The President, General Pervez Musharraf decorated 35 recipients of Pakistan Civil Awards, including 08 foreign nationals, at the Investiture Ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad on Friday. The Governor Punjab on behalf of President decorated 46 recipients of Pakistan Civil Awards (Annex-II), at the Investiture Ceremony held in Governor's House Punjab, Lahore.
26 recipients of Pakistan Civil Awards (Annex-III) were decorated by Governor Sindh, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held in Governor's House Sindh, Karachi.
9 recipients of Pakistan Civil Awards (Annex-IV) were decorated by Governor NWFP, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held in Governor's House NWFP, Peshawar. 7 recipients of Pakistan Civil Awards (Annex-V) were decorated by Governor Balochistan, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony being held in Governor's House Balochistan, Quetta.
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee decorated 17 recipient of Pakistan Civil Awards (Annex-VI), on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held at JCSC HQ. 5 recipients of Pakistan Civil Awards (Annex-VII) were decorated by the Vice Chief of Army Staff, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held in GHQ.
04 foreign nationals and one Pakistani citizen (residing abroad) (Annex-VIII) were decorated, on behalf of the President, by the Heads of Pakistan Missions located in the countries of respected recipients of awards.
The list of awardees who were decorated at Aiwan-e-Sadr is as under:
LIST OF RECEIPIENTS OF PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS
NISHAN-I-IMTIAZ Late Mr Agha Shahi Ex. Foreign Minister of Pakistan received by Rubaba Sadiq, next of kin (niece) of Late Agha Shahi.
HILAL-I-PAKISTAN HRH Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Governor of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Ryan C. Crocker, Ambassador of USA to Pakistan; Hasan Kemal Gur, Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan; Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan; Gustavo Ricardo Machin Gomez, Ambassador of Cuba to Pakistan.
HILAL-I-IMTIAZ Karim Ahmed, Chairman, KRL; Shoaib Sultan Khan; Shams ul Mulk.
HILAL-I-QUAID-I-AZAM Margherita Boniver, Deputy Foreign Minister; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; Rear Admiral Michael A. LeFever, Commander Expeditionary Strike Group-I, USA; Dr John W. Wall, Country Director, World Bank.
SITARA-I-SHUJA'AT Akbar Iftikhar, next of kin (son) of Late Iftikhar Ahmed; Brigadier Mohammad Ayaz Khan (Retd), next of kin (father) of Late A.S.P. Salman Ayaz Khan; Brigadier Pervez Sultan Khan, ISI Sector Headquarters; Colonel Anwarul Haq; Colonel Hamid Ullah Saleem, Directorate General, Inter Services Intelligence.
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Ejaz Ahmed Mukhtar, Dr A.Q. Khan Research Labourites, Rawalpindi; Bakhtyar Majid, Chief Engineer, DTD, Islamabad; Brigadier Syed Sarfraz Ali, Islamabad; Professor Dr Muhammad Ashraf, Professor & Chairman, Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; Abdul Razzaq Kemal, State Bank of Pakistan, Islamabad; Yasmeen Lari, Heritage Foundation Pakistan, Karachi; Najma Iftikhar Raja, next of kin (widow) of Late Professor Dr Iftikhar Ali Raja, Lahore; Professor Dr Muzzaffar Lateef Gill, Gastroenterology Division, Islamabad; Dr Manzoor Hussain, Professor of Urology, Karachi; Uxi Mufti, Lok Virsa, Islamabad; Khalid Abbas Dar, Lahore Cantt; Tanvir Jamshed, Karachi; Intizar Husain, Lahore; Emeritus