The 64th martyrdom anniversary of Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed, recipient of Nishan-e-Haider observed on 7 August 2022

 Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed born:  22nd July in 1914 (Hoshiarpur)

Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed martyred on 7 August 1958 

• The Pakistan Army helicopter that had gone missing 1 August 2022 in Balochistan crashed, leaving six military personnel martyred.
• The helicopter crashed near the city of Lasbela. 
• The incident is said to have taken place due to bad weather.

• The Pakistan Army helicopter that had gone missing 1 August 2022 in Balochistan crashed, leaving six military personnel martyred.
• The helicopter crashed near the city of Lasbela. 
• The incident is said to have taken place due to bad weather.

In August 2022, Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor appointed as the Commander XII Corps (Quetta), replacing Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, who was martyred in a helicopter crash.

 74th martyrdom anniversary of Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed was observed on 27 July 2022.

Muhammad Sarwar was born on November 10, 1910 at Singhori village in Gujjar Khan.

He was commissioned in Punjab Regiment during 1944.

He was awarded with Nishan-e-Haider for laying down his life during the first Pakistan-India war on 27 July 1948.

On 26 July 2022, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa approved the promotion of 32 brigadiers to the rank of major general.

Out of the 32, eight officers belonged to the Army's Medical Corps.

Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider was born in district Swabi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1970.

Sher Khan was martyred on 5 July 1999 during Kargil War between India & Pakistan.

Bajwa was commissioned in 1980 in the 16th Battalion of the Baloch Regiment.

Commands: Chief of Army Staff 

Assumed office on 29 November 2016

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Preceded by General Raheel Sharif