President confers civil, military awards

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday conferred military and civil awards on individuals in recognition of gallantry, academic distinction or distinction in the fields of sports and nursing.

Following is the list of the recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military): Vice Admiral Mushtaq Ahmed; Vice Admiral Azher Shamim Anwar; Vice Admiral Shahid Iqbal; Air Marshal Wasimud Din; Air Marshal Muhammad Hassan; Rear Admiral Agha Danish; Maj-Gen Sohail Shafkat; Maj-Gen Azhar Ali Shah; Maj-Gen Munawar Ahmad Solehria; Maj-Gen Agha Muhammad Umer Farooq; Maj-Gen Muhammad Zahirul Islam; Maj-Gen Rashad Javeed; Maj-Gen Salim Nawaz; Maj-Gen Mumtaz Ahmad Bajwa; Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Tabbassam; Maj-Gen Muhammad Farooq Iqbal; Maj-Gen Shahid Maqbool; Maj-Gen Muhammad Abdul Qadir Khan Shahid; Air Vice Marshal Atique Rafiq; Maj-Gen Khalid Rabbani; Maj-Gen Jahangir Khan; Maj-Gen Muhammad Ijaz Hussain Awan; Air Vice Marshal Qasim Masood Khan; Maj-Gen Muzzammil Hussain; Maj-Gen Ausaf Ali; Maj-Gen Tariq Rashid Khan; Maj-Gen Tahir Ashraf Khan; Maj-Gen Khadim Hussain; Maj-Gen Muhammad Ahsan Mahmood; Maj-Gen Muhammad Asif; and Maj-Gen Jahangir Anwar Khan.

The recipients of Sitara-i-Basalat (Military) included: Maj-Gen Javed Sultan Khan (Shaheed); Brig Saeed Ahmed (Shaheed); Brig Muhammad Afzal Cheema (Shaheed); Col Muhammad Nauman Saeed; Lt-Col Muhammad Tahir Iqbal (Shaheed); Maj Muhammad Akbar (Shaheed); Maj Asif Javed; Maj Abdul Shakoor; Maj Muhammad Zubair (Shaheed); Maj Sajjad Haider Shah (Shaheed); Maj Abid Majeed Malik (Shaheed); Maj Muhammad Ziaul Haq (Shaheed); Maj Tayyub Aziz (Shaheed); Maj Syed Zahid Hussain Shah (Shaheed); Maj Asad Akbar (Shaheed); Capt Bilal Zafar (Shaheed); Capt Muhammad Waqas Aameer Raja (Shaheed); Capt Muneeb Ahmed (Shaheed); Capt Mearaj Muhammad (Shaheed); Lt Haider Nazir (Shaheed); Lt Sohail Ahmed (Shaheed); Lt Safiullah (Shaheed); Lt Jahangir Khan (Shaheed); Naib Subedar Nisar Ahmed (Shaheed); and Hav Naeem Asghar

(Shaheed).

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the recipient of the Nishan-i-Pakistan. The Hilal-i-Pakistan was conferred on General Liang Guanglie (China) and Prof Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Turkey) for their services to Pakistan. The Hilal-i-Shujaat was conferred on Dr Maulana Muhammad Sarfaraz Naimi (posthumous).

The recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz included: Dr M Qasim Jan (NWFP) for services in Science (Academic Teaching/Scientific Research); Dr Azhar Masood Ahmed Faruqui (Sindh) for services in medicine; Bano Qudsia (Punjab) for services in literature; Asma Jahangir (Punjab) for services in human rights; Sardar Muhammad Yasin Malik (Sindh) for public service; and Lt-Gen Muhammad Masood Aslam.

The Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam was conferred on Prof Qin Dahe (China) for his services to Pakistan. An Qiguang (China) and Domenico Benincas were the recipients of the Sitara-i-Pakistan.

The recipients of the Sitara-i-Shujaat included: Karim Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Khurshid Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Malik Muhammad Afzal Shaheed (Mohmand Agency); Shah Faisal Shaheed (NWFP); Rana Muhammad Iqbal Shaheed (Punjab); and Aamir Wasim Shaheed (Punjab).

