President confers civil awards on Pakistanis, foreign nationals on Pakistan Day
Pakistan
To acknowledge their distinction, excellence, contributions and valour across various fields
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred Pakistan’s highest civil awards upon numerous Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals, acknowledging their distinction, excellence, contributions and valour across various fields.
The awards were presented during an investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, attended by ministers, members of the diplomatic corps, and family members of the recipients.
Recipients of Nishan–i-Imitiaz include Late Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi for Nuclear Science, Iftikhar Hussain Arif for Literature and Poetry, Islahuddin Siddiqui in Hockey, Syed Qaim Ali Shah for Public Service, Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq in Public Service, Dr Shamshad Akhtar for Public Service, and Air Marshal (r) Najib Akhtar for Public Service.
Recipients of Hilal-i-Imitiaz include Late Brig Syed Sarfraz Ali for Strategic Planning & Development, Prof Dr Shahid Mahmood Baig in Science, Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmed in Education, Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan in Education, Prof Dr Muhammad Umar for Education and Medical Sciences, Rahat Ali Khan for Arts (Qawwali/Singing), Mohammad Ahmed Shah for Arts (Culture), Mehmood Ahmed Tahir Bhatti for Film Direction & Fashion Designing, Muhammad Anwar Masood for Literature and Poetry, Late Zahid Malik for Journalism, Dr Muhammad Amjad Saqib for Social Services, Ahmad Irfan Aslam for Public Service, Raja Naeem Akbar for Public Service, Lt Gen (r) Muhammad Akram Khan for Public Service, Brig Atif Rafique for Public Service, Dr Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan for Public Service, Syed Tariq Fatemi for Public Service, Tariq Bajwa for Public Service, Tariq Mahmood Pasha for Public Service, Shahid Khan for Public Service, Sibtain Fazal Haleem for Public Service, Capt (r) Zahid Saeed for Public Service, Zahid Akhtar Zaman for Public Service, Late Mufti Abdul Shakoor for Public Service, Nasir Mahmood Khosa for Public Service, Javaid Aslam for Public Service, Fawad Hasan Fawad for Public Service, Dr Usman Anwar for Public Service, and Prof Dr Adil Najam in Education, Bilal Siddique Kamyana and Tanweer Ahmed.
Recipients of Hilal-i-Quaid-e-Azam include Sultan Bin Abdul Rehman, Khalifa bin Jassim Al-Kuwari, Yong Ye, Knut Ostby, Philippe Steinmetz, Dr Sebastian Paust, Michal Rossman and Samantha Power.
Recipients of Sitara-i-Shujaat include Tariq Mahmood for Gallantry, Muhammad Aamir Naseem for Gallantry, Majid Saleem Malik for Gallantry, Akhtar Hayat Khan for Gallantry, Lt Cdr (r) Muqaddas Haider for Gallantry, Muhammad Younas (Shaheed), Nizamullah (Shaheed), Rahat Saleem (Shaheed), Ghulam Abbas Laghari (Shaheed), Abdul Latif Nok (Shaheed), Muhammad Saeed Ahmed (Shaheed), Late Ajmal Masih, Muhammad Ramzan (Shaheed), Shams Ullah (Shaheed), Muhammad Sohrab (Shaheed), Asad Ullah Khan (Shaheed), Israr Muhammad, Zia Ullah Khan, Mir Zubair Mahmood, and Muhammad Adnan.
Recipients of Hilal-i-Shujaat include Mushtaq Ahmed Sukehra for Gallantry.
Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz include Shama Hafeez, Qari Hafiz Buzurg Shah Al Azhari, Prof Dr Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Faakhir Mehmood, Jharna Basak Shabnam, Naila Kiani, Shoaib Anwar Malik, Fahad Haroon, Muhammad Sarwar Gondal, Dr Kazim Niaz, Muhammad Sulaeh Ahmed Foruqui, Farhan Faruqui, Dr Muhammad Farooque Hassan, Duraid Qureshi, Yasir Malik and Abdul Quddus Bizenjo.
Recipients of President Pride of Performance include Farrah Mahmood Rana, Suhail Sarwar Sultan Warraich, Lt Gen Ahsan Gulrez and Lt Col Junaid Ali Zulfiqar.
Recipients of Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam include Husein EF Kavazovich and Salma Salman Zahid.
Recipients of Tamgha-i-Shujaat include Muhammad Usman, Syed Amer Akhtar, and Muhammad Bilal Riaz Burki.
Recipients of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz include Dr Muhammad Usman Akram, Pro Dr Rizwan Taj, Waqar Maqsood Satti, Fahad Saleem Malik, Prof Dr Mushtaq Ahmed, Syed Feroz Alam Shah, Dr Farooq Adil, Rashid Mahmood, Aisha Khan, Muhammad Tanvir Butt, Faisal Siddique Khan, Dr Rizwan Taj, Prof Dr Riazwana Chaudhri, Muhammad Zubair Shaheen, Murlidhar Dawani, Sarah Ahmed, Dr Khalid Bin Shaheen, Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, Late Dr Manzoor Ahmed, Late Allah Ditta Abbasi and Late Shamim Ashraf Khawaja.
Recipients of Sitara-i-Pakistan include Abdullah Al Matahari.
