President Arif Alvi conferred civil awards to 184 Pakistanis and foreign nationals for their services to Pakistan and showing excellence and courage in their respective fields.
The civil awards announced on Independence Day include Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Quaid-e-Azam, Sitarah-i-Pakistan, Sitarah-i-Shujaat and Sitarah-i-Imtiaz. The other categories included Pride of Performance, Sitarah-i-Quaid-e-Azam, Sitarah-i-Khidmat, Tamgha-i-Pakistan, Tamgha-i-Shujaat, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and Tamgha-i-Quaid-e-Azam.
These awards will be conferred on the recipients at a ceremony to be taken place on Pakistan Day, March 23, 2021.
Following is the list of the awards and the would-be recipients along with the fields they served in.
NISHAN-I-IMTIAZ
Sadeqain Naqvi Arts (Painting/Sculpture)Prof. Shakir Ali Arts (Painting)Zahoor ul Haq (Late) Arts (Painting/ Sculpture)Ms. Abida Parveen Arts (Singing)Dr. Jameel JalibiMuhammad Jameel Khan (Late) (Sindh) Literature (Critic/Historian)Ahmad Faraz (Late) (KP) Literature (Poetry)
HILAL-I-IMTIAZ
Prof. Dr. Anwar ul Hassan Gillani (Sindh) Science (Pharmaceutical Sciences)Dr. Asif Mahmood Jah (Punjab) Public Service
HILAL-I-QUAID-I-AZAM
Jack Ma (China) Services to Pakistan
SITARA-I-PAKISTAN
Kyu Jeong Lee (Korea) Services to PakistanSalma Ataullahjan (Canada) Services to Pakistan
SITARA-I-SHUJA’AT
Jawwad Qamar (Punjab) GallantrySafia (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryHayatullah (KP) GallantryMalik Sardar Khan (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryMumtaz Khan Dawar (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryHayat Ullah Khan Dawar Hurmaz (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryMalik Muhammad Niaz Khan (Shaheed) (KP) GallantrySepoy Akhtar Khan (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryMuhammad Naveed Sadiq (Punjab) GallantryMahar Muhammad Yasir Manzoor (Shaheed) (Punjab) GallantryShafqat Ullah Malik (KP) GallantryProf. Dr. Mustafa Kamal Pasha (Shaheed) (Punjab) GallantryProf. Hafiz Maqsood Ahmad (Shaheed) (Punjab) GallantryDr. Bashir Ahmad (Shaheed) (Punjab) GallantryDr. Khalid Masood Qaisrani (Shaheed) (Punjab) GallantryDr. Muhammad Asif (Shaheed) (Punjab) GallantryDr. Shafqatullah (Shaheed) (Sindh) GallantryDr. Younas Channa (Shaheed) (Sindh) GallantryDr. Wilayat Ali Gopang (Shaheed) (Sindh) GallantryProf. Dr. Muhammad Javed (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryDr. Munir Khan (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryDr. Usama Riaz (Shaheed) (Gilgit-Baltistan) GallantryMalik Ashder (Shaheed) (Gilgit-Baltistan) GallantryDr. Muhammad Ikhlaq (Shaheed) (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Gallantry
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ
Abdul Hamid (Punjab) Science (Physics)Raja Shahid Nazir (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)Abdul Majeed Tilokar (Punjab) Engineering (Metallurgy)Dr. Sajid Baloch (Punjab) Engineering (Electronics)Naeem Ullah Dar (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)Haider Ali Bhatty (Punjab) Engineering (Aerospace)Muhammad Saleem (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)Amin Bahadur (KP) Engineering (Mechanical)Faizan Mansoor (Islamabad) Engineering (Nuclear Safety Regulation)Muhammad Aniq (Sindh) Engineering (Civil)Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui (Late) (Sindh) EducationProf. Dr. Farhan Saif (Punjab) EducationBushra Ansari (Sindh) Arts (Acting)Talat Hussain (Sindh) Arts (Acting)Muhammad Imran Qureshi (Punjab) Arts (Miniature/ Painting)Sultana Siddiqui (Sindh) Arts (Drama Writer/Director/Producer)Syed Farooq Qaiser (Punjab) Arts (Puppeteer/Writer)Naeem Altaf Bukhari (Punjab) Arts (Anchorperson)Abdul Qadir (Late) Sports (Cricket)Sr. Ruth Lewis (Late) Public ServiceBrig. Rana Arfan Shakeel Ramay (Punjab) Public ServiceLt. Col. Farooq Shahbaz (Punjab) Public ServiceProf. Dr. Khalid Mahmood (Sindh) Public ServiceSabina Khatri Public ServiceAhmed Irfan Aslam Public ServiceAdnan Asdar Ali (Sindh) PhilanthropyPir Syed Lakht e Hassanain (Punjab) Philanthropy
PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE
Ms. Ruth Wenny Lekardal (Sweden) Services to PakistanLiaqat Ali (Punjab) Science (Laser & Optics)Dr. Muhammad Fuzail (KP) Science (Chemistry)Dr. Kiran Iqbal (Sindh) Science (Chemistry)Dr. Qurrat-ul-Ain (KP) Science (Plasma Physics)Inam Ur Rehman (Punjab) Engineering (Nuclear)Munir Ahmed (Punjab) Engineering (Process Control & Aging Management)Dr. Shakeel Abbas Rofi (Sindh) Engineering (Nuclear)Umar Asghar (Punjab) Engineering (Electrical)Dr. Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)Dr. Amir Shahzad (Punjab) EngineeringZahid Noor Peracha (Sindh) Engineering (Electronics)Saleem Akhtar (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)Prof. Dr. Khalid Masud Gondal (Punjab) EducationProf. Dr. Raisa Begum Gul (KP) Education (Nursing)Naimatullah alias Naimat Sarhadi (KP) Arts (Film Acting)Ms. Saima Shah alias Resham (Punjab) Arts (Film Acting)Humayun Saeed (Sindh) Arts (Acting)Ms. Sakina Samo (Sindh) Arts (Acting)Muhammad Ali Shyhaki (Sindh) Arts (Singing)Ms. Soraiya Khan (Mahjabeen Qazalbash) (KP) Arts (Singing)Krishan Gee (Late) (Punjab) Arts (Singing)Ali Zafar (Punjab) Arts (Singing)Ms. Hina Nasrullah (Punjab) Arts (Sufi Singer/ Naat Khuwan)Daryan Khan (Balochistan) Arts (Musical Instruments Maker)Zulfiqar Ali Lund (Sindh) Arts (Instrumentalist)Dr. Abdul Qudoos Arif (Dr. A.Q. Arif) (Sindh) Arts (Painting)Muhammad Baqir (Punjab) Arts (Fresco Painting)Shafique Farooqi (Punjab) Arts (Painting/Calligraphy)Muhammad Faheem (KP) Arts (Wood Lacque)Sarmad Sehbai (Islamabad) Arts (Play Writer/ Director/Poet)Asif Ali Khan (Santoo) (Punjab) Arts (Qawwali)Ms. Indu Mariam Mitha (Punjab) Arts (Choreography)Muhammad Yousuf (Yousuf Gichki) (Balochistan) Literature (Writer)Ms. Mahtab Mahboob (Sindh) Literature (Writer)Mirza Athar Baig (Punjab) Literature (Writer)Abaseen Yousufzai (KP) Literature (Writer)Taj Muhammad Joyo (Taj Joyo) (Sindh) Literature (Poetry/Writer)Dr. Muhammad Aslam Ansari (Punjab) Literature (Poetry/Writer)Farhan Mehboob (KP) Sports (Squash)Muhammad Irfan (Punjab) Sports (Kabaddi)Haider Ali (Punjab) Sports (Paralympic Athlete)Maulana Tariq Jamil (Punjab) Religious ScholarAbdul Majid Qureshi (KP) Social Work
SITARA-I-QUAID-I-AZAM
Ying Yong (China) Services to PakistanLi Fangron (China) Services to PakistanLei Mingshan (China) Services to PakistanProf. Dr. Celal Soydan (Turkey) Services to PakistanDr. Tariq Shafi (Late) (UK) Services to PakistanMian Faisal Rashid (UK) Services to Pakistan
SITARA-I-KHIDMAT
Richard Geary Horwitz (USA) Services to Pakistan
TAMGHA-I-PAKISTAN
Ms. Jane Teller (Denmark) Services to Pakistan
