Pakistani journalist Shafaat Ali announced about being nominated for the “Tamgha-i-Imtiaz”.

Taking to his official Instagram handle, he made a post and shared the joyful news of being selected as a nominee for the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz. He also added a caption to his post and noted, “Alhamdulillah I’m a little overwhelmed and a lot humbled to be nominated for a Civil Award in Arts to be awarded on 23rd March 2027”.

He continued, “Never imagined my name would end up on a list like this… life clearly has a strange sense of humour! Grateful to Allah, and to everyone who has been part of this journey. Please keep me in your prayers.” The comments section has been flooded with congratulations from fellow actors and actresses.

 

The Government of Pakistan finalized the list of civil honors for March 23, 2027, honoring 372 individuals for their contributions across various fields. The awardees will be formally presented with their title on Pakistan Day.

The recipients of the award are as follows:

Arts

Hilal-i-Imtiaz

1. Sultana Siddiqi – Production

Sitara-i-Imtiaz

2. Bilqees Bano (Nisho Begum) – Acting
3. Iftikhar Ahmed Thakur – Acting
4. Syed Fasih Uddin Soharwardhy – Naat khawani
5. Shakir Hussain – Compering
6. Taranam Naz – Singing
7. Saira John Peter – Opera singing
8. Abida Ehsan – Art education, art history and painting
9. Raja Changez Sultan – Painting
10. Muhammad Naeem Tahir – Theatre
11. Bashir Ahmed – Painting

President’s Award for Pride of Performance

1. Mahmood Aslam – Acting
2. Sarfraz Hussain Ansari – Acting and direction
3. M Ehtesham Warsi (M Warsi) – Acting
4. Arshad Hussain – Acting
5. Ustad Mazhar Umrao Bundu Khan – Sarangi
6. Ghazala Kaifi – Acting
7. Khawaja Saleem Ahmad – Acting and directing
8. Shazma Haleem – Acting
9. Rafia Bano – Singing
10. Jahangir Iqbal (Ustad Ejaz Tawakal Khan) – Classical music
11. Shaukat Hussain Samrat (Pappu Samrat) – Choreography
12. Aftab Zafar – Painting and illustration
13. Tayyeba Aziz – Painting and sculpting
14. Aleem Dad Khan – Visual Arts
15. Allah Jurio – Boreendomaking
16. Sheikh Muhammad Yousaf Arts – Kashmiri embroidery
17. Ameer Buksh – Block printing
18. Nasir Shahzad – Painting
19. Nadeem Salamat – Qawwali
20. Shahbaz Ali – Harmonium
21. Syeda Maria Wasti – Acting
22. Sania Saeed – Acting
23. Gulshan Ara Syed – Singing
24. Talib Hussain Dard – Music
25. Mushtaq Shifai – Singing
26. Muhammad Imran Qureshi – Painting
27. Zohaib Hassan – Sarangi
28. Hidayat Ullah Khan – Painting and sculpting
29. Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan (Xulfi) – Music
30. Syed Wahab Hussain Shah – Choreography

Tangha-i-Imtiaz

1. Muhammad Noor Ul Hassan Malik Acting and anchoring
2. Shafat Ali – Hosting
3. Shiraz Uppal – Singing and music composition
4. Jabbar Abbas – Singing
5. Ali Saad – Painting
6. Muhammad Ramzan – Khussamaking
7. Jahangir Khan – Shoemaking
8. Ghulam Haider – Sculpting and stone carving
9. Rozi Khan – Balochi chawat making
10. Akhtar Qureshi – Naat khawani
11. Khan Muhammad Chachar – Naat khawani
12. Hafiz Marghoob Ahmed Hamdani – Naat khawani
13. Rubina Kazmi – Fashion design

Literature

Nishan-i-Imtiaz

1. Asad Muhammad Khan – Playwriting and poetry

Hilal-i-Imtiaz

1. Ejaz Rahim – Poetry
2. Muhammad Khurshid Ul Hasan Rizvi – Poetry

Sitara-i-Imtiaz

1. Muhammad Shakeel Adilzada – Short story writing
2. Prof Brigadier (retd) Waheed Uz Zaman Tariq – Iqbal Studies
3. Maqsood Hussain Jafri – Poetry
4. Riaz ul Haq Tahir (Riaz Majeed) – Naat writing
5. Muhammad Hafeez Khan – Writing
6. Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar – Writings on Sufism, historiography and culture
7. Hashim Nadeem – Playwriting and novel writing
8. Syed Ghulam Abbas (Muhsin Naqvi) – Poetry

President’s Award for Pride of Performance

1. Dr Shahida Shaheen – Writing and poetry
2. Ali Muhammad Farshi – Poetry
3. Aslam Javed – Poetry
4. Muhammad Muti-Ur-Rehman Mumtaz (Rehman Faris) – Poetry
5. Syed Farid Ullah Shah Hassas – Writing
6. Shafqat Ullah Mushtaq – Poetry and writing
7. Nizakat Kalsoom (Kalsoom Zeb) – Writing and poetry
8. Syed Wasi Ahmad Fatmi – Literature

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

1. Farida Hafeez – Writing
2. Agha Gul (Agha Anwar Gul) – Short story and novel writing
3. Noor Khan Muhammad Hasni – Writing
4. Khalid Fateh Muhammad – Writing and translation
5. Haleem Qureshi (Abdul Haleem) – Poetry
6. Manzoom Ali – Literature
7. Sherbaz Ali Khan Barcha – Literature
8. Muhammad Siddique G Memon – History and archaeology
9. Prof Dr Haroon-ur-Rasheed Tabassum – Literature
10. Qaiser Abbas Sabir – Novel and travelogue writing

Sports

Sitara-i-Imtiaz

1. Atta Mohammad Kakar – Senior boxing coach
2. Dr Waseem A Tai – Yoga

President’s Award for Pride of Performance

1. Bashir Bhola – Wrestling
2. Kishmala Talat – Shooting
3. Noor Zaman – Squash
4. Sultan Muhammad Golden – Ramp jump
5. Muhammad Waseem – Boxing
6. Sadiq Muhammad – Cricket

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

1. Faiqa Riaz – Athletics