President confers civil awards for excellence in various fields

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on the occasion of 68th Independence Day has conferred a total of 160 Civil Awards on Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for excellence in various fields of activities.
The president has conferred these awards on the advice of the prime minister for which the investiture ceremony will take place on the upcoming Pakistan Day March 23 2015.
The awards have been conferred on the following citizens and foreign nationals:
Hilal-i-Shujaat
1. Major General Rizwan Akhtar Gallantry (Punjab)
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
2. Dr. Syed Muhammad Junaid Zaidi Science & Technology (Islamabad Teaching & Administration, 3. Mr. Riaz Ahmed Engineering (Mining) (Punjab) 4. Dr. Raza Samar Aerospace Engineering (Punjab) 5. Dr. Muhammad Riaz Suddle (Punjab) Electronics Engineering 6. Mrs. Yasmeen Lari (Sindh) Engineering (Architecture) 7. Engineer Muhammad Asghar (Punjab) Education Science and Technology
Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam
8. Dr. Jan Marek (Czech Republic) Education
Sitara-i-Shujaat
9. Mr. Muhammad Hilal Khan Shaheed Gallantry (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
10. Dr. Shahid Mahmood Baig (Punjab) Science (Biology) 11. Mrs. S. Shadab Fatima Kamal (Punjab) Science (Physics) 12. Mr. Muhammad Arshad (Punjab) Science (Physics) 13. Mr. Ihsan Ul Haq (Punjab) Engineering 14. Dr. Sajid Raza Chaudhary (Punjab) Aerospace Engineering 15. Mr. Imran Iqbal (Punjab) Electronics Engineering 16. Prof. Muhammad Umar (Punjab) Medicine (Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases) 17. Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (Punjab) Education (Engineering & Technology) 18. Dr. Abdul Quadir Mughal (Sindh) Education 19. Dr. Umar Saif (Punjab) Education (Information Technology) 20. Mr. Farooq Bazai (Balochistan) Education 21. Dr. Mujahid Kamran (Punjab) Education 22. Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali (Punjab) Arts (Qiraat) 23. Mrs. Yasmin Tahir (Punjab) Arts (Comparing) 24. Mr. Shakeel (Sindh) Arts (Drama Acting) 25 Mr. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Punjab) Music (Classical & Semi Classical International Singer) 26. Mr. Saeed Ajmal (Punjab) Sports (Cricket) 27. Mr. Ma Zhiping (China) Services to Pakistan (Aviation) 28. Mr. Riaz Khan Mahsud Public Service (South Waziristan Agency) 29. Mr. Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui (Sindh) Public Service 30. Dr. Muhammad Imran Yousuf (Sindh) Public Service 31. Dr. Riaz Jawed Khawaja (Punjab) Public Service 32. Mr. Najeeb Danawala (Sindh) Public Service (Social Service) 33. Dr. Moazzam Nazir Tarar (Punjab) Public Service 34. Mr. Haris Suleman (late) (Punjab) Public Service 35. Sheikh Muhammad Siddique (Sindh) Public Service 36. Dr. Zahid Pervaiz (Punjab) Public Service 37. Dr. Abdul Rasheed Sial Malik (Punjab) Public Service 38. Mr. Muhammad Parvez Masud (Punjab) Social Services 39. Mr. Wilson Wazir (Khyber Agency) Social Work 40. Sheikh Muhammad Younis (Punjab) Social Work
President’s award for Pride of Performance
41. Dr. Muhammad Masood ul Hassan (Punjab) Science (Physics) 42. Mr. Maqbool Ahmad Ch. (Punjab) Science (Laser Technology) 43. Dr. M. Anwar Mughal (Punjab) Science (Physics) 44. Dr. Fiaz Ahmad (Punjab) Science (Chemistry) 45. Mr. Khalid Bin Sattar (Punjab) Engineering (Mining) 46. Mr. Naseer Haider (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical) 47. Dr.
Arshad Munir (Punjab) Electronics 48. Mr. Muhammad Farrukh Iqbal (Punjab) Engineering (Control Systems) 49. Dr. Qazi Mateen Ud Din (Punjab) Aerospace Engineering 50. Dr. Muhammad Usman (Punjab) Engineering (Electrical) 51. Lt. Col. Shafqat Hussain (Punjab) Engineering 52. Dr. Mazhar Mehmood (Punjab) Engineering (Metallurgy) 53. Dr. Riaz Ahmad Mufti Engineering (Academic (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Distinction & Research Achievements) 54. Dr. Mureed Hussain (Punjab) Communication Security Project (Military Applications) 55. Brig. Muhammad Waheed Khan (Punjab) Defence Applications 56. Lt. Col (R) Shafqat Ali (Punjab) Construction of Command Centers and Security Projects at Strategic installation (Strategic Military Application) 57. Dr. Rukhsana Mughal (Sindh) Health 58. Prof. Shehnaz Ismail (Sindh) Visual Arts Education 59. Master Ayub (Islamabad) Education 60. Mr. Asif Shah (Asim Bukhari) (Punjab) Arts (Film Drama Acting) 61. Syed Muhammad Qaisar Abbas Naqvi(Punjab) Arts (Drama Acting) 62. Mst. Jehan Sultana (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Arts (Pushto Drama Artist) 63. Mr. Muhammad Bashir Baloch (Balochistan) Music(Folk Singer) 64. Mr. Taj Muhammad Tajal (Balochistan) Music (Banjo Player) 65. Ms. Meher Afroz (Sindh) Arts (Painter Print Maker) 66. Ms. Kaneez Fatima (Balochistan) Arts (Balochi Embroidery) 67. Mst. Parri (Sindh) Arts (Farasi Weaving) 68. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Ghazi (AJ&K) Arts (Papier Machie) 69. Mr. Deedar Ali (Gilgit-Baltistan) Arts (Pattu Weaving) 70. Mr. Salahuddin Tunio (Sindh) Arts (Acting) 71. Mr. Asif Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Arts(Film Actor) 72. Mr. Abdul Karim Solangi (Sindh) Arts (Sculpture) 73. Mr. Muhammad Bux alias Bakhshan Arts Mehranvi (Sindh) 74. Mir Muhammad Ali (Punjab) Arts (Parody) 75. Mr. Sultan Muhammad Sukoon Literature (Poet) (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 76. Mr. Wali Ram Walabh (Sindh) Literature 77. Dr. Nawaz Ali Shouq (Sindh) Literature & Education 78. Mr. Muhammad Saleem Kousar (Sindh) Literature 79. Mr. Najeeb Ahmed (Punjab) Literature 80. Prof. Asghar Sudai (Punjab) Literature (Poetry) 81. Mr. Agha Meer Naseer Khan Ahmadzai Literature (Balochistan) 82. Mr. Atta ur Rehman (Punjab)
Journalism 83. Mr. Rauf Tahir (Punjab) Journalism 84. Mr. Idrees Bakhtiar (Sindh) Journalism 85. Mr. Amir Iqbal Khan (U.K) Sports (Boxing) 86. Ms. Samina Baig (Gilgit Baltistan) Sports (Mountaineering) 87. Mr. Muhammad Asif (Punjab) Sports (Snooker) 88. Mr. Aqeel Khan Sports (Tennis) 89. Dr. Jamal Nasir (Punjab) Social Work

