Zubair Qureshi Islamabad
President Asif Ali Zardari on 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. Nishan –e-Imitiaz was bestowed on Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (late) (nuclear science), Iftikhar Hussain Arif (literature poetry), Islahuddin Siddiqui (hockey), Syed Qaim Ali Shah (public service), Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq (public service), Dr Shamshad Akhtar (public service) and Air Marshal (retd) Najib Akhtar (public service).
Hilal-e-Imitiaz was given to 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), 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 was conferred on Sultan Bin Abdul Rehman, Khalifa Bin Jassim Al-Kuwari, Yong Ye, Knut Ostby, Philippe Steinmetz, Dr. Sebastian Paust and Michal Rossman.
Sitara-e-Shujaat was given to 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 and Muhammad Adnan.
Hilal-e-Shujaat was conferred on Mushtaq Ahmed Sukehra (gallantry).
Sitara-e-Imtiaz was conferred on 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 and Abdul Quddoos Bizenjo.
The President Pride of Performance award was given to Farrah Mahmood Rana, Suhail Sarwar Sultan Warraich, Lt. Gen Ahsan Gulrez and Lt Col. Junaid Ali Zulfiqar.
Sitara-e Quaid-e-Azam was awarded to Husein EF Kavazovich and Salma Salman Zahid.
Tamgha-e-Shujaat was bestowed on Muhammad Usman, Syed Amer Akhtar and Muhammad Bilal Riaz Burki.
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz was conferred on Dr Muhammad Usman Akram, Prof 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 and Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, Dr Manzoor Ahmed late, Allah Ditta Abbasi late and Shamim Ashraf Khawaja late. Last but not the least Abdullah Al Matahari was awarded Sitara-e-Pakistan.
