Special investiture ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr which was attended by diplomats, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Senate Chairman Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, services chiefs and a large number of civil and military officials.
Prominent among those who received Nishan-e-Imtiaz include Dr Abdul Sattar Edhi, Saadat Hasan Manto, Mehdi Hasan Khan, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan, Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai (R), Munir Ahmed Khan (late), Muhammad Irfan Burney, Pakistan's ambassador to Washington Shehrbano Sherry Rehman and Dr Asim Hussain.
The President decorated military awards that include: Sitar-e-Jura'at was given to Major Mujahid Ali Shaheed, Sitar-e-Bisalat was given to Major General Muhammad Nawaz Shaheed, Captain Wajih-ul-Hasan, Group Captain Amar Shaheed, Commander Ghulam Dastgeer, Wing Commander Ghazanfar Latif, Major Zia-ul-Haq Shaheed, Major Sikandar Ali Shah Shaheed, Squadaran Leader Chaudhry Muhammad Ishtiaq Shaheed, S L Muhammad Hussain Shaheed, Captain Abdul Qadir Khan Shaheed, Captain Abid Naveed Shaheed, Captain Ali Aslam Ranjah, Subedar Munawar Hussain Shaheed, Naib Subedar Noor Wali Khan, Noor Wali Khan, Hawaldar Rasool Buksh, Lance Hawaldar Shuja Khan, Naib Sheraz Zaman Shaheed, Naib Ayaz Ali Shaeed, Lance Naik Ayub Niazi, Lance Naik Liaqat Ali Shaheed, Lance Naik Abdul Qadeer Shaheed, Lance Naik Azhar Ali Shaheed, Sepoy Akhtar Ali Shaheed, Sepoy Zameer Ahmed Shaheed and Sepoy Azmat Ullah Shaheed.
Those who received Hilal-e-Imtiaz included Ambassador Sha Zukkang, Fouzia Wahab, Ansar Burney, Dr Syed Mohammad Ali Shah, Abida Parveen, Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh, Ahmed Chinoy, Anwar Maqsood, Fatima Suraiya Bajia, Masood Khan, Major General Ahmed Bilal (Retd), Major General Ausaf Ali, Ansar Parvez, Zia Mohyeddin, Khalid Abbas Dar, Hamid Mir, Azhar Abbas, Abdul Hafeez Kardar and Fazal Mahmood. Those who received Hailal-e-Quaid-e-Azam included Li Shenglin and Fu Ying, while Sitara-e-Pakistan was received by Dr Rowan Douglas Williams and Sun Weidong.
Sitara-e-Shujaa'at recipients include Maulana Muhammad Hasan Jan Shaheed, Shafique Ahmed Khan and Raja Umer Khattab. Those who were given Sitara-e-Imtaiz included Mohsin Agha, Mohammad Jameel Rahi, Haris Ahmed Butt, Air Comdr M Khalid Nanuri Dr Qamar-ul-Haque, Professor Dr Muhammad Ashfaq, Professor Dr Ihsan Ali, Professor Dr Khan Bahadur Marwat, Dr M Aslam, Sarfraz K Niazi, Dr Khalid Jamil Akhtar, Dr M Ali Jawad, Professor Dr M Altamash, Professor Dr Wajid Ali Khan, Dr Aamir Ali Syed, Dr Shaista Masood Khan, Nehal Masood, Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez, Dr M Haroon Rashid, Aziz Latif Jamal, Professor Shaista Zaid, Al-Haaj Siddiq Ismail, Sohail Akram (Sohail Ahmed), Ghulam Ali, Syed Ghulam Mohyuddin Noor (Syed Noor), Dr Gopi Chand Narang, Ms Jugnu Mohsin, Qazi Aslam, Hashim Khan, Aleem Sarwar Dar, Lin Zouming, Wang Guangya, Yusuf Hussain Shirazi, Shahzas Ali Mailk, Professor Dr Noshad Ahmed Shaikh, Senator Haji Ghulam Ali, Shujaat Ali Baig, Professor Dr Saleem Ahned Kharal Shaheed, Muhammad Ramzan Chhipa, Taj Haider, Dr Attiya Inayatullah, Arshad Sami Khan late, Brigadier Sajjad Ahmed (r), Abdul Sami Khan, Syed Asif Hashmi, Sarmad Ali.
