ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday conferred Civil Awards on127 Pakistani and foreign nationals for displaying excellence in theirrespective forms.
President Dr Arif Alvi has decided to confer Civil Awards on one hundredand twenty seven Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for theirexcellent work in various fields.
These awards were given at an investiture ceremony on the eve of PakistanDay held at President House.
The ‘Nishan-i-Imtiaz’ was awarded to Shoaib Sultan Khan in the field ofpublic service.
Four foreign nationals including Seshira Eto of Japan, Xu Shaoshi of Chinaand Ismail Kahraman of Turkey were given ‘Hilali-Pakistan’ award.
Three Chinese citizens including Kong Xuanyou, Wang Xiaotao and Hu Xiaolianwere given ‘Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam’ award.
As many as eight personalities Zaheer Ayub Baig (Punjab), Ghulam Asghar(Islamabad), Prof Dr Tasawar Hayat (Punjab), Wasim Akram (Punjab), WaqarYounis (Punjab), Prof Dr Recep Akdag (Turkey), Dr Michael Jansen (Germany)and Prof Abdul Bari Khan (Sindh) were given ‘Hilal-i-Imtiaz’ award.
Four personalities including Wajiha Haris (Romania), Mohammad Ilyas Khan(AJ&K), Long Yuxiang (China) and Lin Yi (China) were decorated with‘Sitara-i-Pakistan.
The Sitara-i-Shuja’at award was given to Muhammad Idrees Shaheed, ShaheedNawabzada Mir Siraj Raisani (Balochistan), Asad Ali (Sindh ) and ShaheedMairaj Ahmed Umrani (Balochistan).
As many as 34 personalities including Muhammad Arshad (Punjab), Dr ImtiazAhmed (Sindh), Dr Syed Muhammad Kamran Majeed, Dr Muhammad Zafar-Uz-Zaman(Punjab), Lt Col (R) Manzoor Ahmad(Punjab), Prof Dr Shahid , Sami, DrPervaiz A Chaudhary, Dr Prof. (R) M Lateef Chaudhry, Dr InayatullahPadhiar, KaleemullahLashari(Sindh), Muhammad Ahmed Shah (Sindh), Sajjad Ali(Sindh), Munir Hussain (late) (Punjab), Babra Sharif (Punjab), Kamil KhanMumtaz (Punjab), Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Professor SahibzadaHameedullah,Yasir Shah, Shamim Ahmed Sheikh (Canada), Dr Asif M Rehman (USA), Dr Zia ulHasan (Pakistan), Steven J Burian (USA), Dr James A Tebbe (USA), LouRonghuai (China), Khawaja Masood khtar, Syed Abu Ahmad Akif (Sindh), PirMuhammad Diwan (Sindh), Muhammad Bashir Farooqui (Sindh), Samar Ali Khan(Sindh), Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Aqeel Karim Dhedhi(Sindh), YounusTabba, SaimaShahbaz Malik and Nilofer Saeed (Sindh) received ‘Sitara-i-Imtiaz’ award.
The ‘Sitara-i-Quaid-i- Azam’ award was given to Naveed Ahmed Sherwani(USA), while ‘Tamgha-i-Pakistan’ would go to Li Xuedon (China).
23 personalities including Muhammad Hanif Bashir (Punjab), Imran Aqiq(Punjab), QamarZaman (KP), Muhammad Fayyaz Tipu (KP), Syed Naymatullah(Balochistan ), Syed Ghaib Ali Shah (Gilgit-Baltistan), Haji Zahid Khan(KP), Khushal Khan (KP), Brig Rizwan Afzal (KP), Muhammad Younis(Sindh),Sajid Hussain (Balochistan), UmerSajid (Shaheed) (Punjab ), Dr Khalid Khan(KP), Muhammad NoumanZafar (Punjab ), Wajahat Ullah Afridi(KP), SyedMuhammad Omer Mobeen Jillani (Shaheed) (Punjab), Sub Maj (Rtd) Allah Ditta(Shaheed) (Punjab ), Muhammad Iqbal (Punjab), Syed Fawad Ali (Late) (KP),Muhib Khan (late) (KP), Syed Shahrukh Haider Zaidi (Islamabad), SaimShafait(Late) (AJ&K) and Akram Khan (Shaheed) (Punjab) were decorated withTamgha-i-Shuja’at award.
Likewise, as many as 17 personalities Muhammad Yousaf Gondal (Punjab), RanaMuhammad Zaeem (Punjab), Dr MazharIqbal(Punjab), Dr Shahzad Alam (Punjab),Dr Uzma Saleem (Gilgit-Baltistan), Dr Ikram Ali Malik (Islamabad), DrIftikhar Ahmad (KP), Prof Dr Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi (Sindh), Syed SabihuddinRehmani (Sindh), Syed, Ali Abbas (Sindh), Muhammad Rafique Shad(Balochistan), Khawaja Safar Ali(KP), Mehwish Hayat (Sindh), Sardar AliTakkar (KP), Akhtar Gul (KP), Flt Lt (Rtd) Muhammad Siddique Sheikh,(Punjab) and Malik Amin Aslam Khan(KP) were decorated with‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ award.








