Nishat Mills Ltd, Faisalabad won Pakistan Export Award with its Rs 13.866 billion exports of yarn, comber noil, grey & processed fabric and made-ups and Iqbal Rice Mills, Chinot was awarded Businessman of the Year Gold Medal for Export of Basmati Rice worth Rs 1.776 billion. MM Commodities, Karachi won Best Lady Exporter Trophy for exporting rice worth Rs 4.406 billion during the year 2005-06.
Gujranwala, Gujrat and Islamabad got 2 each trophies while Hyderabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar won one trophy each. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz gave the trophies at a ceremony organised by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry at the Convention Centre.
The list of 81 trophies awarded in the categories of Best Export Performance Award, Special Merit Exporter Award and Merit Exporter Award: President of Pakistan Export Award: Mian Umer Mansha, Nishat Mills Ltd.
FAISALABAD. BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR GOLD MEDAL: Chaudhry Masood Iqbal, Iqbal Rice Mills, Faisalabad. Best Lady Exporter Trophy: Mrs Madiha Moulvi, MM. Tower E-C Khayaban-e-Ittehad, Phase II Ext. DHA, and Karachi.
BEST EXPORT PERFORMANCE AWARD: Syed Lakht-I-Hasnain, Zarco Exchange, Lahore; Afroze Alam Lari, Afroze Textile Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi; Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Raaziq International (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore; Naveed Fazil, Interloop (Pvt) Ltd, Faisalabad; Syed Ahmed Ali, Silver Textile Factory, Karachi; Arsal Majeed Sheikh, Arzoo Textile Mills Limited, Faisalabad; Afroze Alam Lari, Afroze Textile Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi; Mrs Mussarat Khurshid, SAGA Sports (Pvt) Ltd, Sialkot; Mohsin Ayub Mirza, J&M Clothings Company, Karachi; Ahmed Bilal Cheema, Leather Field (Pvt) Ltd, Sialkot; Towfiq Habib Chinoy, International Industries Ltd, Karachi; Munir Memon, Kinigs Apparel Industries (Pvt) Ltd,, Karachi; Siraj Sadiq Mannoo, Olympia Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd, Karachi; Abdul Latif Paracha, Al-Hamza Trading Co (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi; Farhatullah Sheikh, Magna Textile Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Faisalabad; Asim Abrar, Seagreen Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi; Muhammad Musaddiq, Siddiq Leather Works (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore; Muhammad Sidique Desai, D.S.I. Group of Companies, Karachi; Khurram Ijaz Shalimar Cotton export (Pvt) Ltd, Faisalabad; Muhammad Afzal Atara, Atara Tarpaulin and Textile Industries, Karachi; Binyamin Yousuf, Muhammad Din Muhammad Sharif and Co Karachi; Abid Mahmood Qureshi, Blue Horizon (Pvt) Ltd, Sialkot; Kashif Gul Memon, Mehran Spice and Food Industries, Karachi; Salim Ghauri, Netsol Technologies Limited, Lahore; M. Sikandar Sultan, Shan Food Industries, Karachi; Fawad Ahmed Mukhtar, Reliance Commodities (Pvt) Ltd, Multan; Mirza Mudassir Najeeb, Tinopal Surgical Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, Sialkot; Tahir Saleem Mirza, Penna Overseas Corp Sialkot; Mansoor Zeshan, Shahbaz Garments (Pvt) Ltd,, Karachi; Muhammad Ashfaq Admanai, Jan Tex, Karachi; Sajjad Akhtar Khokhar, Ashraf Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Sialkot; Khalid Mehmood, Getz Pharma (Pvt) Ltd,, Karachi; Sheikh Muhammad Rizwan, Co Co Traders (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore; Pehlaj Rai Essarani, United Textile Mills, Hyderabad; Karamat Ullah Chaudry, National Engineering Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore; Muhammad Younas Sheikh, Al-Nazeer Nippon Chemicals, Karachi; Ifran Khan, Tessori Trading Co (Pvt) Ltd,, Karachi and Sohail Shams, United Marine Agencies (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi.
Special Merit Exporter Award: M. Adil Khattak, Attock Refinery Limited, Rawalpindi; Asad Tariq, Taq Enterprises Cargo Services (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore; Abdul Rahim, Siddiqsons Denim Mills Limited, Karachi; Haji Muhammad Saleem, Noor Fatima Fabrics (Pvt) Ltd, Faisalabad; Irfan Ahmed Sheikh, Irfan Noman Bernas (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi; Muhammad Asif, White Pearl Rice Mills Limited, Hafizabad; Muhammad Amin Desai, D.S.I. Group of Companies, Karachi; Abdul Moeen, Fazal Karim and Sons, Karachi; Shafay Hussain, Kunjah Textile Mills Limited, Lahore; Faraz Azhar, Mazco Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Hafizabad; Javed Islam Agha, Reem Rice Mills (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore; Syed Amir Ahsan Ali, Pak Petrochemical Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi; Ishtiaq Baig, Pak Denim Limited, Karachi; Mohammad Ali Ahmed, Casual Sportswear, Karachi; Ibrahim Shami, Cotton Web (Pvt) Limited, Lahore, Muhammad Afzal Atara, Atara Tarpaulin and Textile Industries, Karachi; Mian Adnan Farid, Sweety Textiles (Pvt) Ltd, Faisalabad; Khalid Ejaz Qureshi, Roshan Enterprises, Karachi; Saleem Malik, Kampala Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Sialkot and Rashid Ali, Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited, Faisalabad. Merit Exporter Award: Zafar Haleem, Pakistan Refinery Limited, Karachi; Amanullah, Wahid Industries Limited, Gujrat; Mumtaz Hameed Maker, Royal Group, Karachi; Muhammad Ilyas, General Fan Company (Pvt) Limited, Gujrat; Haroon Mahmood, Pakistan Accumulators (Pvt) Limited, Islamabad; Mian Imran Saeed, Royal Cosmo Industries (Pvt), Ltd, Sialkot; Adeel Rauf, Khyber Match Factory (Pvt) Limited, Peshawar; Dr Navaid ul Zafar, Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, Karachi; Nazimuddin Feroz, Efroze Chemical Industries (Pvt) Limited, Karachi; Mian Shahzad Ahmed, Mian Tyre & Rubber Company (Pvt) Limited, Lahore; Haji Jan Muhammad,. H. M. Esmail & Co, Karachi; Shafiqullah, Wahid Industries Limited, Gujrat; Mustafa M. Hussain, Mustafa Enterprises, Karachi; S. Khalid Tawab, F. Rabbi Steel (Pvt) Limited, Karachi; Shehzad Khan, Data Steel Pipe Industries (Pvt) Limited, Karachi; Muhammad Arif, Koh-I-Noor Engineering Works, Gujranwala; Abid Ata ur Rehman, Homeopathic Stores & Hospital, Lahore; Suyed Johar Ali Qandhari, Johar Associates (Pvt) Limited, Karachi; Brig, (R) Saleem Ahmed Moeen, National Database & Registration Authority, Islamabad.