President confers Pakistan’s civil awards upon 69 recipients

President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday conferred Pakistan’s civil awards upon 69 personalities including Pakistani nationals and foreigners in recognition of their outstanding services in various fields.

The investiture ceremony was held at the Aiwan e Sadr in which different personalities were decorated with civil awards in recognition of their services in health, education, literature, journalism, public, research, diplomatic matters and economy.

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The ceremony was attended by federal ministers, the Chairman of the Senate, parliamentarians, members of civil society, diplomats, the media, and many others.

Nishan-i-Pakistan (posthumous) was conferred upon Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former prime minister and founder of PPP in recognition of his outstanding services to the country, democracy and people. The award was received by Sanam Bhutto.

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The other recipients who were conferred with awards in different categories included:

• Air Marshal (retd) Raja Shahid Hamid (late) – Nishan-i-Imtiaz (posthumous)

• Sultan Ali Akbar Allana – Nishan-i-Khidmat

• SP Muhammad Ejaz Khan Shaheed – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• DSP Allama Iqbal Shaheed – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• DSP Sardar Hussain Shaheed, Constables Irshad Ali and Jahnzaib – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• Additional SHO Adnan Afridi Shaheed – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• SI Taimoor Shahzad Shaheed – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• LHC Mohammad Farooq Shaheed – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• Sepoy Muhammad Asif Shaheed – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• Allah Rakhio (late) – Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• Dr Tauqir Hussain Shah – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Capt (retd) Khurram Agha – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Ali Haider Gilani – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Khawaja Anver Majidd – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Hussain Daud – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Professor Dr Shaheryar – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Dr Zaryab Setna – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Javed Jabbar – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Mohtarma Sadia Rashid – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Aamir Hafeez Ibrahim – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Jimmy Engineer – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Umar Farooq – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Dr Naveed Shirwani – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Capt. (retd) Hamza Anjum Shaheed – Sitara-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• Malik Sabz Ali Shaheed – Sitara-i-Shujaat (posthumous)

• Muhammad Samiur Rehman – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Ahmad Ishaq Jahangir – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Irfan Nawaz Mamon – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Sardar Muhammad Aftab Ahmed Khan Watoo – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Dr Hamid Ateeq Sarwar – Hilal-i-Imtiaz

• Ali Salman Habib (late) – Sitara-i-Imtiaz (posthumous)

• Waqar ud din Syed – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Ayaz Khan – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Professor Dr Ziaul Haq – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Imtiaz Hussain – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Jameel Ahmad – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Syed Azhar Hasnain Abidi – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Zafar Waqar Taj – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Muhammad Hussain alias Murad Sadpara (late) – Sitara-i-Imtiaz (posthumous)

• Bahrose Hussain Baloch – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Sana Hashwani and Safinaz Muneer – Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Naveed Ahmad Fareed – Presidential Prize of Performance Award

• Rashid Waheed Khawaja – Presidential Prize of Performance Award

• Mohtarma Aniqa Bano – Presidential Prize of Performance Award

• Barkat Shah – Presidential Prize of Performance Award

• Haydar Qurbonov – Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam

• Dr Christine Brunhilde – Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam

• Agostino Da Polenza – Tamgha-i-Pakistan

• Professor Valevia Piacentini – Tamgha-i-Pakistan

• Syed Shakeel Shah – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Ashhad Jawwad – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Amin Muhammad Lakhani – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Rehan Mahtab Chawla – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Syed Jawad Hussain Jafferi – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Professor Dr Usman Qamar – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Mohtarma Dr Sara Qureshi – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Dr Ikram Ullah – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Muhammad Yousaf Khan – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Sarwar Muneer Rao – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Hassan Ayub – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Dr Syed Abid Mehdi Kazmi – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Mir Nadir Khan Magsi – Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

• Dr Xinmin Liu – Tamgha-i-Quaid-e-Azam