ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on the Independence Day announced Civil Awards for citizens of the country as well as foreign nationals for showing excellence and courage in their respective fields and for martyrs of Covid-19.

The investiture ceremony for the civil awards will take place on Pakistan Day, March 23, 2024.

Nishan-i-Imtiaz

Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (late), Nuclear Science; Iftikhar Arif, Literature/Poetry/Writing; Islahuddin Siddiqui, Sports, Hockey; Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Public Service; Raja Zafarul Haq, Public Service; Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Public Service; Retired Air Marshal Najib Akhtar, Public Service.

Hilal-i-Pakistan

Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Services to Pakistan; He Lifeng, Services to Pakistan.

Hilal-i-Shujaat

Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera, Gallantry.

Hilal-i-Imtiaz

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; Ahmed Irfan, Public Service; Raja Naeem Akbar, Public Service; Retired Lt Gen 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 F. Haleem, Public Service; Retired Capt Zahid Saeed, Public Service; Mr Zahid Zaman, Public Service; Mufti Abdul Shakoor (late), Public Service, Religious Scholar; Syed Babar Ali, Philanthropy; Prof Dr Adil Najam, Education.

Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam

Luo Zhaohui, Services to Pakistan; Ning Jizhe, Services to Pakistan; Nong Rong, Services to Pakistan; Sha Zukang, Services to Pakistan; Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nayan, Services to Pakistan; Dr Muhammad Al Jasser, Services to Pakistan; Jin Liqun, Services to Pakistan; Sultan Bin Abdul Rehman Al-Marshad, Services to Pakistan; Mr Oktay Memis, Services to Pakistan; Khalifa Bin Jassim Al-Kuwari, Services to Pakistan; Najy Benhassine, Services to Pakistan; Young Ye, Services to Pakistan; Julien Harneis, Services to Pakistan; Knut Ostby, Services to Pakistan; Philippe Steinmetz, Services to Pakistan; Dr Sebastian Paust, Services to Pakistan; Michal Rossman, Services to Pakistan; Joe Moyer, Services to Pakistan;

Sitara-i-Pakistan

Engineer Talal Bin Abdullah Al-Otaibi, Services to Pakistan.

Pride of Performance

Dr Muhammad Afzal, Environmental Biotechnology; Prof Dr Faisal Shafait, Science; Shakeel Ahmed, Science, Physics; Waseem Azhar, Nuclear Engineering; Asim Mahmood Qureshi, Engineering, Metallurgy & Materials Science; Muhammad Tariq, Chemical Engineering; Abrar Ali, Engineering, Mechanical; Shahid Bashir, Engineering; Dr Rizwan Asghar, Computer Engineering; Dr Nasir Mohy-ud-din, Embedded Computer & IC Design; Dr Syed Bilal Hussain Shah, Aerodynamics; Dr Naveed Iqbal Khan Durrani, Aerospace Engineering; Dr Muhammad Asad, Strategic Communication Systems; Dr Saqlain Akhtar, Engineering, Aerospace; Saleem Ud Din, Engineering, Electrical; Dr Imtnan-Ul-Haque Qazi, Engineering, Space Sciences & Technology; Muhammad Imran Zafar, Structural Engineering; Prof Dr Bushra Mirza, Education; Dr Umer Shahbaz, Education; Dr Kashif Kifayat, Education; Dr Naveed Arshad, Education; Prof Bilquis Shabbir, Education, Medical Sciences; Dr Amjad Mehboob, Medicine; Muhammad Khalil (late), Arts, Karakul cap making; Muhammad Riaz, Arts, Lacquer art; Shakar Bibi, Arts, Balochi embroidery; Gulab Khel, Arts, Rubab playing; Shazia Manzoor, Arts, Singing; Dhai Bai alias Mai Dhai, Arts, Singing; Hamayoon Khan, Arts, Singing; Inayat Hussain Bhatti (late), Arts, Film Acting, Production, Direction, Script Writing; Zulfiqar Ali Attre, Arts, Music Composing; Ajab Gul, Arts, Acting/Direction); Ishrat Abass, Arts, Drama, Theater, Radio, Actor; Shakir Zeb, Arts, Music Direction; Abdul Jabbar Gull, Arts, Sculpturing; Qadir Bux Mithoo, Arts, Comedy; Mehboob Ali, Arts, Artist & Designer Woodcut Print Specialist; Mussarrat Kalanchvi, Arts, Urdu, Saraiki, Fiction & Playwriting; Adnan Siddiqui, Arts, Acting, Host, Production; Zubaida Naghma, Arts, Film Artist; Hassan Askari, Arts Film Direction/Writing; Mashkoor Raza, Arts, Painting; Sheema Karmani, Arts Classical Dancing, Choreography; Naseer Baig Mirza, Arts, Comparing, Writing, Producer,; Ajab Khan, Arts, Calligraphy & Painting; Baqir Abbas, Arts, Flute playing; Farha Mehmood Rana, Arts; Noor Din Alias Chacha Noora, Arts, Shoe Making; Ghulam Hussain Anjum, Literature, Poetry/Writing; Nazeer Qaiser, Literature, Poetry, Writing); Afzal Ahmad Syed, Literature, Poetry,Writing); Hisam-ud-Din Aseer Mengal, Literature, Poetry, Writing; Hameed Razi, Abdul Hameed Razi, Literature, Writing; Ahmad Hussain Mujahid, Literature, Poetry,Writing; Ghulam Abbas, Literature, Poetry; Khalid Masood Khan, Literature, Writing, Poetry & Columnist; Farkhanda Bokhari (Late), Literature, Poetry, Writing; Muhammad Ilyas, Literature, Writing; Dr Nasrullah Khan Nasir, Literature, Poetry, Research; Shakeel Jazib, Rana Shakeel Asghar, Literature, Poetry; Ghulam Muhammad Arif Najmi, Journalism, Photography; Suhail Sarwar Warraich, Journalism; Salman Ghani, Journalism; Ifrah Wali, Sports, Skiing; Muhammad Sharif Tahir, Sports, Wrestling; Zaman Anwar, Sports, Wrestling; Shajar Abbas, Sports, Athletics; Dr Maryam Verzgani, Public Service; Dr Muhammad Atif Ikram, Public Service.