Those who received President's Award for Pride of Performance include Rafaqat Ali Mughal, Mrs Saadia Naseem Chaudhry, Zahid Ahmed, Dr M Aleem Mirza, Dr Abdul Manan, Wajih Anwar, Air Comdr (r) M Imran Akram, Asif Hamid, M Iftikhar Ahmed, Zia-ullah, Amer Sarfraz Ahmed, M Iqbal Rao, Dr Sikandar Majid Mirza, Dr Javaid Bashir, Dr Sardar Mehmood Ahmed, Professor Dr Pervez Iqbal Cheema, M Rafiullah Khan, Alamgir Haq, Tahira Syed, Mrs Shahida Mini, Mrs Sha Pariy Naghma, Dur Muhammad Kassi, Maria Toorpakai Wazir, Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Ms Li Xiaolin, Ms Hou Yanqi.
Those who got Tangha-e-Shuja'at included Dr Shazia Naim Shaheed, Abdul Qadeer Shaheed, Javed Ahmed Shaheed, Tariq Mehmood, Maulana Muhammad Miraj-ud-Din Shaheed, Maulana Noor Muhammad Shaheed, Malik Haji Muhammad Yousuf Shaheed, Malik Zarwali Khan, Muhammad Jamal Azma Shaheed, Malala Yousufzai, Munawar Hussain, Ijaz Ahmed Khan Leghari, Major Naeem Ullah Khattak (r), Dr Lal Noor Afridi, Professor Dr Taj Muhammad Khan, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Khalil-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Mazhar-e-Alam, Irfan Aslam, M Usman Sadiq, M Omer Pervaiz, Ghulam Sarwar, Professor Dr Masroor Ellahi Babar, Dr Murad Ali Khan, Dr Sonia Zulfiqar, Professor Dr Muhammad Tufail, Dr Ather Mahboob, Professor Dr Khalid Masood Gondal, Dr Tasleem Akhtar, Dr Saad Khalid Niaz, Professor Dr Rana Qamar Masood, Dr Zaheer-ud-Din Aqil Qazi, Professor Mohammad Aslam Baloch, Dr M Zubair Aqil Farooq, Dr Imtiaz Ahmed Hasmi, Professor Dr M Yunis, Professor Faisal Masud, Dr Faisal Khosa, M Ali Afridi, Dr Saeed Akhter, Shahzad Langah, Dr Jamshed Iqbal, Professor Dr Mrs Bushra Mateen, Dr Masood Khan, Professor Dr Mohammad Nawaz, Professor Dr Rashid A Shah, Professor Dr Hafiz M Iqbal, Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Nazir Ahmed, Ahmed Gul, Misri Jogi, Wajahat Attray, Kishwar Sultana, Zaheen Tahira, M Faiyaz-ul-Haq, Said Rehman Sheeno, Asif Javed Shahjahan, Naseemullah Rashid Khalid Javid, Chitra Pritam, Qureshpour, Salah-ud-Din Malik, M Anwar Iqbal, Javed Ameer Usmani Alia Ahmed Javed, Dr Pushpa Alia Pushpa Vallabh, Professor Dr Zeenat Sana, Miss Kamila Naheed Shamsie, Dr M Sultana Buksh, Professor Ahmed Aqeel Ruby, Professor Syed Nasim Taqi Jafri, Ms Sikandar Hameed Lodhi, Shaukat Parvez, M Aslam Khan, Syed Mir Mehdi Shah late, Dr Irfan Ahmed Baig, Bulbul Jan, Nisar Hussain late, Dr Francis Lamand, Gonzgalo M Quitero Saravia Dato' Mohamad Salim Fateh Din, Ms Nosheena Mobarik, Mrs Ayesha Al Shamsi, Mirza Mehdi Hussain, Aurangzeb Kasi, Nawazish Ali Khan Asim, Noman Abid Lakhani, Haji Inam Elahi Asar, Professor Aftab Ahmed Qureshi late, Abdul Khaliq Ansari, Dr Niaz Ahmed Brohi, M Tariq Malik, Raja Muhammad Anwar late.
Those who received Tamgha-e-Quaid-Azam include Sister Mary Langan and Ms Catherine Wardlaw Nicol. These civil awards were announced on August 14 last year while investiture ceremonies were held here at Aiwan-e-Sadr and four provincial headquarters on the occasion of Pakistan day. President Asif Ali Zardari decorated the awards at the investiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr while the provincial governors led the investiture ceremony at the provincial governor's houses.
The Governor Punjab on behalf of President decorated 37 recipients of National Awards (Civil), at the Investiture Ceremony held at Governor's House Punjab, Lahore. The Sindh Governor decorated 27 recipients of National Awards (Civil) on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held at Governor's House Sindh, Karachi.
Twelve recipients of National Awards (Civil) were decorated by Governor KP, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held at Governor's House KP, Peshawar. Six recipients of National Awards (Civil) were decorated by Governor Balochistan, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held at Governor's House Balochistan, Quetta. Two recipient of National Awards (Civil) were decorated by Governor Gilgit Baltistan, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held at Governor's House Gilgit Baltistan, Gilgit.