President confers Pakistan civil awards on 135 individuals

President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday conferred Pakistan’s civil awards on 135 residents in addition to overseas nationals on Pakistan Day (March 23) in recognition of their excellence and gallantry of their respective fields.

The awards had been conferred at an investiture ceremony held on the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad. The ceremony was attended by the cupboard members, diplomats and members of the family of the recipients of the awards.

The president distributed the civil awards in 10 classes together with Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Quaid–Azam, Sitara-i-Shujaat, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Presidential Award for Satisfaction of Efficiency, Tamgha-i-Shujaata and Tamgha-i-Khidmat.

The president conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz on Sartaj Aziz, Mir Hasil Bazinjo and late Justice (Retd) Rana Bhagwandas for his or her public service; Ahmed Ali Chagla (artwork), late Sufi Ghulam Tabassum (poetry), Muhammad Qavi Khan ( (drama, movie) and Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan (sports activities).

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The Hilal-i-Pakistan award was given to Ambassador (retd) Robin Lynn Raphel for her providers to Pakistan.

The president conferred the Hilal-i-Imtiaz award on Khawaja Abdul Hayee (training), Engineer Professor Ahmed Farooq Bazai (tutorial), Dr Talat Naseer Pasha (science), Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez (well being), Dr Raja Ali Raza (engineering), Raees Ahmed (arts), late Amjad Islam Amjad (arts), late Arif Nizami, Mujibur Rehman Shami and Altaf Hassan Qureshi (journalism); Bilquees Bano Edhi (social providers), Muhammad Ramzan Chhipa, Sardar Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera, late Maroof Afzal, Senator Talha Mahmood, Capt (retd) Sher Alam Mehsud, Justice (retd) Fazal Karim, Sultan Ali Alana and Hilalur Rehman (public service); Dr Gohar Ejaz (philanthropy) and Khawaja Masood Akhtar (sports activities exports).

The president conferred the Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam award on Dr James M Shera for his providers to Pakistan.

The Sitara-i-Shujaat award was given to Malik Muhammad Hassan, late Malik Gangrai, Malik Shumali Khan, late Fiza Tariq Malik, Raja Mustafa Ali, Muhammad Afzal Sheikh and Sajid Kiani (Gallantry) and Mansoor Ahmed Khan (providers to Pakistan).

The president awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Muhammad Afzal Javed and Zafarulah Khan (providers to Pakistan), Dr Saeed Akhtar (drugs), late Humayun Khan (agriculture), Dr Sharif Malik (drugs), Mahfoozur Rehman (training), Fakhar-e-Alam (internet hosting), late Saghar Siddiqui (poetry), late Shama Khalid (artwork); late Ziauddin, Javed Chaudhry and Nadeem Malik (journalism); Dr Anees Ahmed and Maulana Hanif Jalandhari (spiritual scholar), and Waqar Ahmed Malik (public service).

Amongst others who had been additionally conferred the Sitara-i-Imtiaz award included Syed Murataz Mahmood (public service), Imdadullah Bosal (public service) and Mirza Ishtiaq Baig (social service); Lt Gen Noman Zakaria, Main Common Muhammad Idris Dastgir, Brigadier Salman Rashid Hussain, Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Asim Ali Khan, Samina Chagali, Dr Amir Malik, Tahir Rai and Riazuddin Sheikh (public service); Behroz Sabzwari and Tariq Mahmood (artwork).

The president awarded Presidential Award for Satisfaction of Efficiency to Dr Ayesha Siddiqa (drugs), Anjum Shaheen (appearing); Taskeen Zafar, Syed Shamoon Hashmi and late Prof. Jahazeb Niaz Khan (artwork); Shahida and Irfan Mehsud (sports activities); and Tika Khan and Hafiz Tahir Khalil (journalism).

In recognition of their gallantry, the Tamgha-i-Shujaat award was conferred on Amir Nawaz Shaheed, Muhammad Kamran Shaheed, Sher Ahmed, Tanveer Hussain Tonio, Amjad Ahmed Sheikh, Mazhar Nawaz Sheikh, Bashir Ahmed Barohi, Zeeshan Ahmed, Naved Ahmed, Ziaur Rehman, Javedullah Shaheed, Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, Sohail Zafar Chattha, Sadiq Shah, Raja Muhammad Majid, Bilal Raja, Mubashir Saleem, Minhas Ahmed Khan, Ijaz Hafeez, Aqeel Ahmed Siddiqui and Waseem Ahmed Khan.

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President Alvi conferred Tamgha-i-Imtiaz on Sindh Governor Kamran Tesori, Achad Bhuglah (providers to Pakistan), Jehan Ara (IT), Uzma Batool (drugs), Dr Rizwan Uppal (well being), Dr Tanvir Khaliq (drugs), Dr Syed Abbas Raza (drugs), Prof. Dr Khalid Mehmood (drugs), Der Zahoorul Haq (greater training) Dr Samreen Hussain (training), Rustam Ali Lone (artwork), Arif Khan (artwork), Nigar Nazar (artwork), Dr Ikramullah (Qiraat) and Bisma Maroof (sports activities).

The popularity of their public service, the president conferred Tamgha-i-Imtiaz on Cristina VON Sperling Afridi, Saima Saleem, SP Sumera Azam, Shehzad Afzal Khan, Main Muhammad Ali Tehseen, Main Atif Naveed, Saleh Azeem, Insaf Shah, Amin, Khawaja Adnan Zaheer, Ahmed Farooq, Imran Rasool, Nadeem Akhtar Sherazi, Tahir Akbar Awan, Syed Ali Hasnain Hussain and Dr Asif Bashir. Whereas Dr Shahid Masood bought the stated award for his providers in (drugs), Khansa Maria (literature) and Amin Haswani (philanthropy) and Amir Ilyas Rana (journalism).

The president awarded Tamgha-i-Khidmat to Chaudhry Pervez Iqbal Lusar for his providers to Pakistan.