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{{Short description|Civilian honour awarded by the government of Pakistan}}
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{{Infobox order|title=Nishan-e-Shujaat<br>{{nq|نشانِ شجاعت}}|image=<div style="text-align: center;">[[File:Nishan-e-Shujaat Medal.png|100px]]</div>|caption=Medal for<br>
'''Nishan-e-Shujaat'''|awarded_by=<br>[[File:Coat of arms of Pakistan.svg|70px]]<br/>[[Government of Pakistan]]|type=Award|established=19 March 1957<ref name="na.gov.pk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1491974647_538.pdf |title=The Decorations Act, 1975 |website= National Assembly of Pakistan}}</ref>|country={{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan|Republic of Pakistan]]|ribbon=[[File:Hilal-e-Shujaat.png|120px]]<br/><small>'''Nishan-e-Shujaat Ribbon'''</small>|motto=|eligibility=Pakistanis|for=Civil Gallantry|status=Currently constituted|first_induction=19 March 1957<ref name="na.gov.pk"/>|lower=[[File:Hilal-e-Shujaat.png|120px]]<br/>'''     [[Civil decorations of Pakistan|Hilal-e-Shujaat]]'''|day=Announced on 14 August each year, Pakistan's [[Independence Day (Pakistan)|Independence Day]], awarded on 23 March the next year (Pakistan Day)|date=1957<ref name="na.gov.pk"/>}}'''Nishan-e-Shujaat''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|نشانِ شجاعت}}|lit=Order of Bravery}}; also spelled '''Nishan-i-Shujaat''') is a civilian honour awarded by the [[Government of Pakistan]] for [[military]] and [[civilian]] acts of conspicuous gallantry, which are not always in the face of the enemy. The Nishan-i-Shujaat is worn as a breast badge suspended from a red ribbon threaded through a gold star and crescent.

==Order of precedence==
{{Main|Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces}}
* Nishan-e-Shujaat – Symbol of Bravery
* Hilal-e-Shujaat – Crescent of Bravery
* [[Sitara-e-Shujaat]] – Star of Bravery
* Tamgha-e-Shujaat – Medal of Bravery

== List of recipients ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
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! Recipient 
! Year
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|[[Malik Saad]]|| 2007
|-
|[[Safwat Ghayur]]|| 2010
|-
|[[Aitzaz Hasan]] (Sitara-e-Shujaat)|| 2014
|-
|[[New_Zealand_Cross_(1999)#Recipients|Naeem Rashid]]<!-- Q63450063 -->|| 2019
|}

== See also ==
*[[Civil decorations of Pakistan]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.medals.pl/pk/pk1.htm Decorations and Medals of Pakistan]

{{Military of Pakistan}}

[[Category:Civil awards and decorations of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Military awards and decorations of Pakistan]]


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