TAMGHA-I-SHUJA’AT
Muhammad Rafiq (Pakistan) GallantryFida Hussain (Gilgit-Baltistan) GallantryAli Aftab Tarar (Punjab) GallantrySyed Shahzad Hassan (Punjab) GallantryHaroon Rashid Khan (KP) GallantryFakhr u Din (Punjab) GallantryMian Khan (Punjab) GallantryMuhammad Faheem Raza Khan(Sindh) GallantryMalik Wasid Khan (KP) GallantryMolvi Gul Dad Khan (KP) GallantryMalik Aslam Noor Khan (KP) GallantryMuhammad Rafi (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryDaud Khan (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryAlam Zeb (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryAllah Rakha (Late) (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) GallantryMs. Shakeela Naz (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryGuncha Sartaj (Shaheed) (KP) GallantryAtezaz Ahmed Goraya (Balochistan) GallantrySajid Khan Mahmond (KP) GallantrySIP. Shahid Ali (Shaheed) GallantryMuhammad Iftikhar (Shaheed) GallantryKhuda Yar (Shaheed) GallantryHassan Ali (Shaheed) Gallantry
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ
Muhammad Suleman Mahsud (Pakistani) Services to PakistanMuhammad Junaid (Pakistani) Services to PakistanMuhammad Tahir Javed (USA) Services to PakistanDr. Navida Nasir (Punjab) Science (Chemistry)Zafar Iqbal Baig (Punjab) Science (Chemistry)Dr. Manzoor Hussain (Punjab) Agriculture ScienceProf. Dr. Asif Ali (Punjab) Agriculture/Plant Breeding & GeneticsDr. Faisal Shahzad (Punjab) Material SciencesDr. Syed Shabbar Abbas Rizvi (Islamabad) Engineering (Material Sciences)Muhammad Iqbal Qureshi (Punjab) Engineering (Mining)Muhammad Rizwan Ul Haq (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)Muhammad Ajmal (Punjab) Engineering (Electronics)Dr. Ali Kamran (KP) Engineering (Aerospace)Dr. Nasir Majid Mirza (Punjab) EducationProf. Dr. Asghar Zaidi (Punjab) EducationProf. Dr. Nouman Ahmed (Sindh) EducationProf. Dr. Muhammad Saeed Quraishy (Sindh) Education & Health SciencesDr. Yasar Mehmood Yousafzai (KP) MedicineMs. Zeba Shahnaz (Sindh) Arts (Acting)Abdul Majid Jahangir (Sindh) Arts (Acting)Javed Mansoor Babar (KP) Arts (Drama Acting)Habib-ur-Rehman Panezai (Balochistan) Arts (Drama Acting)Fayaz Khan Khweshgi (KP) Arts (Singing)Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Khan (KP) Arts (Archeology)Hameed Ullah Shah Hashmi (Punjab) Literature (Writer)Dr. Yar Mohammad Maghmoom Khattak (KP) Literature (Writer)Shah Mirza (Gilgit-Baltistan) Literature (Translation of Holy Qur’an in Shina Language)Prof. Rehmatullah Dard (Late) (KP) Literature (Poetry)Dr. Syed Faisal Mahmood (Sindh) Public ServiceMuhammad Ilyas Ayub (AJ&K) Public ServiceSyed Aamir Mahmood (Punjab) Public ServiceZubair Ali (KP) Public ServiceDr. Shahzad Akbar (KP) Public ServiceDr. Muhammad Farooq Uyghur (Balochistan) Public ServiceManzoor Ahmad (Gilgit-Baltistan) Public ServiceDr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Public ServiceFaisal Edhi (Sindh) Social WelfareProf. Dr. Shereen Khan (Balochistan) Social WelfareMs. Ghazala Juma Khan (Balochistan) Social WelfareSuleman Khan Mehtarzai (Balochistan) Social Work/ PhilanthropyCapt (R) Muhammad Ilyas (Islamabad) GallantryJavaid Iqbal (Punjab) GallantryZahid Latif Malik (Punjab) GallantryFarid Ahmed Khan (Punjab) GallantryOmar Saeed (Islamabad) GallantryMuhammad Aslam (Sindh) Gallantry
TAMGHA-I-QUAID-I-AZAM
Anumat Amat (Thailand) Services to Pakistan