recipients are dubbed Ghazi (; ), the Islamic term for warrior. Notable former personnel Field Marshal Ayub Khan Tareen, N.Pk., H.aPk., HJ - 5 Punjab General Asif Nawaz Janjua - 5 Punjab General Muhammad Shariff - 3 Punjab General Aziz Khan, NI(M), SBt, HI(M) - 12 Punjab General Khalid Shameem Wynne, NI(M) - 20 Punjab Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan, SJ, King of Rajouri (reposted to 21 AK regt from 5 Punjab). Lieutenant General Aftab Ahmad Khan Lieutenant General Tariq Pervez Khan, Escaped from Fathergarh (India) - 6 Punjab Lieutenant General Masood Aslam, HI, HI(M), SJ - 4 Punjab Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, HJ& Bar, MC 2 Punjab & 5 Punjab Major General Adam Khan[MC] 2 Punjab Major General Sher Ali Khan Pataudi, HJ 1st Punjab Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza HI(M) , 11 Punjab 27th Punjabis Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa, TBt - 34 Punjab Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam - 13 Punjab Lieutenant Colonel Ghulam Hussain Chaudry, HJ - 3 Punjab Major Raja Nadir Pervez, SJ & Bar - 6 Punjab Major Tufail Mohammad Shaheed, NH - 13 Punjab Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed, NH - 17 Punjab Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed, NH - 2 Punjab Captain Ishar Singh, VC, OBI - 12 Punjab (28th Punjabis) Lieutenant Karamjeet Singh Judge, VC 12 Punjab (4/15th Punjab) Jemadar Abdul Latif Khan Tarin, IDSM, 82nd Punjabis. Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed, NH - 15 Punjab Lance Naik Sher Shah, VC - 19 Punjab Naik Gian Singh, VC Naik Shahamad Khan, VC, 89th Punjabis. Col. S.G. Mehdi M.C, ex-Group Commander SSG; - 15 Punjab Lieutenant General KM Azhar Khan, HI, HI(M)] - 18 Punjab, The Desert Hawks Battalion] Lieutenant General Arif Hayat, [HI(M)] - 18 Punjab, The Desert Hawks Battalion] Lieutenant General Asif Yasin Malik, HI, HI(M) lieutenant General M.Arif Bangash - 3 Punjab Lieutenant General Humayoun Khan Bangash Major General Tahir Masood Bhutta, 54 Punjab Major General Abid Ejaz Kahlon, HI(M) - 18 Punjab, The Desert Hawks Battalion] Major General Haroon sikandar Pasha, 20 Punjab Major General Muhammad Mushtaq, HI, H Brigadier Raja Habib ur Rahman, - 5 Punjab Brigadier Nusrat Khan Sial, [Sitara - e - Basalat], S(Bt) - 35 Punjab Major Farook Adam,SJ - 2 Punjab Captain Raja Khawar Shahab Shaheed, 35 Punjab. Captain Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed 3rd Punjab Regiment at Kali-dhar AJK 1965 War Current units It is the largest infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army,