Lalak Jan

Havaldar Lalak Jan Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider
Born	1 April 1967 Yasin Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Died	7 July 1999(1999-07-07) (aged 32) Tiger Hill, Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1984–1999
Rank	Havildar
Unit	12 Northern Light Infantry
Battles/wars	Kargil War
Awards	Nishan-e-Haider

Havaldar Lalak Jan Shaheed (Urdu: لالک جان; 1967 – 7 July 1999) is the last and most recent recipient of Nishan-e-Haider. He was born at Yasin, in the Ghizer District, of the Northern Areas of Pakistan (now called Gilgit-Baltistan). After school he joined the Pakistan Army, and reached the rank of Havaldar. As a junior officer in the Northern Light Infantry, Lalak Jan fought against India in the Kargil War of 1999.After fighting for a long time he was wounded but with his death near he carried out a suicide attack on the indian army ^[1] He volunteered to be deployed on the front lines and drove back a number of attacks by the Indian Army.^[2] He is the only from Gilgit Baltistan to be awarded the Nishan-e-Haider.

Awards and Decorations

The Government of Pakistan awarded him Nishan-e-Haider, the country’s highest award for extraordinary gallantry.^[3]

Nishan-e-Haider Award Recipient
Lalak Jan was recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider Award
Date	1999
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

Nishan-e-Haider recipients

1948-1970	Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar (1948) Major Tufail Muhammad (1958) Major Aziz Bhatti (1965)

1971	Major Muhammad Akram Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Major Rana Shabbir Sharif Jawan Sawar Muhammad Hussain Janjua Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz

1972 to date	Captain Karnal Sher Khan (1999) Havaldar Lalak Jan (1999)

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