Nishan-e-Shujaat

Nishan-e-Shujaat نشانِ شجاعت
Medal for Nishan-e-Shujaat
Awarded by Government of Pakistan
Type	Award
Established	19 March 1957^[1]
Country	Republic of Pakistan
Ribbon	Nishan-e-Shujaat Ribbon
Eligibility	Pakistanis
Awarded for	Civil Gallantry
Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
First induction	19 March 1957^[1]
Precedence
Next (lower)	Hilal-e-Shujaat

Nishan-e-Shujaat (Urdu: 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

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

Recipient	Year
Malik Saad	2007
Safwat Ghayur	2010
Aitzaz Hasan (Sitara-e-Shujaat)	2014
Naeem Rashid	2019

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Decorations Act, 1975" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan.

External links

Decorations and Medals of Pakistan

Pakistan Armed Forces

Military history of Pakistan

Leadership

Commander-in-Chief
- President of Pakistan
Chief Executive
- Prime Minister of Pakistan
Parliament
- Senate Committee on Defence
- National Assembly Committee on Defence
Cabinet Committee on National Security
National Security Council