Lieutenant General Javed Zia, Commander Southern Command congratulated the cadets of 122nd PMA long courses on achieving the memorable day of their life and appreciated the hard work put in by the faculty staff of the Academy in preparing and training future leaders of the Pakistan Armed Forces. He further said that education does not merely imply the ability to read and write, it aims at the refinement of character and its development. It develops and moulds the moral and intellectual attainments of an individual. Education disciplines a person’s life and enables him to distinguish between right and wrong. All these aspects are vitally needed in the noble profession of arms and infact all other battle fields of practical life.
Later, Lieutenant General Javed Zia gave away degrees and medals to the graduating cadets. In Academic subjects, Gentleman Cadet Adeel Fahim received Science Medal for being best in academics, Battalion Senior Under Officer Fakhar Hussain Bhatti received Humanities Medal and Academic Gold Medal (Allied Cadets) awarded to Company Junior Under Officer Kshitiz Thapa whereas in Military subjects, COAS Medal and Tactics Medal went to Academy Senior Under Officer Sohail Akram Gondal, Shooting Medal received by Gentleman Cadet Saqib Hussain and Physical Efficiency Medal received by Company Junior Under Officer Muhammad Ubaid.
In Ladies Integrated Course-7, Sergeant Shandana Bashir Khan attained Physical Efficiency Medal and Lady Cadet Shumaila Pervez was given Shooting Medal.
Tariq Company was given Professional Efficiency Trophy for getting first position in training while Haider Company achieved Commandant’s Trophy.
The ceremony was attended by a large number of serving and retired Armed Forces Officers, parents and relatives of the cadets.
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