Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman confers King Abdulaziz Award to General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan).
The meeting was also attended by Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant-General Fayyad Al-Ruwaili, and a number of senior officials from the two sides.
The award is confers in recognition of his distinguished efforts in consolidating and strengthening bilateral relationship.
Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that Pakistan “values its historical and brotherly relations with the kingdom and acknowledges its unique place in the Islamic world.”
List of Pakistani National who received King Abdulaziz Award
King Abdulaziz award was previously given to a number of Pakistani military officials:
- Gen. Pervez Musharraf – President and Chief of Army Staff
- Gen. Raheel Sharif – Chief of Army Staff
- Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa – Chief of Army Staff
- Lt. Gen Mian Muhammad Afzaal (Shaheed) – Army’s Chief of General Staff
- Gen Tariq Majid – Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
- Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat – Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
- Muhammad Zakaullah – Chief of the Naval Staff
- Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi – Chief of the Naval Staff
- Captain Amir Mahmood – Senior Navy Officer
- Sohail Aman – Chief of Air Staff