The government has finalised over 35 students, teachers and academicians belonging to all the four provinces, Fata and Azad Kashmir for giving awards. The awards included Izaz-i-Kamal, Izaz-i-Fazeelat and Izaz-i-Sabqat will be given by the Minister for Education at National Library here.
Izaz-i-Kamal will be awarded to Dr Shazia Anjum, Assistant Professor University of Karachi whereas Izaz-i-Fazeelat, for their quality research work, will be given to Dr Muhammad Sharif, Associate Professor University of the Punjab, Lahore, Dr Tasneem G Kazi, Professor, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, and Professor Abdur Rauf Khan, Director, Directorate of Education, Fata, Peshawar.
The awards will be given to the Khalida Adeeb Khanam, Principal, GECT (F), Jamrud Khyber Agency, Fata for the promotion of female education in rural areas.
The students who have been nominated for the award of Izaz-i-Sabqat from Punjab include Saad Hasan Aslam of Government College University, Lahore, Bushra Bashir of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Ammarah Ubaid of Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.
Khuram Shahzad, Misali Zakariya Higher Secondary School, Pir Jiahanian, Muzaffargarh and Ehtasham Aziz, Science Higher Secondary school, Muzaffargarh.
Rabia Shaikh, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Mehwish Mughal, University of Karachi, and Muhammad Immad Uddin, University of Engg. & Tech., Karachi have been selected from Sindh.
Those who have been selected from NWFP are Sidra Baig and Saima Latif of Gomal University, D I Khan, Ayesha Abrar, University of Peshawar, Mohammad Arif Khan, NWFP University of Engg. & Tech., Peshawar, Obaidullah, Polytechnic Gandhara College of Technology, Chakdara, Dir, Azhar Ali, Hera School & College, Kabal, Swat and Shehryar Masood Khan Khattak, Cadet College, Kohat whereas Muhammad Arif Khan and Fareed Khan of Balochistan Residential College Loralai, Abdul Ghafar of Cadet College, Mastung have been selected from Balochistan.
Those selected from AJK are Adeel Mumtaz of Cadet College Pillandri, Samaira Aziz and Nahida Khan of University of AJK, Muzaffarabad, and Naveed Hussain of Govt Inter College Sokasan.
The students from Fata include Lala Rukh Nazir of Public School & College, Jutiyal, Gilgit, Najma of Malakand University, Noman Hameed Afridi of Peshawar University and Hayat Muhammad Khan, NWFP University of Engineering and Technology.