Pakistan Day: President Zardari confers awards on Pakistanis, foreign nationals

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred presidential awards on several Pakistanis and foreign nationals in recognition of their contributions and show of valour in different fields.

The awards were conferred at a ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Pakistan Day today (Saturday).

Federal ministers, members of the diplomatic corps and family members of the recipients of the awards attended the ceremony.

Following were the recipients of different awards;

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:

Sultan Bin Abdul Rehman
Khalifa Bin Jassim Al-Kuwari
Yong Ye
Knut Ostby
Philippe Steinmetz
Dr. Sebastian Paust
Michal Rossman
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
Muhammad Adnan

Hilal Shujaat:

Mushtaq Ahmed Sukehra (gallantry)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz:

Shama Hafeez
Qari Hafiz Buzurg Shah Al Azhari
Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Faakhir Mehmood
Jharna Basak Shabnam
Naila Kiani
Shoaib Anwar Malik
Fahad Haroon
Muhammad Sarwar Gondal
Dr Kazim Niaz
Muhammad Sulaeh Ahmed Foruqui
Farhan Faruqui
Dr Muhammad Farooque Hassan
Duraid Qureshi
Yasir Malik
Abdul Quddoos Bizenjo

President Pride of Performance:

Farrah Mahmood Rana
Suhail Sarwar Sultan Warraich
Lt. Gen Ahsan Gulrez
Lt Col. Junaid Ali Zulfiqar

Sitara-e Quaid-e-Azam:

Husein EF Kavazovich
Salma Salman Zahid

Tamgha-e-Shuja’at:

Muhammad Usman
Syed Amer Akhtar
and Muhammad Bilal Riaz Burki

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz:

Dr Muhammad Usman Akram
Pro Dr Rizwan Taj
Waqar Maqsood Satti
Fahad Saleem Malik
Prof Dr Mushtaq Ahmed
Syed Feroz Alam Shah
Dr Farooq Adil
Rashid Mahmood
Aisha Khan
Muhammad Tanvir Butt
Faisal Saddique Khan
Dr Rizwan Taj
Prof Dr Riazwana Chaudhri
Muhammad Zubair Shaheen
Murlidhar Dawani
Sarah Ahmed
Dr Khalid Bin Shaheen
Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
Dr Manzoor Ahmed late
Allah Ditta Abbasi late
Shamim Ashraf Khawaja late

Sitara e Pakistan:

Abdullah Al Matahari