The recipients of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz included: Prof Dr Masoom Yasinzai (Vice Chancellor University of Balochistan); Dr Shahid Mansoor (Bio-Technology/Genetic Engineering); Saeed Ahmad (DG PAEC) (Mechanical); Mian Muhammad Aqeel Majid (Nuclear Chemical); Aslam Hayat (Nuclear); Muhammad Shahid Raza (Mechanical Engineering); Phillip Goddard Ransley (UK); Prof Hiroji Kataoka (Japan); Prof Ayesha Jalal (Sindh); Prof Hasan Askari Rizvi (Punjab); Faustin Elmer Chaudhry (Punjab); Syed Musa Raza (Santosh Kumar) (Punjab); Syed Salim Gilani (Punjab); Haneef Ramay (Punjab); Jamil Naqsh (Sindh); Shahzad Qaiser (Punjab); Rahimullah Khan Yusufzai (NWFP); Nirmala Deshpande (India); Dzanko Damir (Bosina and Herzegovina); Dr Harald Hauptmann (Germany); Folker Flasse (Germany); Javed Masud (Punjab); Adil Salahuddin (Sindh); Asad Umar (Sindh); Massimo Pedio (Italy); Prof Muhammad Ali Khan (Balochistan); Prof Adil Najam (Islamabad); Bani Amin Khan (Sindh); Syed Qamaruz Zaman Shah (Sindh); Dr Abdul Ghani (NWFP); Alam Zeb Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Muhammad Amjad Saqib (Punjab); AK Khan (Sindh); Javed Ahmed Ghamidi (Punjab); Prof Rasul Bakhsh Rais (Punjab); Allama Talib Johri (Sindh); Dr Zaheeruddin Babar Awan (Punjab); Khawaja Sohail Mansoor (Sindh); Islahuddin Siddiqui (Sindh); Khalid Hussain; and Dr Hina Waheed Chaudhry.

The recipients of the presidentís award for Pride of Performance included: Dr Muhammad Javed Akhtar (NWFP); Dr Syed Muhammad Javed Akhtar (Sindh); Dr Mehmooda Kazmi (Punjab); Safdar Habib (Sindh); Syed Khalid Hussain (Punjab); Muhammad Masood Mirza (Punjab); Khawaja Zahid Shakeel (Punjab); Dr Raja Ali Raza Anwer (Punjab); Kaleem Shaukat (Punjab); Syed Tahir Hassan Hashmi (Islamabad); Ayaz Ayub (Punjab); Faiz-ul-Hassan (Punjab); Riaz Alam Khan (Sindh); Anwar Solangi (Sindh); Anis Rabia Zuberi (Sindh); Zulfiqar Ali (Punjab); Musarrat Misbah (Sindh); Hamid Akhtar (Punjab); Afzal Toseef (Punjab); Masood Ashar (Punjab); Sobho Gianchandani (Sindh); Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (Sindh); Fehmida Riaz (Sindh); Masud Mufti (Punjab); Prof Dr Muhammad Azam Azam (NWFP); Muhammad Saleem Khan (Saleem Raz) (NWFP); Prof Dr Inam-ul-Haq Javeid (Punjab); Shahid Mahmood Nadeem (Punjab); Sultan Ahmed (Sindh); Muhammad Younus Khan (NWFP); Shahid Khan Afridi (NWFP); Zakauddin (Punjab); Lal Saeed (NWFP); Atta Muhammad Kakar (Balochistan); Dr Ursula H Schmitz (Germany); and Dr Rebecca D Eiwen (UK).

The recipients of the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam included: Prof Li Xiguang (China); Tariq Abdul Hameed Mishkhas (Saudi Arabia); and Prof Dr Bernd Michael Rode (Austria).

The Sitara-i-Khidmat was conferred on the UNHCR ex-country representative, Guenet Guebre-Christos.

