ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari presented the presidential awards to scores of personalities on Saturday who served and contributed in their respective fields. To acknowledge their contributions the President awarded the highest civilian awards at the Presidency on the eve of Pakistan Day.
Among others, Inspector General (IG) Punjab Dr Usman Anwar was honoured with Hilal-i-Imtiaz. Dr Amjad Saqib was also awarded the same honour for his contribution to the social sector through his non-profit organisation, Akhuwat.
Former Punjab chief secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman got the same award for his contributions whereas Nasir Mehmood and Muhammad Ahmad Shah received Hilal-i-Imtiaz awards for public service and Arts, respectively.
Nishan-i-Imtiaz Award was announced for the late Hafeez Qureshi for his significant contribution to nuclear science, while veteran politician and former Sindh chief minister Qaim Ali Shah received Nishan-i-Imtiaz for their contributions.
Former governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and ex-caretaker finance minister Shamshad Akhtar received the Nishan-i-Imtiaz award for her contribution to economic sector.
Recipients of Nishan –e-Imitiaz
Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (late) (nuclear science), Iftikhar Hussain Arif (literature poety), Islahuddin Siddiqui (hockey), Syed Qaim Ali Shah (public service), Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq (public service), Dr Shamshad Akhtar (public service), Air Marshal (retd) Najib Akhtar (public service).
Hilal-e-Imitiaz
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), 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
Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Sultan Bin Abdul Rehman, Khalifa Bin Jassim Al-Kuwari, Yong Ye, Knut Ostby, Philippe Steinmetz, Dr. Sebastian Paust, Michal Rossman and Samantha Power.
SITARA-E-SHUJAAT
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
Mushtaq Ahmed Sukehra (gallantry).
