Tamgha-i-Khidmat

Tamgha-i-Khidmat تمغہِ خدمت
Type	Military Decoration
Awarded for	"...long meritorious or distinguished service of a non-operational nature".[1]
Country	Pakistan
Presented by	Government of Pakistan
Eligibility	Military and Civil Armed Forces persons only
Status	Currently awarded
Service ribbon of Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class-I)
Precedence
Next (higher)	Imtiazi Sanad

Tamgha-i-Khidmat or Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Urdu: تمغہِ خدمت, literally "medal of services") is a Civilian and military award of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In Pakistan Army, it is applicable to junior commissioned officers, in addition to the Frontier Corps and the Frontier Constabulary. It is given to those Frontier Constabulary service personnel who are serving or has served under the federal government.^[1] This award is also given to chief petty officers of the navy,^[2] flight sergeants of the air force and non-commissioned officers with the equivalent ranks of the eligible forces such as land-based army, air force and navy.

Also given below the rank of junior commissioned officers, Tamgha-i-Khidmat is usually awarded for rendering "long meritorious or distinguished service of a non-operational nature".^[1]

Class

TAMGHA-i-KHIDMAT (CIVILIAN)
Nishan-i-Khidmat	Sitara-i-Khidmat	Tamgha-i-Khidmat

TAMGHA-i-KHIDMAT (MILITARY)
Class I	Class II	Class III

See also

• Pakistani Armed Forces
• Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military

References

External links

• Decorations and Medals of Pakistan

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Pakistan honours and military decorations

Gallantry awards

• Nishan-i-Haider Medal (Sign of the Lion; 1st highest award)
• Hilal-i-Jur'at Medal (Crescent of Courage; 2nd highest award)
• Sitara-i-Jur'at Medal (Star of Courage; 3rd highest award)
• Tamgha-i-Jur'at (Medal of Courage; 4th highest award)
• Imtiazi Sanad Medal (Mention in Despatches; 5th highest award)

Non-operational awards
(without enemy engagement)

• Sitara-e-Basalat (Star of Good Conduct)
• Tamgha-i-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct)
• Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class I) (Medal of Service; military)
• Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class II) (Medal of Service; military)
• Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class III) (Medal of Service; military)

Civilian military awards

• Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence; civilian)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence; civilian)
• Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence; civilian)
• Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Medal of Service; civilian)

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