Do You Know Which Material Being Used To Made Nishan E Haider ? Interesting Facts

Do You Know Which Material Being Used To Made Nishan E Haider ? Interesting Facts It is named after the name of Hazrat Ali (R.A), fourth caliph of Islam. Gun metal used for its manufacturing, is captured from the enemy in the previous wars. It is only awarded to personnel of Armed Forces of Pakistan, without any discrimination of rank. So far total 10 Nishan-e-Haider awards have been awarded, to 7 officers and 3 soldiers. Nine Nishan-e-Haider recipients have been from Pakistan Army and one from Pakistan Air Force. All the 10 recipients got this award for fighting against India. One Nishan-e-Haider was awarded for the 1948 war, one for 1958, one for 1965, five for 1971 and two for 1999 Kargil War. Nishan-e-Haider is only awarded posthumously (awarded only to those armed forces personnel who have lost their lives, fighting with the enemy or performing their duty). Hilal-e-Kashmir (posthumous) is declared as equivalent to Nishan-e-Haider by Government of Pakistan.