VII. SITARA I QUAID-I-AZAM 90. Prof. Dr. Peter Langer (Germany) Services to Pakistan 91. Mr. Sajjad Haider Karim (U.K) Services to Pakistan

VIII. TAMGHA I PAKISTAN 92. Mr. Manju Ratna Sakya (Nepal) Services to Pakistan

IX. TAMGHA l SHUJA AT 93. Mr. Mazhar Ali Shaheed (KhyberPakhtunkhwa) Gallantry 94. Syed Mehmood ul Hasan Shaheed (Punjab) Gallantry 95. Mr. Ashok Kumar (late) (Balochistan) Gallantry 96. Mr. Javed Shaheed (Bajaur Agency) Gallantry 97. Mr. Tariq Shaheed (Bajaur Agency) Gallantry 98. Constable Wajid Ali Shaheed Gallantry (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 99. Mr. Muhammad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry 100. ASI Amirangzeb Khan Shaheed Gallantry (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 101. H. C. Inayatullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry 102. Mr. Farman AH (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry 103. Col. Masood Ahmed Babar (Punjab) Gallantry 104. Mr. Safdar Nawaz (Punjab) Gallantry 105. Mr. Nasrullah Shaji (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry
X. TAMGHA I IMTIAZ 106. Dr. Masroor Ikram (Punjab) Science (Physics) 107. Dr. Muhammad Raza Shah Organic Chemistry & (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Supramolecular Nanotechnology 108. Dr. Rehana Asghar (AJ&K) Botany Bio technology 109. Dr. Mohammad Tahir Shah Science (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 110. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nasim Khan Archaeology (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 111. Prof. Dr. Syed Riaz Baquar (Sindh) Scientific Research 112. Mr. Muhammad Zafar Adil Malik (Sindh) Engineering 113. Mr. Shahid Farooq (Punjab) Electrical Technology 114. Syed Ahmed Hassan (Punjab) Mechanical (Design & Development) 115. Dr. Anwaar Manzar (Punjab) Engineering (Electrical) 116. Mr. Mohsin Shehzad Electronics 117. Hafiz Muhammad Jafar (Punjab) Micro Wave Engineering 118. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf (Punjab) Veterinary Medicine 119. Prof. Khan Shah Zaman Health (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 120. Dr. Abdul Bari Khan (Sindh) Health 121. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nisar Ahmad Scientific Teaching and Research(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 122. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Yousif Ahmed Al Derweesh Comparative Jurisprudence (Saudi Arabia) 123. Prof. Zakariya Sajid (Sindh) Education 124. Allama Ghulam Rasool Saeedi (Sindh) Education 125. Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Auj (Sindh) Education 126. Al Haj Molvi Rayazuddin Education Ahmed (late) (Sindh) 127. Maulana Zahid ur Rashidi (Punjab) Education 128. Prof. Dr. Tahir Masood (Punjab) Education 129. Brig. Dr. Muhammad Khan (AJ&K) Education (Teaching & Research) 130. Mr. Haroon ur Rashid (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Arts (Newscaster) 131. Mr. Ejaz Hussain (Punjab) Music (Tabla Nawaz) 132. Mr. Farooqi Ahmad Mian Thanvi (Punjab) