President decorates recipients of civil awards

Islamabad
President Asif Ali Zardari decorated 123 recipients of National Awards (Civil), including 9 foreign nationals, at the Investiture Ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr here on Wednesday.
The president had approved 207 Pakistan Civil Awards on August 14, 2010 with 36 approved as a special case after August 14.
The Punjab governor, on behalf of the president, decorated 48 recipients of National Awards (Civil), at the Investiture Ceremony held at the Governor’s House, Lahore.
Twenty-two recipients of National Awards (Civil) were decorated by the Sindh governor, on behalf of the president, at the Investiture Ceremony being in the Governor’s House, Karachi.
Eight recipients of National Awards (Civil) were decorated by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa governor, on behalf of the President, at the Investiture Ceremony held in the Governor’s House, Peshawar.
Four recipients of the National Awards (Civil) will be decorated by the Balochistan governor, on behalf of the president, at the Investiture Ceremony held in the Governor’s House, Quetta.
One of the recipients of National Awards (Civil) was decorated by the Gilgit-Baltistan governor, on behalf of the president, at the Investiture Ceremony held in the Governor’s House, Gilgit.
The chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will decorate 16 recipients of National Awards (Civil), on behalf of the president, at the Investiture Ceremony to be held later at the Joint Staff Headquarters.
One recipient of National Awards (Civil) will be decorated by the chief of the army staff, on behalf of the president, at the investiture ceremony being held in the GHQ after March 23.
Seventeen foreign nationals, including two Pakistani expatriates, will be 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 decorated by the president at the Aiwan-e-Sadr is as under:
Nishan-i-Imtiaz
Mian

Raza Rabbani, senator, for parliamentary services; Wasim Sajjad, senator, for parliamentary services; Raja Pervez Ashraf, MNA, for parliamentary services; Syed Navid Qamar, MNA, for parliamentary services; Dr. Zaheeruddin Babar Awan, senator, for parliamentary services; S M Zafar, senator, for parliamentary services; Humayun Saifullah Khan, MNA, for parliamentary services; Dr. Muhammad Farooq Sattar, MNA, for parliamentary services; Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi, MNA, for parliamentary services; Afrasiab Khattak, senator, for parliamentary services; Haji Muhammad Adeel, senator, for parliamentary services; Rehmatullah Kakar, senator, for parliamentary services; Justice (late) Abdul Razzaq A; Tahim, senator, for parliamentary services; Nawabzada Mir Israrullah Khan for parliamentary services; Professor Dr. Khurshid Ahmed, senator, for parliamentary services; Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, MNA, for parliamentary services; Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi, MNA, for parliamentary services; Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhel, senator, for parliamentary services; Munir Khan Orakzai, MNA, for parliamentary services.
Hilal-i-Shuja’at
Safwat Ghayur Shaheed, gallantry; Bashir Ahmed Bilour, gallantry; Late Dr. Shahbaz Bhatti, gallantry.
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, public service; Syed Faseih Iqbal, journalism, public service and social service; Major (r) GD Langlands, education; Najam Aziz Sethi, journalism, Hameed Haroon, journalism; Abbas Athar, journalism.
Sitara-i-Shuja’at
Muhammad Iqbal Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Qismat Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Sakhi Jan Shaheed, gallantry; Habib Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Khamin Shah Shaheed, gallantry; Momin Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Malik Rahmatullah Shaheed, gallantry.
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Raja Muhammad Amin, for Parliamentary services; Karamat Hussain Niazi, for Parliamentary services; Malik Hakam Khan, for Parliamentary services; Prof; Dr. Altaf Hussain Hashmi, medicine; Tashmirza Khalmirzaev, literature; Abdul Ghaffar Soomro, literature; Yan Lijin, services to Pakistan; Dr. Waheed Ahmad, public service; Muhammad Lutfullah Mufti, public service; Siraj Kassam Teli, public service; Liaquat Ali Khan, public service; Late Waheed Murad, art (acting); Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Naizi, literature.
President’s Award for Pride of Performance
Sohail Akram (Sohail Ahmed), art (drama acting); Mohsin Raza, art music composing and direction; S Amjad Bukhari, art (TV production); Aziz Memon, health services; Ms; Sultana Iqbal, art (Hunza embroidery).
Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam
Akhtar Chaudhry, services to Pakistan.
Sitara-i-Khidmat
Patrick D. Rowan, services to Pakistan; Dr. Robert S. Scott, services to Pakistan.
Tamgha-i-Shuja’at
Tanveer Iqbal Shaheed, gallantry; Kalam Noor Shaheed, gallantry; Roohullah Jan Shaheed, gallantry; Naseer Muhammad Shaheed, gallantry; Nasir Khan, gallantry; Khaista Gul Shaheed, gallantry; Fazal Rahim Shaheed, gallantry; Riaz Uddin Shaheed, gallantry; Gul Nawaz Shaheed, gallantry; Fazal Rehman Shaheed, gallantry; Waheedullah Shaheed, gallantry; Farid Hussain Bangash Shaheed, gallantry; Sherullah Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Afreen Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Said Mohammad Shaheed, gallantry; Fahim Abbas Shaheed, gallantry; Jehan Zada Shaheed, gallantry; Laiq Shah Shaheed, gallantry; Mohammad Akbar Shaheed, gallantry; Abdul Aleem Shaheed, gallantry; Maula Dad Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Rahmat Ullah Shaheed, gallantry; Farman Ali Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Ibrahim Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Miss Surriya Begum Shaheed, gallantry; Shan Ahmed Shaheed, gallantry; Malik Haji Guli Shah Shaheed, gallantry; Jamal Noor Shaheed, gallantry; Malik Muhammad Akbar Shaheed, gallantry; Fazal Karim Shaheed gallantry; Sirajuddin Shaheed, gallantry; Amanullah Jan Shaheed, gallantry; Farman Ullah Shaheed, gallantry; Muhammad Ashraf Shaheed, gallantry; Muhammad Ibrahim Shaheed, gallantry; Fazalur Rehman Shaheed, gallantry; Javed Iqbal Shaheed, gallantry; Muhammad Hanif Shaheed, gallantry; Faisal Ghafoor Shaheed, gallantry; Muhammad Sabir Shaheed, gallantry; Arshad Mehmood Shaheed, gallantry; Muhammad Naveed Shaheed, gallantry; Iqbal Khan Shaheed, gallantry; Lal Sher Shaheed, gallantry; Huzaimah Amin, gallantry; Saad-Bin-Shukran, gallantry; Hafiz Ali Hassan-Bin-Shabbir Shaheed, gallantry; NCB Ghulam Nabi Shaheed, gallantry; Muhammad Kashif Anar Abbasi Shaheed, gallantry; Muhammad Idrees Shaheed, gallantry; Shafqat Hussain Shaheed, gallantry; Musa Zubbair Lodhi Shaheed, gallantry; Sajjad Khursheed Shaheed, gallantry.
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Khadija Mushtaq, education; Sehar Kamran Muddassar, education; Ali Raza Arshad, Art (na’at khwani); Dr. Attash Durrani, literature; Khalid Iqbal Yasir, literature; Dr. Alia Imam, literature; Professor Dr. Juergen Wasim Frembgen, services to Pakistan; Salma Iftikhar, public service; Shaukat Ali Abdul Ghafoor, public service; Mahmood Ahmad Jilani, services to Pakistan; Abbas Ali Mehkri, public service; Dr. Majjida Bashir Ahmed, public service; Namira Salim, sports (hiking).
Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam
Susanne Annen, services to Pakistan.