Professor Dr Riazul Islam, Department of General History, University of Karachi, Karachi; Professor Sharif Al Mujahid, Distinguish National Professor, Karachi; Bushra Rehman, Lahore; Zia Shahid,C/O Daily Khabrain, Lahore; Kazi Asad Abid, Chairman/Chief Editor, Ibrat Group of Publications, Karachi; Brigadier Javed Ashraf Bajwa, Directorate General Inter Services Intelligence, Islamabad; Mst Nilorfer Hak, next of kin(widow) of Late Dr Shahid Khurshid Hak, Karachi; Brigadier Hafeez Ahmad (Retd), Managing Director, Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan, Islamabad; Syed Shamsul Hasan Zahid, next of king (son) of Late Syed Shamsul Hasan, Karachi-75500; Tariq Ikram, Minister of State & Chairman, Export Promotion Bureau, Karachi; Dr Nasim Ashraf, Islamabad; Mohammed Ghalib Nishtar, President, Khushali Bank, Islamabad; Brigadier Muhammad Sarfraz (r), Managing Director, Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall, Islamabad; Javed Saifullah Khan, Chairman, Saif Group of Companies, Islamabad; Sohail Wajahat Hussain Siddiqui, M.D. & CEO, Siemens Pakistan Eng. Co Ltd, Karachi-75500; Professor Abdul Ghaffar Billoo, Department of Paediatrics, Karachi; Shaukat Ali Suleman Omerson, Karachi; Ahmed Chinoy, Karachi; Shaukat Tarin, Karachi; Badar Kazmi, Standard Chartered Bank, Karachi; Humayun Murad, Chief Executive Officer, Orix Leasing Pakistan Limited, Karachi-74000; Tariq Rafi, Karachi; Arif Masood Naqvi, Abraj Capital, Dubai, UAE; Souriya Anwar, President, SOS Children's Villages of Pakistan, Lahore; Abdul Samad Lasi, District Co-ordination Officer, Dera Bugti - Balochistan and Major Munir Ahmed, District Chaghai - Balochistan.
PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE Dr Muhammad Qaisar, Director, MSSP, IARL, Islamabad; Abdul Waheed, Islamabad; Haris Ahmad Butt, Islamabad; Syed Tahir Hussain, Islamabad; Syed Waqar Azim, Project Director RA, Wah Cantt; Nasim Pervez, Principal Engineer, DTD, PAEC, Islamabad; Dr Nasrullah Khan, Deputy Chief Engineer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad; Safdar Moavia, Deputy Chief Engineer, PAEC, Kundian, District Mianwali; Ghafoor Ahmad, Principal Engineer, DTD, PAEC, Islamabad; Aleem Arshad, Deputy Director, Islamabad; Muhammad Jamil Akhtar, Project Director, Islamabad; Lieutenant Colonel M. Sharif Ghazi(R), Rawalpindi; Dr Shaheen N. Khan, Principal Research Officer, Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, Lahore; Dr Saima Riazuddin, Centre for Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore; Syed Shamshad Ali, Chief Engineer, KNPC, Karachi; Mohammad Mohsin Sherazee, Karachi; Professor Dr Mohammad Khalid Mahmud, Lahore; Abdul Sattar Tari Khan, Lahore; Bibi Shari, Idara-e-Saqafat Balochistan, Jinnah Road, Quetta; Raees Ahmed, Rawalpindi; Kaleem Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, University of Balochistan, Quetta; Asad Ammanat Ali Khan, Lahore; Fakhir Mehmood, Karachi; Mohammad Shaan Shahid, Lahore; Bashir Khan, Karachi; Muhammad Akhlaq alias Bundoo Khan, Lahore; Zia-ud-din, Sher Muhammad and Sons Sitar Maker, Lahore; Riaz Mehmood, Lahore; Naheed Akhtar, Lahore; Mohammad Shafi Shakir Shujaabadi, Multan; Salma Qasir, next of kin (widow) of Late Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Peshawar; Dr Rasheed Amjad, Head Urdu Department, Islamabad; Munir Ahmad Qureshi (Munnoo Bhai), Lahore; Dr Fehmida Firdous, Project Officer, Sindh Wildlife Department, Karachi; Mywish Nadir Khan, Principal, Karachi and Nisab Akhtar, Director of Nursing, Lahore.
