Gujrat has 3 Nishan-e-Haider Awards out of total 10 awards. Nishan-e-Haider may be translated as emblem of Haider (Hazrat Ali R.A.). It is the highest military award of Pakistan . Following three soldiers ofPakistan Military were recipients of Nishan-e-Haider who belongs to Gujrat.
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed was born in Laadiyan, a village near Gujrat. He got Nishan-e-Haider during the India-Pakistan war of 1965.


