3. Armed Forces

• Air Marshal Nur Khan (Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965-69)

• General Abdul Majeed Malik

• General Sher Bahdur Khan

• General Sarfaraz Khan (During the 1965 Indo-Pak war, he was GOC of the Pakistani army’s 10th Division)

• General Akhtar Hussain Malik (During the 1965 Indo-Pak war, he was GOC of the Pakistani army’s 12th Division)

• General Abdul Ali Malik (During the 1965 Indo-Pak war, he played a vital role in the Battle of Chawinda, ensuring that Pakistan successfully resisted the Indian thrust into Wazirabad. The battle proved to be the most crucial of the war, because the Indian objective was to capture the Grand Trunk Road and divide West Pakistan into two. The battle is also considered second only to the Battle of El-Alamein, as the greatest tank battle in history. It was also the largest tank battle since World War II)

• General Tajammul Hussain Malik (Following the 1971 Indo-Pak war, he was the only Pakistani Brigadier to be promoted to the rank of Major General. He was also highly praised in the Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report which recommended that he be awarded the highest military honours)

• General Mohammad Hussain Awan (Was on the ill-fated flight that ended the Pakistani President’s - General Zia-ul-Haq - life)

• Brigadier Mohammad Marghub, AEC (Recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the highest honour that can be awarded to those who have attained the rank of Brigadier and Major General)

• Aizad Baksh Awan (In 1933, he became one the first five Indians to be commissioned into the British Indian Air Force - all five being commissioned as Pilot officers; He was also the sole Muslim of the five. He went on to join the Pakistani Air Force and retired as Wing Commander)

• Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (Recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest military award)