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{{Short description|Pakistani military officer and war hero (1928–1965)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Shaheed]]
| name          = Raja Aziz Bhatti
| honorific_suffix = [[Nishan-e-Haider|NH]]
| image         = Raja Aziz Bhatti.jpeg
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| native_name   = راجہ عزیز بھٹی
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| nickname      = {{ubl|''Raja''|''A Great Hero''{{rp|220}}<ref name="Springer, Zajda, Tsyrlina-Spady, Lovorn, 2016" />|''A. A.''|''Defender of Lahore''}}
| birth_date    = {{birth date|df=y|1928|08|06}}
| birth_place   = [[British Hong Kong]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=y|1965|09|11|1928|08|06}}
| death_place   = Near [[Barki, Pakistan|Burki]], [[Punjab]], [[West Pakistan]]
| placeofburial = [[Ladian]], [[Gujrat District]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
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| allegiance    = {{flag|Empire of Japan}} {{small|(1944–1945)}}<br>{{flag icon|British India}} [[British Raj|British India]]<br>{{small|(1946–1947)}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan}}<br>{{small|(1947–1965)}}
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| serviceyears  = 1944–1965
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| servicenumber = PA-2695
| unit          = {{ubl|[[16th Punjab Regiment|4/16th Punjab Regiment]]| [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|17 Punjab Regiment | Haidri Bn]]}}
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* [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]]
* [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
** [[Battle of Burki]]{{KIA}}
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| website       = [https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContentec54.html?pId=175 Major Raja Aziz Bhatti]
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'''Raja Aziz Bhatti''' {{small|[[Nishan-e-Haider|NH]]}} {{efn|{{langx|pa|{{Nq|راجا عزیز بھٹی}}}}; {{langx|ur|{{Nq|راجہ عزیز بھٹی}}}}}} (6 August 1928{{Snd}}12 September 1965) was a Pakistani [[Officer (armed forces)|military officer]] and the 4th recipient of Pakistan's highest military honour, the [[Nishan-e-Haider]], which he was posthumously awarded for his brave defence of Lahore during the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-09-11 |title=1965 war hero: Army pays homage to Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2435272/1965-war-hero-army-pays-homage-to-major-aziz-bhatti-shaheed |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-06 |title=The Legacy of 1965 War |url=https://ghag.pk/en/the-legacy-of-1965-war/ |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=GHAG |language=en-US}}</ref>

Born in [[British Hong Kong]], Bhatti attended the Queen's College and was later drafted into the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], during the [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong]], in 1944, first serving as a seaman recruit and later a tower watchman. The following year, he relocated to [[British Raj|British India]] where he joined the [[Royal Indian Air Force|British Indian Air Force]] as an airman in June 1946.

Following the [[partition of India]] in August 1947, Bhatti served as a [[Corporal technician|corporal]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force]] and later successfully applied to join the [[Pakistan Army]] in 1948, and  was promoted to the rank of [[Major (rank)|major]] in 1962. During the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], Bhatti was killed in action while defending [[Lahore]] in the [[Battle of Burki]]. He was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider posthumously for his actions during the battle, and is known in Pakistan as ''Muhafiz-i Lahore'' ("the defender of Lahore").

== Early life and education ==
{{Main|British Hong Kong|Japanese occupation of Hong Kong}}
Raja Aziz Bhatti was born in [[British Hong Kong]] on 6 August 1928 into a [[Bhatti]]  [[Punjabi Rajput]] family with roots in [[Punjab]].<ref name="urdubiograph">{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Major Aziz Bhatti: biography in Urdu |url=https://www.urdubiography.com/national-heroes/major-aziz-bhatti.html |access-date=9 March 2019 |website=www.urdubiography.com |language=ur}}</ref> His family hailed from a small village about 23 miles away from the [[Gujrat city]] (now in Pakistan) of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in [[British Indian Empire|British India]], who had immigrated to [[British Hong Kong]] after his father and two uncles were employed in the [[Hong Kong Police Force]].<ref name="urdubiograph" /> His father, Muhammad Abdullah Bhatti, was an alumnus of the [[Queen's College, Hong Kong|Queen's College in Hong Kong]] who later served as an [[Police Inspector|Inspector]] in the Hong Kong Police Force.<ref name="urdubiograph" /> Aziz Bhatti was educated in Hong Kong where he completed his [[Matriculation examination|matriculation]] and attended the Queen's College but his education was halted due to the [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong|Japanese invasion and occupation]] of Hong Kong in 1941.<ref name="urdubiograph" />  He was drafted into the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] in 1944, first serving at the rank of the [[seaman recruit]] and as the tower watchman ([[observation post]]) before being directed to attend the officer school offered by the Imperial Japanese Navy due to his educational qualifications.<ref name="urdubiograph" />

