KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah conferred military awards on Pakistan Navy (PN) officers, men at a ceremony held here on Friday at the Bahria Auditorium. The recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (military) were Cdre Zakaur Rehman, Commodore Javed Iqbal, Commodore Salman Ilyas, Commodore Muhammad Imran, Commodore Zahid Islam, Commodore Abdul Samad, Commodore Syed Wajeehul Hassan, Commodore Muhammad Aslam, Commodore Syed Muhammad Babur and Commodore Muhammad Irfan. Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (military) was awarded to Captain Tauqeer Ahmad Khawaja, Captain Syed Nauman Ali, Cdr Faraz Farooq Herekar, Cdr Syed Ailya Hasan, Cdr Sikandar Ali Khan, Cdr Atif Zamir, Cdr Sajid Nawaz, Cdr Muhammad Shahzad, Cdr Faisal Azeem Siddiqui, Lt Cdr Shujaat Abbas, Lt Cdr Rabia Anwer, Lt Cdr Asad Bashir, Lt Cdr Muhammad Arsalan Attique Butt, Lt Cdr Asim Zubair and Lt Cdr Muhammad Shoaib Awan PN. The recipients of Tamgha-i-Basalat were Lt Cdr Syed Hassan Jilani, Muhammad Atiq Khalid LCT, Arshad Khan CDT-I, Zaigham Nazeer Ranjaha CDT-I and Altaf Ahmed MUS-I. As many as 16 Tamgha-i-Khidmat (military) Class-I were awarded to Sub Lt Toheed Akhter, Akhtar Karim CWEA (S), Muhammad Hanif CMEA (M), Ghulam Mustafa CMEA (L), Mehdiul Hassan CMEA (M), Muhammad Abbas CMEA (M), Javed Akhtar Anjum CMEA (M), Mohammad Akram CWEA (S), Abdul Razzak CMEA (M), Rao Muhammad Khalid CWEA (FC), Nasir Hussain CMEA (M), Wazir Zada CMEA (M), Azmat Khan CMEA (M), Aliur Rehman CMEA (M), Mohammad Yousaf CWEA (OC) and Muhammad Ramzan CWEA (OC). In addition, 17 Tamgha-i-Khidmat (military) Class-II and 32 Tamgha-i-Khidmat (military) Class-III were also awarded to PN personnel. The ceremony was attended by a large number of serving and retired officers of the armed forces.