On Pakistan Day, President Dr. Arif Alvi has awarded civil honors to local and foreign personalities for outstanding services in various fields including health, education, literature, journalism, arts and national defense.
According to the official news agency ‘APP’, a prestigious ceremony for the distribution of civil honors was held in the President’s House, in which personalities who have performed outstanding services in various fields were awarded Nishan Imtiaz, Hilal Imtiaz, Tagha Imtiaz, Hilal Pakistan, Hilal Quaid-e-Azam, Stara Shujaat, Stara Imtiaz, Presidential Award for Good Performance, Tagha Shujaat and Tagha Khemat were awarded.
Sartaj Aziz, late Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo, late Justice (retd) Rana Bhagwan Das, Ahmed Ghulam Ali Changla (deceased), Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabasim (deceased), Muhammad Qavi Khan (deceased), Jahangir Khan and John Sher Khan is included.
The honor of Hilal Pakistan has been given to Robin Rafael, while the recipients of Hilal Imtiaz honor are late Dr. Khawaja Abdul Hai, Engineer Prof. Ahmed Farooq Bazai, Prof. Dr. Talat Nasir Pasha, Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez, Dr. Raja Ali Raza Anwar, Raees Ahmed, late Amjad Islam. Amjad, late Ahmed Arif Nizami, Mujibur Rahman Shami, Altaf Hasan Qureshi are included.
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Besides, the late Balqis Bano, Muhammad Ramzan Cheepa, Sardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhira, the late Maruf Afzal, Muhammad Talha Mehmood, Hilalur Rahman, Dr. Gohar Ejaz, late Captain (retd) Sher Alam Mehsud, Justice (r) Fazal Karim, Sultan Ali Alana and Khawaja Masood Akhtar Hilal has also been honored with Hilal Imtiaz while Dr. James Shera has been honored with Hilal Quaid-i-Azam.
The recipients of Satara Shujaat award include Malik Muhammad Hasan, late Malik Gagarai, late Malik Samali Khan, late Fiza Tariq Malik, late Raja Mustafa Ali, Muhammad Afzal Sheikh, Sajid Kayani and Mansoor Ahmad Khan.
Stara Imtiaz Honored Late Shama Khalid, Dr. Muhammad Afzal Javed, Zafarullah Khan, Late Humayun Khan, Prof. Dr. Saeed Akhtar, Dr. Muhammad Sharif Malik, Mahfoozur Rahman, Fakhr Alam, Late Muhammad Akhtar, Late Sagar Siddiqui, Late Muhammad Ziauddin, Late Muhammad Javed Chaudhry, Dr. Anees Ahmed, Maulana Muhammad Hanif has been given to Jalandhri.
Besides, Waqar Ahmad Malik, Syed Murtaza Mehmood, Imdadullah Bosal, Mirza Ishtiaq Baig, Lt. Gen. Nouman Zakaria, Major General Muhammad Owais Dastgir, Brigadier Salman Rashid Hussain, Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Asim Ali Khan, Samina Chagani, Dr. Muhammad Aamir Malik, Behrouz Sabzwari, Engineer Javed Saleem Qureshi, Nadeem Ejaz Malik, Mohammad Tahir Rai, Riazuddin Sheikh and Tariq Mehmood have also received the star distinction.
The Presidential Award for Excellence was awarded to Prof. Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa, Anjum Shaheen (known as Anjuman), Tasin Zafar, Syed Shamoon Ashraf Hashmi, Late Prof. Jahanzeb Niaz Khan, Ms. Shahida, Irfan Mehsud, Tikka Khan and Hafiz Tahir Khalil.
Amir Nawaz Khan Shaheed, Muhammad Kamran Shaheed, Sher Ahmed aka Faisal Baloch, Tanveer Hussain Tuino, Amjad Ahmed Sheikh, Mazhar Nawaz Sheikh, Bashir Ahmad Brohi, Zeeshan Ahmed, Naveed Ahmed, Zia-ul Rehman, Javedullah ( Shaheed), Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan, Sohail Zafar Chatta, Sadiq Shah, Raja Muhammad Majid, Mubasher Saleem, Minhas Ahmad Khan, Ejaz Hafeez, Aqeel Ahmad Siddiqui, Waseem Ahmad Khan and Muhammad Bilal Raja.
The recipients of the Medal of Distinction are Muhammad Kamran Khan Tesuri, Asad Bagla, Jahan Araya, Dr. Uzma Batul, Dr. Rizwan Appal, Prof. Dr. Tanveer Khaliq, Dr. Syed Abbas Raza, Prof. Dr. Khalid Mehmood, Prof. Dr. Zahoorul Haq, Dr. Samreen Hussain, Rustam. Ali Lone (Charlie), Arif Khan aka Arbaaz Khan, Nigar Nazar, Qari Dr. Ikramullah Mohsin, Bisma Maruf, Christina Von Sperling Afridi.
Saima Salim, Samira Azam, Shahzad Afzal Khan, Major Muhammad Ali Tahsin, Major Atif Naveed, Aamir Ilyas Rana, Saleh Azim, late Insaf Shah, Amin Hashwani, Khalid Mehmood, Khawaja Adnan Zaheer, Ahmad Farooq, Imran Rasool, Nadeem were awarded the Medal of Distinction. Akhtar Shirazi, Muhammad Tahir Akbar Awan, Syed Ali Hasnain Hussain, Dr. Shahid Masood Khan, Khansa Maria and Dr. Asif Bashir are also included while the honor of service medal has been given to Chaudhry Parvez Iqbal Losar.
The President of the State Dr. Arif Alvi, in the civil awards distribution ceremony held at the President’s House, also awarded the medal of distinction to Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tesori for his efforts in the field of public services.
First lady Begum Samina Arif Alvi, federal ministers, civil and military officials and important personalities from different walks of life participated in the ceremony.