Awarded For:	"for act of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed on land, at sea or in the air"

Hilal-i-Jurat (Crescent of Courage) is the second highest military award of Pakistan. It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. Only officers serving in the Pakistani armed forces are eligible for the award and it is conferred for acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty. It is considered to be roughly equivalent to the Distinguished Service Order under the British honours system and the United States Distinguished Service Cross.

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List of all recipients

Pakistan ARMY

• PA - 18. Major General Mian Hayaud-Din HJ, MBE, MC, Commandeur-Legion d'Honneur, Legion of Merit
• PA - 919. Brigadier Muhammad Aslam Khan HJ
• PA - 24. Major General Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi HJ
• PA - 10. Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan HPk, HJ, MBE
• PA - 28. General Muhammad Musa Khan HJ
• PA - 148. Lieutenant General Akhtar Hussain Malik HJ
• PA - 159. Major General Abrar Hussain HJ, MBE
• PA - ??. Lieutenant General ( then Major ) Akhtar Abdur Rahman , HJ , TB , HI.
• PA - 477. Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi HJ (Bar), SK, MC
• PA - 524. Lieutenant General Abdul Ali Malik HJ
• PA - 624. Brigadier Amjad Ali Chaudhri HJ
• PA - ?? Brigadier Ahsan Rashid Shami
• PA - ? Major General Naseerullah Khan Babar HJ (& Bar)
• PA - 649. Major General A. O. Mitha HJ, SPk, SQA
• PA - 332 Brig Abdul Qayum Sher HJ
• PA - 4049. Lieutenant Colonel Ghulam Hussain Chaudry HJ
• PA - ?. Lieutenant Colonel Raja Mohammad Akram HJ
• PA - 1986 Major General Amir Hamza Khan HJ, SJ (10 Punjab, Commander 105 Independent Brigade 1971 War)

Pakistan/Bangladesh Army

• PA/BA - ? Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman

Pakistan Air Force

• Air Marshal Nur Khan HJ
• Group Captain M Zafar Masud HJ (later Air Commodore)
• Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui HJ
• Air Marshal A Rahim Khan HJ
• Air Commodore Inamul Haq Khan HJ (later Air Marshal)

Pakistan Navy

• Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan, HJ
• PN-138 Rear Admiral Mohammad Shariff, HJ (later Admiral)