525 Lt Col J.F. Golwalla, SJ. 16th Punjab Regt, 1965 War (Dograi)

6 Lancers, Armed Corps., Khem Karan, 1965

  • Major Mohammad Zia Uddin Uppal Shaheed, SJ, 30 SP (Wagah)
  • Abdul Rab Niazi 30 SP Artillery Regiment, Wagah, 1965
    PSS 3682 Major Saiyid Naseem Haider Rizvi( Shaheed ) SJ 14BR Sialkot Sector 1965 war ( Recommended for Nishan-e-Haider) 53 Field Artillery, East Pakistan, 1971 PA. Brig Tariq Khalil (then Major) (SJ, IS with Bar, Gallantry), East Pakistan, 1971 Baloch Regiment,1965 War
    • PA-? Capt Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, SJ- 25th Cavalry
    • Major General Mumtaz Ali SJ & Bar
    • PA-919 * Brigadier M.Aslam Khan, SJ, Pakistan war hero- Liberation War Gilgit-Baltistan, 1948 29 Cavalry (Armoured Corps)
    • 2nd Lieutenant Khalid Kark (Shaheed), Kushtia, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), 9 December 1971 Azad Kashmir Regiment
    • Mujahida Hussain Bibi (1947- 48 Kashmir War) First Female Sitara-e-Jurat of Pakistan [5]
    • Major Mujahid Mirani Shaheed - 26 November Salala 2011
    • PSS 15720 Major Mohammad Din SJ 1965 1st AK Regiment Unknown Regiment
    • PA- 6368 Major Muhummad Asjad Latif (Ord Depot Qta/2 E BR) (29-3-71 East Pakistan)
    • PA- 45622 Capt. Muhammad Umair Butt
    • Lt.Col. Muhammad Sher Khan (1947- 48 Kashmir War)
    • Capt Mehboob Niazi 9 FF (1947- 48 Kashmir War)
    • Pakistan Navy
    • PN-643 Commander Zafar Muhammad Khan SJ & HJ, Submarine PNS/M Ghazi
    • Vice Admiral (Retd) Irfan Ahmed (SJ & HI-Military) - India Pakistan War 1971 (serving as Lieutenant on a PN Gunboat in erstwhile East Pakistan).[6][7]
    • Lieutenant Abdul Qayyum Khan
    • Pakistan Air Force
    • Cecil Chaudhry
    • Flight Lieutenant Saiful Azam PAF's No. 17 Squadron from PAF Base Sargodha, post 1971-joined BAF
    • Muhammad Shafique
    • Flight Lieutenant Hakimullah, Later Air Chief Marshal
    • Syed Sajad Haider
    • Masood Ahmed Sikander
    • Syed Saad Akhtar Hatmi[8]
    • Muhammad Mahmood Alam
    • Sarfraz Rafiqui
    • Imtiaz Bhatti[9]
    • Farooq Umar[10]
    • Flight Lieutenant Yusuf Ali Khan[11]
    • ST Muhammad Hussain Warraich[12] Wing Cdr Nouman Ali Khan SJ, SB
    • Royal Pakistan Air Scouts
    • Sqn Ldr Sameer Shah
    • Flt Lit Adil Farooq
    • Flt lit Fardeen Farhaan

See also

References
  1. PAF Combat website on military awards Archived 2007-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Robertson, Megan. "Star of Courage (Sitara-i-Jur'at)". Medals.org. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  3. "Honours and Awards". Pakistan Army. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  4. "Welcome to ISPR". Ispr.gov.pk. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  5. "Hilal The Pak Armed Forces'Magzine". April 2016.
  6. "Irfan Ahmed | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  7. "KARACHI: Commander Karachi takes charge". DAWN.COM. 2002-12-11. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  8. http://www.paffalcons.com/legend/Saad-Hatmi.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Legendary Falcons of the PAF - Flight Lieutenant Imtiaz Ahmad Bhatti, Sitara-i-Juraat". PAF Falcons.
  10. "Legendary Falcons of the PAF - Squadron Leader Farooq Umar, Sitara-i-Juraat". PAF Falcons. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  11. "1965 Gallantry Awards".
  12. "Legendary Falcons of the PAF - Squadron Leader Syed Tarafdar Hussain, Squadron Leader Aymen Iqbal ChaudhrySitara-i-Juraat". PAF Falcons. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
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