Nishan-e-Haider

Gujrat is proud of having 3 out 10 Nishan-e-Haider awarded ever in the history of Pakistan. They are sons of the soil are the true heroes of Gujrat. Nishan-e-Haider is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan. It was established in 1957...

Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed

Major Muhammad Akram (Urdu: محمد اکرم; c. 1938–1971), was a Pakistan Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Pakistan military's highest decoration, the Nishan-e-Haider, for his actions during the 1971 Indo-Pak. Akram was sent on...

Major Shabir Sharif Shaheed

The name by which Gujrat is truly proud of is Shabir Sharif. He is the only person in the history of Pakistan to have been awarded both the Sitara-e-Jurrat and Nishan-e-Haider on separate occasions. Major Shabbir Sharif Rana was born on April 28, 1943...

Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed

Major Raja Aziz Bhatti was born in 1928 in Hong Kong. He moved to Pakistan before it became independent in 1947, living in the village of Ladian, Gujrat. There he got commissioned to the Punjab Regiment in 1950. He was Rajput by cast. His father's...