Sitara-e-Jurat ستارہِ جرأت

Type	Military decoration
Awarded for	"gallant and distinguished service performed in combat"^[1]
Presented by	Government of Pakistan
Eligibility	Military only. Admissible to all ranks for gallant & distinguished service in combat. Normally awarded to Officers and Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs)
Post-nominals	SJ
Ribbon	Sitara-e-Jurat
Status	Currently awarded
Established	16 March 1957^[2]
Last awarded	Wing Commander Noman Ali Khan
Precedence
Next (higher)	Hilal-e-Jurat
Next (lower)	Tamgha-e-Jurat

Sitara-e-Jurat (Urdu: ستارہِ جرأت, Star of Courage) is the third highest military award of Pakistan. It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a republic; however, it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. It is awarded for gallantry or distinguished service in combat; and can be bestowed upon officers, junior commissioned officers, petty officers, warrant officers, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and equivalents in the Pakistan Army, Navy, Air Force, and various paramilitary forces under federal control, such as the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Constabulary, and the Pakistan Rangers.^[2]^[3] It may be considered to be roughly equivalent to the Military Cross and the Silver Star.

List of recipients

Pakistan Army

Azad Kashmir Regiment, 1965

Corps of Engineer, 1965

PA-4117 Lt.Col.(Major in 1965) Malik Aftab Ahmed Khan (SJ) FIRST Recipient of 1965,0045 hours, 7th, Sep. 1965

Frontier Force Regiment, 1965

Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (NH, SJ)
Major Aqil Daad, 1965
Captain Sher Badshah Mahsud 5 FF Kashmir War 1948
Major Ziauddin Ahmed Abbasi Shaheed (Received SJ for his fought bravely in Battlefield of Chowinda. Guides Cavalry
11 September 1965 PA-2163 Lt Col Muhammad Hayat Khan (4FFR) Zafarwal (12 September 1965),
Lt. Col. (later Brigadier) Khalid Nazir (40 FFR) Kargil, 1998

Punjab Regiment, 1965

PA-? Lt Col Asghar Ali Raja SJ 3rd Punjab Regiment for leading the surprise attack at Jassar bridge in 1965 against the Indian army.
PA-83 Major Muhammad Akbar Khan SJ(1948 Kashmir War)
PA-? Lt Col Muhammad Rafiq SJ
PA-882 Major General Muhammad Jamshed, MC SJ
PA-? Brigadier Muhammad Taj, SJ & Bar
PA-? Lt Col Tanvir Ahmed Khan SJ, SI(M)
Lt Gen. M Masood Aslam HI (M) & HI (Civil), SJ
PA-* Brigadier Abu Rashid, SJ & HI(M)
PSS-15177 Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan, SJ & Bar, 21 AK Regiment, Commander of only successful Ghaznavi Force of Operation Gibraltar.
Number-335139 Sepoy Maqbool Hussain, SJ, 4 AK Regiment.^[4]
PA-? Lieutenant Colonel Sahibzad Gul Shaheed
PA-? Captain Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed 3rd Punjab Regiment at Kalidhar AJK 1965 War
PA-? Capt Sagheer Hussain Shaheed, SJ. Punjab Regt.
PA-1525 Lt Col J.F. Golwalla, SJ. 16th Punjab Regt, 1965 War (Dograi)

6 Lancers, Armed Corps., Khem Karan, 1965

Major Mohammad Zia Uddin Uppal Shaheed, SJ, 30 SP (Wagah)
Abdul Rab Niazi 30 SP Artillery Regiment, Wagah, 1965
PSS 3682
Major Saiyid Naseem Haider Rizvi( Shaheed ) SJ 14BR Sialkot Sector 1965 war ( Recommended for Nishan-e-Haider) 53 Field Artillery, East Pakistan, 1971 PA. Brig Tariq Khalil (then Major) (SJ, IS with Bar, Gallantry), East Pakistan, 1971 Baloch Regiment, 1965 War
PA-? Capt Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, SJ- 25th Cavalry
Major General Mumtaz Ali SJ & Bar
PA-919 * Brigadier M.Aslam Khan, SJ, Pakistan war hero- Liberation War Gilgit-Baltistan, 1948 29 Cavalry (Armoured Corps)
2nd Lieutenant Abdul Mohsin Khalid Kark (Shaheed), 29 Cavalary, Kushtia, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), 9 December 1971
Mujahida Hussain Bibi, SJ, 5 AK Regiment (1947- 48 Kashmir War) First Female Sitara-e-Jurat of Pakistan ^[5]
Major Mujahid Mirani Shaheed - 26 November Salala 2011
PSS 15720 Major Mohammad Din SJ 1965 1st AK Regiment Unknown Regiment
PA- 6368 Major Muhummad Asjad Latif (Ord Depot Qta/2 E BR) (29-3-71 East Pakistan)
PA- 45622 Capt. Muhammad Umair Butt
Lt.Col. Muhammad Sher Khan, SJ, 5 AK Regiment (1947- 48 Kashmir War)
Capt Mehboob Niazi 9 FF (1947- 48 Kashmir War)

Pakistan Navy

PN-643 Commander Zafar Muhammad Khan SJ & HJ, Submarine PNS/M Ghazi
Vice Admiral (Retd) Irfan Ahmed (SJ & HI-Military) - Indo-Pak War of 1971 (serving as Lieutenant on a PN Gunboat in erstwhile East Pakistan).^[6]^[7]
Lieutenant Abdul Qayyum Khan PN
Admiral Shahid Karimullah - Indo-Pak War of 1971 - (Serving as a CO of a Gunboat during the war in East Pakistan)^[8]
Vice Admiral Ahmad Tasnim - Indo-Pak War of 1965 (Serving as Executive Officer of PNS Ghazi) Indo-Pak War of 1971 (Commander of PNS Hangor)
Admiral Karamat Rahman Niazi - Indo-Pak War of 1965 (Serving as Commander of PNS Ghazi)

Pakistan Air Force

Yunus Hussain
Flight Lieutenant Saiful Azam PAF's No. 17 Squadron from PAF Base Sargodha, post 1971-joined BAF
Muhammad Shafique
Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Ghory
Air Commodore Sajad Haider
Flt Lt (Later Air Marshal) Azim Daudpota
Sqn Ldr (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Jamal Ahmed Khan
Wg Cdr (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Anwar Shamim
Flt Lt (Later Air Chief Marshal & Chief of Air Staff) Hakimullah Khan Durrani
Sqn Ldr Ghani Akbar
Masood Ahmed Sikander
Syed Saad Akhtar Hatmi^[9]
Muhammad Mahmood Alam
Sarfraz Rafiqui
Imtiaz Bhatti^[10]
Farooq Umar^[11]
Flight Lieutenant Yusuf Ali Khan^[12]
ST Muhammad Hussain Warraich^[13]
Wg Cdr Noman Ali Khan
Sqn Ldr Rashid Mir
Cecil Chaudhry

References

Recipients of Sitara-e-Jurat

Pakistan honours and military decorations

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)