However in December 1945, the Bhatti family relocated to British India, and Aziz Bhatti enlisted to join the [[Royal Indian Air Force]] as an [[Aircraftman|airman]] in June 1946.<ref name="urdubiograph" /> After the [[Creation of Pakistan|establishment]] of Pakistan in 1947, Bhatti joined the [[Pakistan Air Force]] and was promoted as [[Corporal technician|corporal]] (Cpl.), and continued to serve in the air force until 1948.<ref name="urdubiograph" /> Cpl. Bhatti was a prospective candidate to join the [[Pakistan Air Force Academy|Air Force Academy]] in [[Risalpur]] and was known to be among the brightest members of the Pakistan Air Force in its early years.{{rp|220}}<ref name="Springer, Zajda, Tsyrlina-Spady, Lovorn, 2016">{{cite book |last1=Zajda |first1=Joseph |last2=Tsyrlina-Spady |first2=Tatyana |last3=Lovorn |first3=Michael |title=Globalisation and Historiography of National Leaders: Symbolic Representations in School Textbooks |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9789402409758 |pages=250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fdvJDQAAQBAJ&q=aziz+bhatti+air+force&pg=PA220 |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

After served in the [[Pakistan Air Force]] as an enlisted man, Bhatti left the air force as a corporal in a favor of transferring to the Army, gaining [[Officer (armed forces)|officer's commission]] in the Pakistan Army.<ref name="urdubiograph" /> In his brief military career, he was a [[staff officer]] working on [[Military administration|administrative positions]]

On 21 January 1948, Bhatti submitted an application to the [[Pakistan Ministry of Defence|Ministry of Defense]] (MoD), asking to be transferred to the [[Pakistan Army]], which was approved and Bhatti was directed to attend the [[Pakistan Military Academy]] in [[Kakul]] in 1948.<ref name="urdubiograph" /> There, he distinguished himself in studies and athletics among his classmates, and [[Passing out (military)|passed out]] from the academy at the top of his class in the class of the first PMA Long Course, in 1950.  He was awarded the [[Sword of Honour (Pakistan)|Sword of Honor]] and the Norman gold medallion by the ceremony's chief guest, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Liaquat Ali Khan]].{{rp|177}}<ref name="Inter-Services Public Relations, Malik, 2018">{{cite book |last1=Malik |first1=Imran Ali |title=Moon Glade |date=2018 |publisher=Inter-Services Public Relations |location=Rawalpindi, Punj. Pakistan |isbn=9789697632022 |pages=248 |edition=1st |url=https://nadeemmalik.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/moonglade.pdf |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=en-us |chapter={{small|Major Aziz Bhatti)}}}}</ref> He was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as the [[Second lieutenant|2nd-Lt.]] in the 4th battalion of the [[16th Punjab Regiment]] (4/16th [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]]).<ref name="urdubiograph" /> He was promoted to [[lieutenant]] in 1951 and to [[Captain (Land)|captain]] in 1953.<ref name="urdubiograph" />

In 1956, Aziz was sent to Canada to attend the staff course at the [[Canadian Army Command and Staff College]] where he remained until graduation from [[strategic studies]] courses in 1960.{{rp|71}}<ref name="Pakistan Herald Publications, 1969">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan |date=1969 |publisher=Pakistan Herald Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Xk6AQAAIAAJ&q=Aziz+Bhatti+staff+college |language=en}}</ref><ref name="urdubiograph" /> Upon returning to Pakistan, Capt. Aziz was posted with the [[17th Punjab Infantry|17th Punjab Regiment]] as a [[General Staff officer|General Staff Officer]] (GSO) until 1962.<ref name="urdubiograph" /> After being promoted as [[Major (rank)|major]] in the [[Pakistan Army|Army]] in 1962, Maj. Aziz was taken into the faculty of the School of Infantry and Tactics in [[Quetta]], which he remained until 1964.<ref name="urdubiograph" />

== Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 ==
{{Main|Battle of Burki}}
From January till May 1965, Maj. Bhatti served as the [[General Staff officer|General Staff Officer]] (GSO) of the [[17th Punjab Infantry|17th Punjab Regiment]], but was later posted as the commander of the two [[Company (military unit)|military companies]] after the Indian Army's [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|counter attack to Operation Gibraltar, crossing]] the [[Indo-Pakistani border|international borders]] in September 1965.{{rp|279}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beg |first1=Aziz |title=Seventeen September Days |date=1966 |publisher=Babur and Amer Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7AJk5Bza3UC&q=major+aziz+bhatti |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="urdubiograph" /> Leading the [[Company (military unit)|military companies]], Maj. Bhatti was initially deployed on the [[Forward observation officer|forward positions]] of the [[BRB canal|BRB Canal]] near the [[Barki, Pakistan|Burki]] area that falls in the vicinity of the [[Lahore District]] in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Pakistani Punjab]].{{rp|177}}<ref name="Inter-Services Public Relations, Malik, 2018" />{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Simon and Schuster, Cloughley">{{cite book |last1=Cloughley |first1=Brian |title=A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections |date=2016 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781631440397 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SqCDwAAQBAJ&q=major+aziz+bhatti+Burki&pg=PT84 |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Official engagement with the Indian Army took place between 7–10 September when the Indian Army begin its push in an attempt to capture the [[Barki, Pakistan|Burki sector]] through artillery and armory with a view to enter [[Lahore]].{{rp|178}}<ref name="Hurst Publishers, Bajwa">{{cite book |last1=Bajwa |first1=Farooq |title=From Kutch to Tashkent: The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 |date=2013 |publisher=Hurst Publishers |isbn=9781849042307 |pages=400 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a0NAQAAQBAJ&q=major+aziz+bhatti&pg=PA178 |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> During Indian Army's efforts to capture the Burki sector through the [[BRB canal|BRB Canal]], the outnumbered [[Company (military unit)|military companies]] under Major Bhatti had forced the Indian Army to engage in hand-to-hand combat during the night of the 7/8 September 1965, and the fighting continued for the next three days despite Indian Army having numerical advantage.{{rp|178}}<ref name="Hurst Publishers, Bajwa"/> Although the defense of the Burki sector through the [[BRB Canal]] had less importance in the views of military strategists working at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] in Rawalpindi, its defense was fierce and tenacious, and the Indian Army had to halt its plans of capturing Lahore and focused on capturing the Burki sector and destroying the bridge connecting the BRB Canal.{{rp|178}}<ref name="Hurst Publishers, Bajwa"/>{{rp|52}}<ref name="Wajidalis">{{cite book |last1=Musa |first1=Gen. Mohammed |author-link1=Musa Khan (general) |title=My version: India-Pakistan war, 1965 |date=1983 |publisher=Wajid Ali Publishing co. |pages=125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQhuAAAAMAAJ&q=Aziz |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> It is unclear why the Pakistan Army did not send the reinforcement teams to provide back up to Maj. Bhatti's teams and the questionnaire-based controversy was later generated on why Maj. Bhatti and his teams were left alone to fight bravely for a long time.{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Simon and Schuster, Cloughley"/>

Bhatti declined an offer to take leave with his family in Lahore and instead told a sergeant, "Do not recall me. I don't want to go back. I will shed the last drop of my blood in the defense of my dear homeland."<ref>{{cite news |title=Will shed last drop of blood for homeland: Major Raja Aziz Bhatti's last words {{!}} Pakistan {{!}} Dunya News |url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/298602-Will-shed-last-drop-of-blood-for-homeland-Major-R |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=dunyanews.tv}}</ref> Maj. Bhatti moved towards building up the [[Trench warfare|trenches]] and positioned himself towards [[Forward observation officer|forward observation]] to view enemy movements, where he would often stand for a better view to direct [[howitzer]] fire.{{rp|231}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, Nawaz, 2008">{{cite book |last1=Nawaz |first1=Shuja |title=Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195476606 |pages=665 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKyfAAAAMAAJ&q=bhatti+ |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Bhatti was killed on 12 September 1965.<ref name="Pakistan Army Web Portal">{{cite web |title=Major Raja Aziz Bhatti |url=http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=175 |access-date=25 September 2013 |work=Nishan-i-Haider recipients |publisher=Pakistan Army}}</ref><ref name="Inter-Services Public Relations, Malik, 2018" /> He stood up to observe enemy positions and direct artillery fire, despite warnings to take cover,{{rp|238}}<ref name="National Book House, Ghaznawi">{{cite book |last1=Ghaznawi |first1=Khalid |title=Story of Indian Aggressions Against Pakistan |date=1966 |publisher=National Book House |pages=328 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnICg3ZpIy4C&q=Major+Raja+Bhatti+tank |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-09-13|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/815492/nation-remembers-major-aziz-bhatti-on-56th-martyrdom-anniversary/|title=Nation remembers Major Aziz Bhatti on 56th martyrdom anniversary|website=Daily Times|access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref> and was killed by shellfire.<ref name="urdubiograph" />{{rp|238}}<ref name="National Book House, Ghaznawi"/> Maj. Bhatti was 37 years old at the time of his death.<ref name="urdubiograph" />

