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Sword of Honour (Pakistan)

The Sword of Honour is a prestigious award given to the top-performing Gentleman Cadet, Officer Cadet, Aviation Cadet or Lady Cadet during their training period at the Pakistan Military Academy, Pakistan Air Force Academy, Pakistan Naval Academy and the Officers Training School (until 1990). It is considered one of the highest distinctions in the Pakistan Armed Forces, as cadets aspire to win it. The sword is traditionally presented to the recipient during the passing out parade, held biannually at each academy's parade ground.

On 22 September 2006, aviation cadet Saira Amin became the first lady officer to be presented with the Sword of Honour at the passing out parade of the 117th GD Pilot Course. On 20 May 2025, Asim Munir became first Sword of Honour winner to become Field Marshal.

Other awards

At PMA along with the sword of honour, other awards are also given to the best cadets.

List of notable winners

Pakistan Military Academy:

  1. 1st PMA Long Course: GC Raja Aziz Bhatti
  2. 3rd PMA Long Course: BSUO Saadullah Khan
  3. 4th PMA Long Course: BSUO Khushdil Khan Afridi
  4. 6th PMA Long Course: CUSUO Abdul Qayyum
  5. 11th PMA Long Course: CSUO Khurshid Ali Khan
  6. 13th PMA Long Course: CSUO Usman Ali Isani
  7. 24th PMA Long Course: CSUO Mahmud Ali Durrani
  8. 28th PMA Long Course: BSUO Nisar Akbar Khan
  9. 29th PMA Long Course: BSUO Shabbir Sharif
  10. 40th PMA Long Course: BSUO Tariq Waseem Ghazi
  11. 44th PMA Long Course: BSUO Shahid Aziz
  12. 51th PMA Long Course: ASUO Khalid Nawaz Khan
  13. 55th PMA Long Course: BSUO Tariq Khan
  14. 61st PMA Long Course: BSUO Naweed Zaman
  15. 74th PMA Long Course: BUSO Azhar Saleh Abbasi
  16. 80th PMA Long Course: BSUO Asim Malik
  17. 82nd PMA Long Course: CSUO Muhammad Shahbaz Khan
  18. 84th PMA Long Course: BSUO Omer Ahmed Bokhari
  19. 86th PMA Long Course: ASUO Muhammad Raza Aizad
  20. 88th PMA Long Course: BSUO Kamal Anwar Chaudhry
  21. 89th PMA Long Course: CSUO Omer Naseem

Officers Training School:

  1. 17th OTS Course: Asim Munir

Pakistan Naval Academy:

  1. Muhammad Zakaullah
  2. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi
  3. Amjad Khan Niazi
  4. Shamoon Alam Khan
  5. Nassar Ikram

Pakistan Air Force Academy:

  1. 5th GD(P) - Inamul Haque Khan
  2. 10th GD(P) - Alauddin Ahmed
  3. 23rd GD(P) - Syed Manzoor ul Hassan Hashmi
  4. 30th GD(P) - Farooq Umar
  5. 38th GD(P) - Pervez Mehdi Qureshi
  6. 55th GD(P) - Abdul Razzaq Anjum
  7. 66th GD(P) - Rizwan Ullah Khan

Gallery

Notes

Abbreviations used:

  • GD(P) - General Duty (Pilot)
  • GC - Gentleman Cadet
  • CSUO - Company Senior Under Officer
  • BSUO - Battalion Senior Under Officer
  • ASUO - Academy Senior Under Officer

References