SITARA-I-QUAID-I-AZAM H.E. Dr Omar Bin Abdul Munim Al Zawawi, Special Adviser to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos for Foreign Liaison, Sultanate of Oman; Naguib Sawiris, Korniche-el-Nile, Egypt; Professor Hiroshi Kagaya, Professor Emeritus of Osaka, Japan and Mohamed Ali Al Abbar, C/O Embassy of Pakistan, UAE.
SITARA-I-KHIDMAT Masami Hasegawa, Tokyo, Japan.
TAMGHA-I-SHUJA'AT Major Khalid Mahmood Khan, Islamabad; Zahid Kamal Khan, Nowshera; Kaman Khan, Inter Services Intelligence, Nowshera Cantt; Lila Bano, next of kin (widow) of Late Mr Jaffar Hussain, Baltistan; Zaid-ullah-Jan, next of kin (widow) of Late Dilbar Ali, Kohat; Gul Jabbat Khan, next of kin (father) of Late Adil Mohammad, North Waziristan Agency; Shahnaz Bibi, next of kin (widow) of late Khushal Khan, Lahore; Sepoy GD Mr Muzaffar Shah, Karachi; Dilbar Shah, next of kin (father) of Late Gul Nawab Shah, Mansehra; Zahida Amin, next of kin (widow) of Late Mian Mohammad Amin, Lahore; Mst Farzana Aqeel, next of kin (widow) of Late Mr Mohammad Aqeel, Karachi; Naheed, next of kin (widow) of Late Mr Sheer Ahmad, Karachi and Fozia, next of kin(widow) of Late Zubair Ahmed, Karachi.
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ Tasadduq Abbas, Rawalpindi; Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez Malik, Islami Dewakhana, Dar-ul-Hikmat, Islamabad; Late Mai Allah Wasayee, Junaid Jamshed Khan, Karachi; Samina Qureshi, C/O Mr Kamil Khan Mumtaz, Lahore; Bashir Moojid, Lahore; Colonel Khan Mohammad Omer(Retd), Rawalpindi; Naseeruddin Saami, Karachi; Professor Dr Raj Wali Shah Khattak, Peshawar; Professor Wali Muhammad Khan Syal Kakar, Quetta.; Professor Abdul Alim Siddiqi(R), C/O Noman Ahmad Siddiqi, Azad Kashmir; Rana Tahir Mehmood, editor Daily Jang, Islamabad; Javed Saddiq, Resident Editor, Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, Islamabad; Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Editor, Daily Jang, Islamabad; Asghar Ali Shah, Karachi; Ghulam Nabi, Social Welfare Officer, Northern Areas; Mumtaz Muhammad Khan Manais, Vehari; Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani, MPA, Quetta; Qari Abdul Rashid, Principal, Quetta; Ghufran Qureshi, Murree; Mazhar Nisar, Islamabad; Qari Najam Mustafa, Islamabad; Dr Muhammad Anwar Piracha, Sukkur; Fr. Francis Nadeem, Lahore; Dr Harchand Rai Lakhani, District Thar Sindh; Colonel Masud Akhtar Shaikh(r), Islamabad; Akhtar Umar Hayat Lalayka, Lahore; Rana Shahid Perviz, Deputy Superintendent of Police Investigation, Rawalpindi; Sardar Muhammad Maqsood Khan, Superintendent of Police, Rawal Division, Rawalpindi; Raja Basharat Mahmood, DSP,CID, Regional Office, Rawalpindi; Lieutenant Colonel Sayed Ahmad Nadeem Qadri(R), Director(Punjab), Lahore; Missbah Hassan, next of kin(wife) of Late Akbar Ali, Quetta; Hamida, next of kin (widow) of Late Haji Alim Roz Khan, Miranshah; Zaib-ul-Qamar, next of kin (daughter) of Late Khawaja Jan, North Waziristan Agency; Muhammad Khizar, Deputy Superintendent Rangers, Nawabshah; Abdul Islam, Naik General Duty, Karachi; Syed Israr Ali, Rawalpindi; Muhammad Gulab Khan, UDC/Cashier, Astore Northern Areas; Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Mahmood Malik, Lahore Cantt; Major Muhammad Arif, Officer Commanding, Hyderabad Cantonment and Hav. Anwar Naseer, VCOAS Secretariat, Rawalpindi.
