The ceremony of awarding civil honors on the occasion of Pakistan Day is going on in the President’s House Islamabad.
President of the country Dr. Arif Alvi is giving official civil honors to prominent personalities of various fields.
Important personalities from different fields are participating in the ceremony organized in the President’s House.
Honoring ceremonies also held in the Governor Houses of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The honorees include Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam, squash legend Jahangir Khan and John Sher Khan.
Apart from this, senior journalist Mujibur Rahman Shami, late poet and writer Amjad Islam Amjad, late actor Qavi Khan honored with the award.
Poet and writer Amjad Islam Amjad’s award received by his son.
Nishan-e-Imtiaz
During the investiture ceremony held at the President House to celebrate Pakistan Day on Tuesday, the president bestowed Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Sadeqain Naqvi (Arts, Painting, Sculpture), Prof Shakir Ali (Arts, Painting), Zahoorul Haq (Arts, Painting/Sculpture), Abida Parveen Arts (Singing), Dr Jameel Jalibi (Literature) and Ahmad Faraz (Literature), according to an official statement.
Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Hilal-e-Imtiaz given to Prof Dr Anwarul Hassan Gillani (Science Pharmaceutical) while Dr Asif Mahmood Jah and Syed Javed Anwar received the same award for their services to Pakistan.
Sitara-e-Shujaat awarded to the following:
Jawad Qamar, Safia Shaheed, Malik Hayatullah, Malik Sardar Khan Shaheed, Mumtaz Khan Shaheed, Hayatullah Khan Dawar Shaheed, Malik Muhammad Niaz Khan Shaheed, Sepoy Akhtar Khan Shaheed, Muhammad Naveed Sadiq, Mahar Muhammad Yasir Manzoor Shaheed, Shafqat Ullah Malik, Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha Shaheed, Prof. Hafiz Maqsood Ahmad Shaheed, Dr Bashir Ahmed Shaheed, Dr Khalid Masood Qaisrani Shaheed, Dr. Muhammad Asif Shaheed, Dr. Shafqatullah Shaheed, Dr. Younas Channa Shaheed, Dr Wilayat Ali Gopang Shaheed, Prof Dr Muhammad Javed Shaheed, Munir Khan Shaheed, Dr Usama Riaz, Malik Ashdar Shaheed and Dr Muhammad Akhlaq Shaheed.
Sitara-e-Imtiaz
The president conferred Sitara-e-Imtiaz on Prof Dr Farhan Saif (Education), Bushra Ansari (Arts), Muhammad Imran Qureshi (Arts), Sultana Siddiqui (Television Production), Syed Farooq Qaiser (Arts, Puppeteer/Writer, Rana Irfan Shakeel Ramay, Col. Farooq Shahbaz (Public Service), and Pir Syed Lakht-e- Hasnain (Philanthropy).
President Alvi also conferred President’s Pride of Performance Award on Ruth Wenny Lekardal (Services), Prof Dr Khalid Masood Gondal (Education), Naimat Sarhadi (Film), Muhammad Ali Shyhaki (Music), Saima Shah (Resham) (Film), Humayun Saeed (Film), Ali Zafar (Singing), Hina Nasrullah (Sufi Singing), Sarmad Sehbai (Literature), Indu Mariam Mitha (Dancing), Farhan Mehboob (Sports Squash), Moulana Tariq Jameel (Religious Scholar), Abdul Majeed Qureshi (Philanthropy) and Muhammad Faheem (Arts, Wood Lacquer).
Sitara-e-Quaid-i-Azam
Sitara-e-Quaid-i-Azam given to Prof Dr Tariq Shafi for services to Pakistan. While Sitara-e-Khidmat awarded to Richard Geary Horwitz (USA) and Tamgha-e-Pakistan to Jane Teller (Denmark) for services to Pakistan.
Tamgha-e-Shujaat
However, the president awarded Tamgha-e-Shujaat to Fida Hussain (Gilgit-Baltistan), Ali Aftab Tarar (Punjab), Syed Shahzad Hassan (Punjab). Haroon Rashid Khan Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Fakharud Din (Punjab), Mian Khan (Punjab), Muhammad Faheem Raza Khan (Sindh), Malik Wasid Khan (KPK), Molvi Gul Dad Khan (K-P), Malik Aslam Noor Khan (K-P), Muhammad Rafi Shaheed (K-P), Daud Khan (Shaheed) (K-P), Alam Zeb Shaheed (K-P),
Allah Rakha (Azad Jammu and Kashmir), Shakeela Naz Shaheed (K-P), Ghuncha Sartaj Shaheed (K-P). Aetzaz Ahmed Goraya (Balochistan), Sajid Khan Mohmand (K-P). Shahid Ali Shaheed, Muhammad Iftikhar Shaheed, Khuda Yar Shaheed and Hassan Ali Shaheed for showing gallantry.
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz awarded to Muhammad Tahir Javed, Zeba Shehnaz, Hameedullah Shah Hashmi, Faisal Edhi, Syed Aamir Mehmood, Capt (retd) Muhammad Ilyas, Farid Ahmed Khan and Omar Saeed.
Begum Samina Arif Alvi, federal ministers and people from all walks of life attended the ceremony.