== Memorials ==
[[File:Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed - Gravestone (7537828020).jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Gravestone of Maj. Bhatti with the ''Nishan-e-Haider'' citation.]]

=== Ancestral Home ===
Maj. Aziz Bhatti was buried in the courtyard of his ancestral home at [[Ladian]], a small village near Gujrat, [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in Pakistan.<ref name="Meemainseen">{{cite web |title=September War & Our Solo Nishan e Haider |date=15 October 2017 |url=https://www.meemainseen.com/2017/10/aziz-bhatti/ |access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref> In 1966, the [[Government of Pakistan|federal government]] accepted the recommendations and announced to posthumously award the [[Nishan-e-Haider]] for his gallantry and actions of valor during the [[Battle of Burki|defense of the Burki]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan |date=1966 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wOENAQAAIAAJ&q=Raja+Aziz+Bhatti+awarded+nishan+1966 |language=en}}</ref>

Later the [[Government of Pakistan|federal government]] funded to build the marble tombstone at his ancestral home in 1967 at his locality.<ref name="urdubiograph" />

The Presidential Nishan-e-Haider citation on his grave is written in [[Urdu]] and is actually a poem; and it reads with translation as:

"Rouge on the face of shahadat, pride of the country and the nation are these fearless warriors, a strike of their sword wipes out the mightiest of foes
this one who came out victorious in the struggle for the cause of ''ALLAH'' is lying here in the delight of the afterlife dream. Major Bhatti fought valiantly on Lahore Front, and is posthumously presented with the Nishan-e-Haider".<ref name="Meemainseen" /><!------------------------This is the translation roughly reading through the tombstone.-------------->

=== Memorial at Barki ===
A memorial to Major Aziz Bhatti was built in 2019 at the site where he was killed defending against an Indian attack on 6 September 1965. The memorial is located approximately 500 metres north of the Barki Road/BRB Canal checkpoint on the west side of BRB Canal. The citation reads as follows in English: <blockquote>Major Raja Aziz Bhatti known as "Muhafiz-e-Lahore (Defender of Lahore)" received Pakistan's highest award for his valor. He was born in Hong Kong in a Muslim Rajput family (belonging to Lahore) in 1928. He got commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1950 (17 Punjab Regiment). Major Aziz Bhatti was posted to Barki sector Lahore, during the Indo-Pak War 1965. Being a Company Commander, he moved his platoon forward to this bank of BRBLC [BRB Link Canal] under constant fire of enemy tanks and artillery. He resisted for five days and nights in defending this Pakistani outpost on the strategic BRBLC without rest. On 6 September 1965, he left his company Headquarters and moved to his forward Platoon and stayed with them under incessant artillery & tank attacks. He positioned himself in this elevated place to watch every move of the enemy. This point was vulnerable to enemy tank & artillery fire. After five days of continuous fighting on the front he was offered to be relieved for rest but he refused and said "I do not want to go back, I will shed the last drop of my blood in the defense of my dear homeland." On 10 September 1965, Major Aziz Bhatti was hit by an enemy tank shell in the chest while observing [the] enemy move from this elevated place. He was awarded the highest gallantry award of Nishan-e-Haider on his supreme act of bravery.</blockquote>

