ISLAMABAD - President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday conferred Civil Awards on 127 Pakistani and foreign nationals for displaying excellence in their respective forms.
President Dr Arif Alvi has decided to confer Civil Awards on one hundred and twenty seven Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for their excellent work in various fields.
These awards were given at an investiture ceremony on the eve of Pakistan Day held at President House.
The ‘Nishan-i-Imtiaz’ was awarded to Shoaib Sultan Khan in the field of public service.
Four foreign nationals including Seshira Eto of Japan, Xu Shaoshi of China and Ismail Kahraman of Turkey were given ‘Hilali-Pakistan’ award.
Three Chinese citizens including Kong Xuanyou, Wang Xiaotao and Hu Xiaolian were 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), Waqar Younis (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, Shaheed Nawabzada Mir Siraj Raisani (Balochistan), Asad Ali (Sindh ) and Shaheed Mairaj Ahmed Umrani (Balochistan).
As many as 34 personalities including Muhammad Arshad (Punjab), Dr Imtiaz Ahmed (Sindh), Dr Syed Muhammad Kamran Majeed, Dr Muhammad Zafar-Uz-Zaman (Punjab), Lt Col (R) Manzoor Ahmad(Punjab), Prof Dr Shahid , Sami, Dr Pervaiz A Chaudhary, Dr Prof. (R) M Lateef Chaudhry, Dr Inayatullah Padhiar, KaleemullahLashari(Sindh), Muhammad Ahmed Shah (Sindh), Sajjad Ali (Sindh), Munir Hussain (late) (Punjab), Babra Sharif (Punjab), Kamil Khan Mumtaz (Punjab), Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Professor SahibzadaHameedullah, Yasir Shah, Shamim Ahmed Sheikh (Canada), Dr Asif M Rehman (USA), Dr Zia ul Hasan (Pakistan), Steven J Burian (USA), Dr James A Tebbe (USA), Lou Ronghuai (China), Khawaja Masood khtar, Syed Abu Ahmad Akif (Sindh), Pir Muhammad Diwan (Sindh), Muhammad Bashir Farooqui (Sindh), Samar Ali Khan (Sindh), Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Aqeel Karim Dhedhi(Sindh), YounusTabba, Saima Shahbaz 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), Syed Muhammad 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 with Tamgha-i-Shuja’at award.
Likewise, as many as 17 personalities Muhammad Yousaf Gondal (Punjab), Rana Muhammad Zaeem (Punjab), Dr MazharIqbal(Punjab), Dr Shahzad Alam (Punjab), Dr Uzma Saleem (Gilgit-Baltistan), Dr Ikram Ali Malik (Islamabad), Dr Iftikhar Ahmad (KP), Prof Dr Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi (Sindh), Syed Sabihuddin Rehmani (Sindh), Syed, Ali Abbas (Sindh), Muhammad Rafique Shad (Balochistan), Khawaja Safar Ali(KP), Mehwish Hayat (Sindh), Sardar Ali Takkar (KP), Akhtar Gul (KP), Flt Lt (Rtd) Muhammad Siddique Sheikh, (Punjab) and Malik Amin Aslam Khan(KP) were decorated with ‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ award.