President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday conferred Pakistan’s highest civil awards on a number of citizens of Pakistan as well as foreign nationals in recognition of their distinction, excellence, contributions and show of valour in different fields.

The awards were conferred at an investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr which was attended by ministers, members of the diplomatic corps and family members of the recipients of the awards.

Following were the recipients:

Nishan –e-Imitiaz:

Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (late) (nuclear science)

Iftikhar Hussain Arif (literature poety)

Islahuddin Siddiqui (hockey)

Syed Qaim Ali Shah (public service)

Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq (public service)

Dr Shamshad Akhtar (public service)

Air Marshal (retd) Najib Akhtar (public service)

 

Hilal-e-Imitiaz:

Brig. Syed Sarfraz Ali (Late) Strategic Planning & Development

Prof. Dr. Shahid Mahmood Baig (Science)

Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed (Education)

Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan (Education)

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Umar (Education/ Medical Sciences)

Rahat Ali Khan Arts (Qawwali/ Singing)

Mohammad Ahmed Shah Arts (Culture)

Mehmood Ahmed Tahir Bhatti (Film Direction & Fashion Designing)

Muhammad Anwar Masood Literature (Poetry)

Zahid Malik (Late) (Journalism)

Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib (Social Services)

Ahmad Irfan Aslam (Public Service)

Raja Naeem Akbar (Public Service)

Lt. Gen. (R) Muhammad Akram Khan (Public Service)

Brig. Atif Rafique (Public Service)

Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan (Public Service)

Syed Tariq Fatemi (Public Service)

Tariq Bajwa (Public Service)

Tariq Mahmood Pasha (Public Service)

Shahid Khan (Public Service)

Sibtain Fazal Haleem (Public Service)

Capt. (R) Zahid Saeed (Public Service)

Zahid Akhtar Zaman (Public Service)

Mufti Abdul Shakoor (late) (Public Service)

Nasir Mahmood Khosa (Public Service)

Javaid Aslam (Public Service)

Fawad Hasan Fawad (Public Service)

Dr. Usman Anwar (Public Service)

Prof. Dr. Adil Najam (Education)

Bilal Siddique Kahmyana

Tanweer Ahmed

HILAL-E-QUAID-E-AZAM:-

Sultan Bin Abdul Rehman

Khalifa Bin Jassim Al-Kuwari

Yong Ye

Knut Ostby

Philippe Steinmetz

Dr. Sebastian Paust

Michal Rossman

Samantha Power

 

SITARA-E-SHUJAAT

Tariq Mahmood (Gallantry)

Muhammad Aamir Naseem (Gallantry)

Majid Saleem Malik (Gallantry)

Akhtar Hayat Khan (Gallantry)

Lt. Cdr. (R) Muqaddas Haider (Gallantry)

Muhammad Younas (Shaheed)

Nizam Ullah (Shaheed)

Rahat Saleem (Shaheed)

Ghulam Abbas Laghari (Shaheed)

Abdul Latif Nok (Shaheed)

Muhammad Saeed Ahmed (Shaheed)

Ajmal Masih (Late)

Muhammad Ramzan (Shaheed)

Shams Ullah (Shaheed)

Muhammad Sohrab (Shaheed) Gallantry

Asad Ullah Khan (Shaheed)

Israr Muhammad, Zia Ullah Khan

Mir Zubair Mahmood

Muhammad Adnan

 

Hilal Shujaat:-

Mushtaq Ahmed Sukehra (gallantry).

 

Sitara-e-Imtiaz:-

Shama Hafeez

Qari Hafiz Buzurg Shah Al Azhari

Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Faakhir Mehmood

Jharna Basak Shabnam

Naila Kiani

Shoaib Anwar Malik

Fahad Haroon

Muhammad Sarwar Gondal

Dr Kazim Niaz

Muhammad Sulaeh Ahmed Foruqui

Farhan Faruqui

Dr Muhammad Farooque Hassan

Duraid Qureshi

Yasir Malik

Abdul Quddoos Bizenjo

President Pride of Performance:-

Farrah Mahmood Rana

Suhail Sarwar Sultan Warraich

Lt. Gen Ahsan Gulrez

Lt Col. Junaid Ali Zulfiqar

Sitara-e Quaid-e-Azam:-

Husein EF Kavazovich

Salma Salman Zahid

Tamgha-e-Shuja’at:-

Muhammad Usman

Syed Amer Akhtar

Muhammad Bilal Riaz Burki

 

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz:

Dr Muhammad Usman Akram

Pro Dr Rizwan Taj

Waqar Maqsood Satti

Fahad Saleem Malik

Prof Dr Mushtaq Ahmed

Syed Feroz Alam Shah

Dr Farooq Adil

Rashid Mahmood

Aisha Khan

Muhammad Tanvir Butt

Faisal Saddique Khan

Dr Rizwan Taj

Prof Dr Riazwana Chaudhri

Muhammad Zubair Shaheen

Murlidhar Dawani

Sarah Ahmed

Dr Khalid Bin Shaheen

Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

Dr Manzoor Ahmed late

Allah Ditta Abbasi late

Shamim Ashraf Khawaja late

 

Sitara e Pakistan

Abdullah Al Matahari