Hilal-e-Kashmir

Hilal-e-Kashmir (abbreviated as "HK") is the highest military gallantry award of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

Hilal-e-Kashmir
Awarded by the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the name of the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
TypeAzad Jammu and Kashmir military medal with service ribbon
(Decoration)
EligibilityMilitary personnel only
Awarded for(Same criteria as of Nishan-e-Haider)
StatusCurrently awarded
Post-nominalsHK
Statistics
Established14 March 1949
First awarded10 October 1948 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Pakistan army
Last awarded(Only one awarded to date)
Total awarded1
Posthumous
awards
1
Precedence
Next (higher)None
EquivalentNishan-e-Haider
Next (lower)None

Recipient

  1. Naik Saif Ali Janjua (1923–1948)

See also

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