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

Zubair Imam Malik, Philanthropy; Abdul Hafeez Khan, Philanthropy; Asad Ullah Khalid, Gallantry; Dr Mohammad Al-Arabi Bouazizi, Services to Pakistan; Mukhayo Abdurakhmonova, Services to Pakistan; Dr Javaid Ahmed Sheikh, Services to Pakistan; Mr Salman Ilyas Khan, Services to Pakistan; Dr Shaukat Saeed, Science, Materials, Chemistry; Prof Dr Sardar Khan, Science, Environmental Science; Prof Dr Abdul Naeem Khan, Science, Chemistry; Dr Haider Abbas, Science; Abdul Aleem Haider, Science, Physics; Dr Muhammad Usman Akram, Engineering; Dr Tahir Masood, Engineering; Dr Salman Raza Naqvi, Engineering; Dr Hammad Omer, Engineering; Murli Dhar, Engineering, Architect; Syed Sabahat Hussain, Mechanical Engineering; Muhammad Amin Warraich, Project Management; Asif Iqbal, Mechanical Engineering; Dr Manzoor Ikram, Science, Physics; Dr Muhammad Zamurad Shah, Electrical Engineering; Dr Rashid Ahmad Bhatti, Electrical Engineering; Dr Nasir Mehmood, Mechanical Engineering; Dr Nadia Jamil, Genetics; Dr Sajid Yaqub, Engineering, Mechanical; Imran Sarwar, Satellite Communications; Dr Muhammad Imran Afzal, Engineering, Mechanical; Prof Dr Muhammad Yar Education, Chemistry; Prof Dr Aamer Saeed Bhatti, Education, Chemistry; Prof Dr Shahid Munir, Education; Dr Waseem Azhar (USA), Education; Dr Talat Mehmood, Germany, Education; Dr Muhammad Ajmal Sawand (Shaheed), Education, I.T.& Higher Management,; Prof Dr Zia ul Haq, Education; Prof Dr Mushtaq Ahmad, Education; Dr Hassan Imran Afridi, Education; Mr Anwar Amjad, Education; Dr Syed Mehmood Raza, Education; Dr Shagufta Jabeen, Medicine; Prof Sajjad Naseer, Education; Kanwal Amin, Education; Dr Shahid Hamid, Medicine; Dr Rashid Siddiqui, Medicine; Dr Shaukat Yousaf Khan, Medicine; Muhammad Arshad Chohan, Medicine; Prof Rizwan Taj, Medicine, Psychiatry, Medical Education; Dr Nadeem Qamar, Medicine Cardiologist; Prof Dr Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Medicine, Psychiatry; Dr Umraz Khan, Medicine, Plastic Surgery; Khalid Waheed, Medicine; Dr Rizwan Jamil Rahman, Medicine; Prof Dr Irfan Manzoor Bakhshi, Medicine; Moquit Usman, Medicine; Dr Ghulam Abbas, Medicine; Prof Dr Ali Raza Hashmi, Medicine; Dr Yasir Arafat, Gabol Medicine; Dr Awais Ahmed Lakhair, Medicine; Qari Waseem Ullah Amin, Arts, Qiraat; Muhammad Shahbaz Qamar, Arts, Naat Khawani; Sajal Ali, Arts, Acting; Syeda Mehrbano Kazim, Arts, Anchoring, Acting; Abdul Batin Farooqi, Arts, Acting; Almas Khan Khalil, Arts, Folk Pashto Singing; Fazal Wahab Dard, Arts, Singing; Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan, Arts, Classical Singing; Imran Aziz Mian, Arts, Qawwali; Arbab Khan Khoso, Arts, Alghoza Playing; Jehanzeb Malik, Arts, Painting; Jamil Ahmed Baloch, Arts, Painting, Sculpturing; Gulraiz Ghouri, Arts Photography; Prof Dr Gul Rahim Khan, Arts Archaeology & Numismatics; Dr Asma Ibrahim, Arts, Archeology; Syed Ghalib Baqar, Arts, Painting; Ghulam Abbas Khaskheli, Arts, Egg Shell Painting; Mushtaque Ali Lashari, Arts, Painting; Bandah Ali, Arts, Folk Artist, Painting; Rahmatullah Khan, Arts, Photography; Dr Khalid Bin Shaheen, Acting/Production; Shahzad Rafique, Arts, Film Direction; Khan Shahnawaz Malhi, Arts, Painting; Mr Muhammad Waseem, Arts Calligraphy; A.S Rind, Arts, Painting, Calligraphy; Fizza Ali Meerza, Arts, Production, Screen Writing; Amjad Sheikh, Arts, Film Production, Distribution; Abdul Wasay Chaudhary, Arts, Film, Drama, Acting; Farooq Hassan, Arts, Host; Misbah Uddin Qazi, Arts, Visual Arts; Dr Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Literature, Poetry & Linguistics, and other personalities for their notable contributions.

In addition, special awards were announced for ‘martyrs’ in the fight against Covid-19.

Published in Dawn, August 15th, 2023