ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday conferred civil awards on national and international personalities in recognition of their outstanding services in various fields, including health, education, literature, journalism, arts, and counter-terrorism for Pakistan.
A dignified award ceremony was held at Aiwan-e-Sadr, where individuals from diverse sectors were honoured with Pakistan’s civil awards, including Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Shujaat, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Shujaat, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Presidential Award for Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Khidmat, Tamgha-e-Shujaat, and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.
The ceremony was attended by Senate Chairman Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, federal ministers, parliamentarians, civil and military officials, diplomats, and distinguished personalities from various walks of life.
Nishan-e-Imtiaz was awarded to the late Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, the late Irfan-ul-Haq Siddiqui, and Ata-ul-Haq Qasmi.
Hilal-e-Shujaat was conferred upon Sepoy Azhar Mehmood Shaheed, Shah Wali Khan Shaheed, Assistant Sub-Inspector Police Muhammad Ijaz Khan Shaheed, Sub-Inspector LaiqZada Khan Shaheed, Constable Alamzeb Shaheed, Constable Muhammad Ijaz Shaheed, Waseem Ahmad Khan, and Jawad Qamar.
Hilal-e-Imtiaz recipients included Sardar Owais Ahmad Khan Leghari, Muhammad Ali, Muazzam Jahan Ansari, Engineer Jamaluddin Ahmed, Mirza Rizwan Baig, Muhammad Yousuf Khan, Dr Ameer Muhammad, Prof Dr Ikram-ul-Haq, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Zahra Majid Ali, Shahid Afridi, Shahroze Kashif, the late Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, Ihtesham-ul-Haq, Azeeruddin Bolani, and the late Taj Haider.
Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Abdul Qadir, a diplomat from Bahrain, was awarded Sitara-e-Pakistan.
Sitara-e-Shujaat was awarded to Javedullah Khan Mehsud, Nawab Ali Khan Shaheed, Hidayatullah Shaheed, ASI Muhammad Akram Shaheed, Sub-Inspector Taj Mir Shah Shaheed, Constable Abdullah Shaheed, Constable Samund Khan Shaheed, Constable Abdul Hameed, Constable ZameelBadshah, Constable Hifzullah Shaheed, Constable Muhammad Siraj Khan Shaheed, Constable Muhammad Javed Shaheed, Constable Amanullah Shaheed, Constable Iqrar Syed Shaheed, Syed Iqrar Hussain Rizvi Shaheed, Inspector Sharjeel Rizwan Shaheed, NaikGulzar Ali Shaheed, Sepoy Uzair Khan Shaheed, Sepoy Khitabur Rahman Shaheed, Sepoy Gul Umarzai Shaheed, Naib Subedar Muhammad Jan Shaheed, Lance Naik Syed Rahman, Sepoy Hazratullah Shaheed, Sepoy Khanzada Shaheed, Sepoy Mushtaq Ahmed Shaheed, Sepoy Abdul Samad Shaheed, Sepoy Imran Khan Shaheed, Sepoy Basirullah Shaheed, Sepoy Mehtabur Rahman Shaheed, Sepoy Sher Rahman Shaheed, Sepoy Fazal Karim Shaheed, Sepoy Muhammad Yousuf Shaheed, Constable Muhammad Shahryar Shaheed, Faisal Ismail Shaheed, Abdul Wakeel Shaheed, ASI Noor Hakim Shaheed, Constable Zahirullah Shaheed, Fazal Manan Shaheed, and Liaqat Ali Shaheed.
Sitara-e-Imtiaz was awarded to Secretary Interior Captain Muhammad Khurram Agha (R), Dr Muhammad Fakhar Alam Irfan, Nabeel Munir, Iftikhar Amjad, Lt Sohail Ashraf (R), Dr Naseem Faraz, Javed Akbar Riaz, Brigadier Faisal Shaukat Jhangiri, Ahmad Abdul Moaz, Irfan Ahsan, Hamza Tabani, Dr Arshad Rehan, the late Munir Ahmed Chaudhry, Muhammad Yaseen Khan, Arshad Wali Muhammad, Ahmad Raza, Prof Sarwar Muhammad Khawaja, Humera Abbas, the late former Justice Syed Didar Hussain Shah, Nadeem Hussain, and Naim Mehboob.
Presidential Award for Pride of Performance was received by Rashid Waheed Khawaja and Zahid Ahmed.
Sitara-e-Khidmat was awarded to Muhammad Saeed Sheikh, while Tamgha-e-Shujaat was conferred upon Shahid Hussain.
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipients included Javed Akbar Odho, Nadir Shafi Dar, Dr Muhammad Shahbaz Chaudhry, Muhammad Kashif Ashfaq, Chaudhry Amanat Hussain Mehr, DrFarhat Akhtar Raja, Dr Khurram Hayat Khan, Dr Muhammad Shabih Ahmed, Dr Zeeshan Ali, Syed Zahir Hussain Shah, Raja Salman Raza, Sajid Abbas, Naveed Anwar Chaudhry, Abdul Waheed Khan, Abdul Wahab Sheikh, Waqar-ul-Hassan, Shazia Sikandar, Mohsin Nawaz, Muhammad Arslan Zafar, Syed Abdul Muhib Shah, Dr Rao Kamran Ali, Dr Imran Syed, Dr Muhammad Naim Malik, NisarAftab, Prof Dr Fatah Muhammad Mari, Aamir Javaid Sheikh, Dr Anam Fatima, Captain Qazi Ali Raza (R), Captain Chaudhry Owais Afzal, Sahibzada Muhammad Yousuf, Waseem Ahmed, Prof Muhammad Tayyab, Nadia Jahangir Seth, and Zia-ul-Hassan Langar.
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