LIST OF RECEIPIENTS OF PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS BELONGING TO PUNJAB
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Professor Dr Muhammad Ashraf, Science (Biology); Dr A. R. Kemal, Science (Economics); Late Professor Dr Iftikhar Ali Raja, (Posthumous) Medicine; Uxi Mufti Art (Folklorist); Khalid Abbas Dar, Art (Drama Artiste); Intizar Hussain, Literature (Critic); Bushra Rahman, Literature; Zia Shahid, Literature (Journalism/ Mass Communication); Late Dr Shahid Khurshid Hak, (Posthumous) Public Service; Brigadier Hafeez Ahmad(R), Public Service; Tariq Ikram, Public Service; Brigadier Muhammad Sarfraz(R), Public Service; Shaukat Tarin, Public Service (Banking) and Souriya Anwar, Public Service.
PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE Dr Shaheen N. Khan, Science (Molecular Biology and Genetic Diseases); Dr Saima Riazuddin, Science (Molecular Genetics); Professor Dr Mohammad Khalid Mahmud, Art (Fine Arts/ Painting); Mr Abdul Sattar Tari Khan, Art (Tabla Player); Raees Ahmed, Art (Violin Player); Asad Amanat Ali, Art (Singing); Mohammad Shaan Shahid, Art (Acting); Muhammad Akhlaq Hussain alias; Bundoo Khan, Art (Harmonium Maker); Zia-ud-Din, Art (Sitar Making); Riaz Mahmood, Art (Broadcasting); Naheed Akhtar, Art(Singing); Mohammad Shafi Shakir Shujaabadi, Literature/Poet (Seraiki); Dr Rasheed Amjad, Literature (Critic/Research Scholar); Munir Ahmad Qureshi (Munnoo Bhai), Literature(Poetry/ Journalism) and Nisab Akhtar, Nursing.
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez Malik, Tibb-e-Unani (Herbal Medicine); Professor Samina Qureshi, Art (Painting/Designing); Bashir Moojid, Art(Calligraphy) Professor Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (R), Literature (Persian); Rana Tahir Mahmood, Literature (Journalism); Javed Siddique, Literature (Journalism); Mumtaz Muhammad Khan Manais, Public Service (Farming); Ghufran Qureshi, Public Service (Orphanage); Father Francis Nadeem, Public Service; Colonel Masud Akhtar Shaikh(r), Public Service; Akhtar Umar Hayat Lalayka, Public Service; Rana Shahid Pervaiz, Public Service; Sardar Muhammad Maqsood Khan, Public Service; Raja Basharat Mehmood, Public Service; Lieutenant Colonel Sayed Ahmad Nadeem Qadri(R), Public Service; Muhammad Khizar, Public Service and Syed Israr Ali, Public Service.
LIST OF RECEIPIENTS OF PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS BELONGING TO SINDH
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Yasmeen Lari, Engineering (Architecture); Dr Manzoor Hussain, Medicine; Tanvir Jamshed, Art(Designing); Professor Dr Riazul Islam, Literature(History); Professor Sharif Al-Mujahid, Literature (Historical Research - Pak. Movement and Quaid-i-Azam); Kazi Asad Abid, Literature (Journalism); Late Syed Shamsul Hasan, (Posthumous), Public Service (Preservation of Quaid-i-Azam's papers); Sohail Wajahat Hussain Siddiqui, Public Service; Professor Abdul Ghaffar Billoo, Public Service (Child Health and Community Development); Shaukat Ali Suleman Omerson, Public Service; Ahmed Chinoy, Public Service; Badar Kazmi, Public Service (Banking); Humayun Murad, Public Service and Tariq Rafi, Public Service.
PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE Muhammad Mohsin Sherazee, Art (Acting and Drama Producer); Ustad Bashir Khan, Art (Music); Dr Fehmida Firdous, Research and Conservation/Public Service and Mywish Nadir Khan, Nursing.
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ Late Mai Allah Wasayee, (Posthumous), Art (Folk Singing); Junaid Jamshed Khan, Art (Singing); Colonel Khan Mohammad Omer (Retd), Art (Photography); Naseeruddin Saami, Art (Music); Asghar Ali Shah, Sports (Boxing); Dr Muhammad Anwar Piracha, Public Service (Social Worker); Dr Harchand Rai Lakhani, Public Service and Abdul Islam, Public Service.
LIST OF RECEIPIENTS OF PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS BELONGING TO NWFP
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Dr Nasim Ashraf, Public Service; Mohammed Ghalib Nishtar, Public Service and Javed Saifullah Khan, Public Service.
PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE Late Mr Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, (Posthumous), Literature/Poetry.
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ
Professor Dr Raj Wali Shah Khattak, Literature (Pashto); Ghulam Nabi, Public Service; Late Haji Alim Roz Khan, (Posthumous), (Public Service); Late Khawaja Jan, (Posthumous), Public Service and Muhammad Gulab Khan, Public Service.
LIST OF RECEIPIENTS OF PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS BELONGING TO BALOCHISTAN
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Abdul Samad Lasi, Public Service.
PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE Bibi Shari, Art (Balochi Weaving) and Kaleem Khan, Art (Fine Arts).
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ Professor Wali Muhammad Khan Syal Kakar, Literature (Pashto/Poet/ Researcher); Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani, Public Service (Social Work, Gender issues and Child Labour); Qari Abdul Rashid, Public Service (Educationist) and Akbar Ali, Public Service.
LIST OF RECEIPIENTS OF PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS BELONGING TO STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONS DECORATED AT JCSC HEADQUARTERS
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Ejaz Ahmed Mukhtar, Science (Physics) and Bakhtyar Majid, Engineering; Brigadier Syed Sarfraz Ali(R), Engineering.
PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE Dr Muhammad Qaiser, Science (Seismology); Abdul Waheed, Science (Physics); Haris Ahmed Butt, Science (Physics); Syed Tahir Hussain, Physics (Electronics); Syed Waqar Azim, Science - Engineering; Nasim Pervez, Engineering; Dr Nasrullah Khan, Engineering; Safdar Moavia, Engineering; Ghafoor Ahmad, Engineering; Aleem Arshad, Engineering (Aerospace); Muhammad Jamil Akhtar, Engineering (Mechanical); Lieutenant Colonel M. Sharif Ghazi(R), Engineering (Mechanical) and Syed Shamshad Ali, Engineering.
SITARA-I-KHIDMAT Tasadduq Abbas, Electronics Engineering.
LIST OF RECEIPIENTS OF CIVIL AWARDS DECORATED WITH ARMY OFFICERS UNDER SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Brigadier Javed Ashraf Bajwa, Public Service and Major Munir Ahmed, Public Service.
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Mahmood Malik, Public Service; Major Muhammad Arif, Public Service and Hav. Anwar Naseer, Public Service.
LIST OF FOREIGN/PAKISTANI RECEIPIENTS OF PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS DECORATED ABROAD
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ Arif Masood Naqvi, (Dubai) Public Service.
SITARA-I-QUAID-I-AZAM Dr Omar Bin Abdul Munim Al Zawawi, (Muscat), Services to Pakistan; Professor Hiroshi Kagaya, (Tokyo, Japan), Services to Pakistan and Mohamed Ali Al Abbar, (Dubai), Services to Pakistan.
SITARA-I-KHIDMAT Masami Hasegawa, (Tokyo, Japan), Services to Pakistan.-PR