===Galleries===
{{Gallery
|title=Tomb and gravestone of Maj. Raja Aziz Bhatti
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|File:Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed- Haveli (7537821924).jpg|{{small|The courtyard of the ancestral home of Maj. Raja Aziz Bhatti.}}
|File:Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed - Grave (7537826112).jpg|{{small|The grave of Maj. Raja Aziz Bhatti.}}
|File:Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed - Plate (7537829842).jpg|{{small|The entrance of the ancestral home of Maj. Raja Aziz Bhatti }}
|File:Memorial Major Bhatti BRB Canal 2999.jpg|{{small|Likeness of Major Bhatti at his memorial near the site of his death near the BRB Canal}}|Memorial Major Aziz Bhatti BRB Canal 2997.jpg|{{small|Picture of the memorial to Major Bhatti facing east, near the site of his death near the [[BRB Canal]]}}|mode=traditional|noborder=no}}

==Popular culture and extended family==
Bhatti is widely popular as the "Muhafiz-e-Lahore" (Defender of Lahore).<ref>{{cite web |date=31 March 2012 |title=Raja Aziz Bhatti |url=http://www.pakistantimes.com/topics/raja-aziz-bhatti/ |access-date=23 August 2014 |publisher=PakistanTimes}}</ref><ref name="pakistantimes.com">{{cite web |date=31 March 2012 |title=Raja Aziz Bhatti |url=http://www.pakistantimes.com/topics/raja-aziz-bhatti/ |publisher=Pakistan Times}}</ref> In 1968, a paintings exhibition was inaugurated in [[Lahore]], Punjab in Pakistan depicting Pakistan's war heroes including the first sketched portrait of Maj. Aziz Bhatti.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1403575 From the past pages of Dawn (newspaper): Fifty years ago: War paintings show] Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 April 2018, Retrieved 4 November 2018</ref> In 1997, he was the subject of a popular and critically acclaimed [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[War film|war]] [[drama]] [[Television film|telefilm]], ''Major Raja Aziz Bhatti'', produced by the [[Inter-Services Public Relations|ISPR]] and directed by Salim Tahir of the [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]].<ref name="ISPR Films">{{cite web |date=5 September 2016 |title=Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Full Movie mp4 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alKcMML4NX0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/alKcMML4NX0 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |access-date=3 March 2019 |website=www.youtube.com |publisher=ISPR Films}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

It was reported in media that former [[Pakistan Army]]'s [[Four star general|General]], [[Raheel Sharif]] who was the former [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] and [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Shabbir Sharif]], another recipient of [[Nishan-e-Haider]] of [[Pakistan Army]], are the nephews of Major Raja Aziz Bhatti.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pakistantribune.com.pk/6825/lt-general-raheel-sharif-appointed-as-chief-of-army-staff.html|title=Lt. General Raheel Sharif Appointed as Chief of Army Staff|work=Pakistan Tribune|date=27 November 2013|access-date=27 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128184503/http://www.pakistantribune.com.pk/6825/lt-general-raheel-sharif-appointed-as-chief-of-army-staff.html|archive-date=28 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

His grandson Babar Bhatti, a Canada-based businessman, is married to the famous supermodel-turned-actress [[Iman Ali]].<ref>[https://www.samaa.tv/culture/2019/02/pakistani-model-and-actor-iman-ali-ties-the-knot-in-lahore/ "Pakistani model and actor Iman Ali ties the knot in Lahore"] (22 February 2019), Samaa. Retrieved 25 February 2019.</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
{{Infobox award
| name = [[Nishan-e-Haider|Nishan-e-Haider Recipient]]
| image = 
| imagesize = 105px
| country = [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan]]
| date = 1965
| presenter = [[Ayub Khan|President Ayub Khan]]
}}
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" |{{ribbon devices|ribbon=Nishan-e-Haider.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War Ribbon.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Pakistan Independence Medal 1947.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|
| colspan="2" |'''[[Nishan-e-Haider]]'''
''(Emblem of the Lion)''

'''[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 War]]'''

'''<u>Posthumously</u>'''
|
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War]]'''
''(War Star 1965)''

'''<u>Posthumously</u>'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1965)''

'''<u>Posthumously</u>'''
|'''[[Pakistan Medal|Pakistan Tamgha]]'''
''([[Pakistan Medal]])''

'''1947'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''
''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''

'''1956'''
|}

== See also ==
* Major [[Mian Raza Shah]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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