LAHORE: Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, on behalf of President of Pakistan, conferred civil awards to Justice Nasira Javaid Iqbal (r), singer Sahir Ali Bagga and 16 other personalities at an investiture ceremony at Governor's House on Monday.

Among others, the ceremony was attended by Provincial Ministers Abdul Aleem Khan, Dr Akhtar Malik, Sayed Saeed ul Hassan Shah, Sardar Mohsin Laghari and Chief Secretary Punjab.

The governor conferred Sitara-e-Imtiaz on Comsats University Professor Dr Arshad Saleem for excellence in the fields of Microelectronics, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

Chief Executive Nespak, Prof Dr Arshad Saleem was given the Presidential Award of Pride of Performance in the field of civil engineering. Other recipients of Presidential Award of Pride of Performance included Singer Fazal Jutt, Singer Ghulam Abbas, Singers Waris Baig and Sayeen Zahoor Ahamd, actress Rahila Khanum, Prof Dr Hassan Mussarrat - Head of PhD programmes of Punjab University & LCWU, actor Ghulam Mohyud Din, Singer Sahir Ali Bagga.

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz was conferred on Yousaf Saleem - the first blind civil judge on excellence in the field and securing top position in written exam of Punjab Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate. Prof Dr Saqlain Naqvi, Vice-Chancellor of Bacha Khan University, was awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for excellence in the field of Science & Engineering. Progressive Urdu poet Fehmida Riaz was also awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz posthumously for her contributions to the field of literature.

Assistant Director FIA Ejaz Ahmad was awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for excellent contributions in curbing the illegal trafficking of human body parts. Kamran Lashari was also conferred Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for his services in the field of tourism.

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