ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain will honour 141 Pakistani national andforeigners with the highest civilian awards on the Pakistan Day.
President will confer ‘Pakistan Civil Awards’ to 141 Pakistanis as well asforeign nationals on Pakistan Resolution Day to be celebrated on 23rd March.
Former Cuban President DrFidel Castro will be honoured withNishan-e-Pakistan for rendering unwavering services to Pakistan.
Late human rights champion Asma Jahangir will be awarded a posthumousNishan-e-Imtiaz for her undying services for the citizens of Pakistan.
Nine people will be awarded with Hilal-e-Imtiaz, including Muhammad AnwarHabib, Aslam Hayat, Tariq Mahmud, Dr. Anjum Tauqir, Hussain Dawood, MianMuhammad Abdullah, and Muhammad Ali Tabba.
Whereas, the coveted Sitara-e-Pakistan award will be presented to KimihideAndo of Japan, Haris Silajdzic of Bosnia, DrSong Jong-hwan of Korea, andSadiq Khan for their services to Pakistan.
The Sitara-e-Shujaat award will be presented to eight individuals forshowing excellence in the military and sacrificing their lives to fightterrorism. The recipients include Abdul Ghani (Late), Saif-ur-RehmanShaheed, Captain (retd) Syed Ahmad Mobin Zaidi Shaheed, Zahid MehmoodGondal Shaheed, Muhammad Ashraf Noor Shaheed, Hamid Shakeel Sabir Shaheed,Maulana Hassan Jan Shaheed, and DrMufti Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi Shaheed.
Sitara-e-Imtiaz will be conferred upon 22 individuals. The recipientsinclude Professor Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) for Science(Biotechnology), Zia Chishti (USA) for IT, Ashar Aziz (USA) for IT, SyedZia Hasnain Shah (Sindh) for Science (Chemistry), Dr Mohammad Zahid(Punjab) for Science (Physics), Waqar Murtaza Butt (Sindh) for Engineering(Nuclear), Syed Yusuf Raza (Islamabad) for Engineering (Nuclear Power),Muhammad Khalid Akbar (Islamabad) for Electronics, Instrument and Control;Rana Abdul Qayyum (Punjab) for Engineering (Mechanical), Ayaz Aziz (Punjab)for Engineering (Aerospace), Amjad Fareed Sabri (Late) (Sindh) for Art(Qawali), Ameena Saiyid for Literature, Muhammad Hanif for Literature,Mohsin Hamid for Literature, Misbah-ul-Haq (Punjab) for Sports (Cricket),Younis Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) for Sports (Cricket), Sarfraz Ahmed(Sindh) for Sports (Cricket), Shahid Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) forSports(Cricket), Makhdum Ali Chishti (UK) for Services to Pakistan;Ambassador (retd) Jamshed G. Kharas (late) (Sindh) for Services toPakistan, Junaid Jamshed Khan (late) (Sindh) as a religious scholar,Justice (retd) Saiduzzaman Siddiqui (late) (Sindh) for Public Service, DrAbdul Malik Baloch (Balochistan) for Public Service, Ms Ayesha Raza Senator(Punjab) for Public Service, Ms Saira Afzal Tarar for Public Service, andZahid Bashir for Public Service (Social Service).
A total of 44 individuals including some from the media industry will beawarded the President’s Award for Pride of Performance for excellence. Therecipients include Hanif Khalid (Jang), Tahir Khalil (Jang), Amin Hafeez(Geo News), and Nawaz Raza (Nawa-e-Waqt). Others include Professor DrBashir Ahmad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) for Science (Biotechnology), Professor DrAsifullah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) for Science (Computer), Professor DrSarmad Hussain (Punjab) for Science (Computer), Dr Abdul Samad (KhyberPakhtunkhwa) for Science (Archaeology), Dr Captain (retd) Rahim Bux Bhatti(Sindh) for Medicine, Dr Mohammad Faheem (Islamabad) for Medicine, Art(Singing), Maryam Khatoon (Durdana Baloch) (Balochistan) for Art (ActingDrama & Radio), Qudsia Azmat Nisar (Punjab) for Art (Painting), SyedMurtaza Shah (Dadahi) (Sindh) for Literature (Poetry), Shakeel Adilzada(Sindh) for Literature, Hanif Khalid (Punjab), Najia Rasool (Punjab) forSports (Taekwondo), Brigadior (retd) Javed Ahmed Satti for Services toPakistan, and Riffat Rehana (Late) (Punjab) for Public Service.