The recipients of Tamgha-i-Shujaat included: Rahim Dil Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Muhammad Ashraf Shaheed (NWFP); Naimat Ullah Shaheed (NWFP); Imran Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Noor Dali Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Aslam Nawaz Shaheed (NWFP); Asad Ali Shaheed (NWFP); Abdullah Shaheed (NWFP); Fazal-i-Wahid Shaheed (NWFP); Muhammad Fayaz Shaheed (NWFP); Noor Tali Jan Shaheed (NWFP); Muhammad Subhan Shaheed (NWFP); Aftab Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Mir Alam Shaheed (NWFP); Gohar Ali Shaheed (NWFP); Ajmir Shah Shaheed (NWFP); Muhammad Islam Shaheed (NWFP); Alamzeb Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Muhammad Mehdi Hasnain Shaheed (NWFP); Subedar Shair Abbas Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Yar Zameen Khan Shaheed (NWFP); Lance Naik Muhammad Riaz Shaheed (NWFP); L/N Malik Dad Shaheed (NWFP); Rizwan-ul-Haq Shaheed (Punjab); Abid Ali Shaheed (NWFP); Fazl-i-Rabi Shaheed (Bajaur Agency); Muhammad Ismail Shaheed (Bajaur Agency); Farmanullah Shaheed (Bajaur Agency); Hussain-ur-Rahman Shaheed (Bajaur Agency); Javedullah Khan Mehsud (South Waziristan Agency); Ghalib Khan Shaheed (Khyber Agency); Sabir Jamal Shaheed (Khyber Agency); Wali Khan (Khyber Agency); Zarmat Khan (Khyber Agency); Haji Sultan Khan Shaheed (South Waziristan Agency); Malik Mehr Dil Khan Shaheed (South Waziristan Agency); Muhammad Hamayun Khan Marwat (NWFP); and Alam Zeb Khan (NWFP).

The recipients of the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz included: Dr MS Kausar (US); Prof Dr Nilofer Shaikh (Sindh); Maqsood Ahmad (Punjab); Dr Muhammad Sajid (Punjab); Dr Muhammad Iqbal (Punjab); Syed Shabbir Hussain Tirmazi (Punjab); Abdul Wahab (Punjab); Prof Dr Syed Farhat Abbas Naqvi (Sindh); Dr Javed Suleman (US); Prof Dr Masood Sadiq (Punjab); Shaheena Puri (Sindh); Sajjad Haider Kishwar (Punjab); Akbar Khameesu Khan (NWFP); Ustad Abdul Latif Khan (Punjab); Ustad Nazir Khan (Sindh); Shazia Batool (Balochistan); Najmi Sura (Sindh); Dr Kanwal Feroze (Punjab); Dr Tahir Taunsvi (Punjab); Abdul Hakim Baloch (Balochistan); Prof Dr Muhammad Qasim Bughio (Sindh); Shamshad Neelam alias Neelam Momal (Balochistan); Mir Muhammad Ulfat (Balochistan); Sabir Zafar (Muzafar Ahmed) (Sindh); Lt-Col Dil Nawaz Dil (Punjab); Ashiq Buzdar (Punjab); Muhammad Idrees alias Mohsin Changezi (Balochistan); Noor-ul-Bashar Naveed (NWFP); Qamar Shahbaz Bughio (Sindh); Syed Bahadur Ali Salik (Northern Areas); Faisal Mehmood (Punjab); Tariq Mehmood (Punjab); Shafqat Rana (Punjab); Waqar Azeem (Sindh); Nadeem Akhtar (Sindh); Dr Zeenat Moula Bakhsh (Balochistan); Muhammad Arif Balgamwala (Sindh); Aslam Hussain Sehr (Northern Areas); Major Junaid Aftab (NWFP); Ghulam Sarwar (Northern Areas); Shabbir Hussian Balti (Northern Areas); Ibrar Ahmed Ghazie (Northern Areas); Dr Tajik Sohail Habib (NWFP); Masood Naqi (Sindh); Seema Mughal (Sindh); Maqsood Ismail (Sindh); Gulzar Firoz (Sindh); Haji Masood Parekh (Sindh); Saeeda Sultan Afridi (Khyber Agency); Abdul Fatah Marafie (Kuwait); Abdul Illah Mohammad Rafie Marafie (Kuwait); Sono Khangharani (Sindh); and Khayal Akbar (UK).

The Tamgha-i-Khidmat was conferred on Dr Mukhtar Ahmad (Uganda). —APP