President confers civil, military awards on 157 outstanding individuals

President Pervez Musharraf Sunday conferred civil and military awards on outstanding individuals at an investiture ceremony here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. The ceremony, marking the Pakistan Day celebration, was attended by caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro, members of his cabinet, services chiefs, ambassadors and notables.
The awards are given in recognition of the meritorious services rendered by men and women in their respective fields, or for exemplary acts of gallantry.
The awards were announced for 157 persons including 24 women and 14 foreigners on August 14 last year.
The President conferred the awards on sixty-two (62) individuals at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Of these 28 were awarded in various categories for "acts of bravery, heroism, courage and rendering of dedicated services with selfless devotion in human rights and public service."
Four of these awards were received by young sons of slain officers and one by a young daughter, while the rest were received by the widows of those who fell victim to terrorists.
SITARA-I-BASALAT (21): The Sitara-e-Basalat is in recognition of the exemplary leadership, excellent planning and their dauntless operations, that raised the stature of the armed forces not only within the country and abroad. Lieutenant General Shujaat Zameer Dar, Major General Tahir Mehmood, Major General Muhammad Farooq, Major General Muhammad Haroon Aslam, Brigadier Muhammad Mumtaz, Captain Zahid Akram, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Siddiq, Lieutenant Colonel Amir Hameed (Shaheed), Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Rizwan Lashari, Major Naeemullah Khattak, Major Basharat Ahmad Noor, Major Pervaiz Siddiq (Shaheed), Major Khalid Aziz (Shaheed), Major Tahir Mehmood, Major Adil Ubaid, Major Tauqeer Anwar Khan, Captain Salman Farooq Lodhi (Shaheed), Captain Zameer Abbas (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Muhammad Ilyas (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Ghulam Rabbi (Shaheed) and Lance Naik Sikandar Hayat (Shaheed).
HILAL-I-SHUJA'AT (03): Late Malik Mohammad Saad Khan, Late Inspector Hassan Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Haroon Islam(Shaheed).
HILAL-I-IMTIAZ (06): Professor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Justice Amir ul Mulk Mengal, Lieutenant General Syed Shujaat Hussain, Begum Bilquis Edhi, Professor Dr Jawad Sajid Khan, Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan.
SITARA-I-SHUJA'AT (07): Late Khan Razik Khan, Sher Akbar, District Police Officer, Late Tariq Mahmood, Late Muhammad Salim, Sharfuddin Memon, Late Abid Ali, Muhammad Umar Morio.
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ (03): Professor Dr Mohammad Miyanoor Wala Amin, Late Dr Aftab Ahmed, Shun Imaizumi.
TAMGHA-I-SHUJA'AT (18): Late Mohammad Jamshed Jadoon, Late Abdul Aleem, Mrs Nasreen Nasir, Late Bostan Gul, Qurban Ali, Late Muhammad Abdullah Gondal, Late Imtiaz-ul-Haq, Late Muhammad Naeem, Late Ahmed Noor, Late Naseer Ahmed, Late Fareed Khan, Late Jawaid Ahmed, Late Yasir Iqbal, Mubarrak Hussain, Late. Nazar Muhammad, Late Faiz-ur-Rehman, Late Muhammad Sadiq, Late. Sub. (retd) Said Ur Rehman.
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ (03): Mrs Shirin Walji, Hafiz Tahir Khalil, Shakil Shaikh.
TAMGHA-I-KHIDMAT (01): Igor Nikolaevich Morozov President's Awards for Pride of Performance are conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of Art, Literature, Science, Sports and Nursing. This year 39 individuals have been awarded the Pride of Performance.
In Academics these are awarded for research, achievement or performance in Medicine, Science, Engineering, Technology, Philosophy, History, Literature or the Arts, and invention of national importance.
The recipients of the Pride of Performance include; Jamaluddin Ahmed, Dr Liaqat Ali Khan, Ghulam Mohy-ud-din, Sohail Ahmed, Syed Zia Hasnain Shah, Ziafat Hussain, Dr Mohammad Shahzad, S Tauqeer ul Islam, Mohammad Arshad, Dr Farhan Saif, Dr Syed Abdul Mujeeb, Professor Dr Mohammad Saeed Khokhar, Begum Anis Fatima Majid Khan, Allah Bux, Akhtar Muneer, Gopad Das, Ustad Mehr Ali Khan, Ustad Sher Ali Khan, Naheed Raza, Miss Gulbahar Bano, Mujahid Hussain, Rashid Malik (late), Mrs Sultana Siddique, Abdul Karim Baloch, Nisar Malik, Abdul Qadir Junejo, Hanif Raza, Nasreen H Askari, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Mansoor Ahmed Rahi, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, Mrs Noorul Huda Shah, Dr Saleem Akhtar, Dr Noor Nabi Tanveer Abbasi (late), Professor Dr Mohammad Taha Khan, Lieutenant Cmndr Zahid Rauf, Miss Nida Waseem, Zubair Ahmed and Shahid Rahman.
Pakistani citizens are eligible for awards in the Order of Shuja'at, Imtiaz and President's Awards for Pride of Performance while foreign nationals can be given civil awards in any Order for eminence and outstanding services to Pakistan in a significant field of activity.
The announcement of civil awards is generally made on Independence Day, and their investiture takes place on the following Pakistan Day - 23rd of March.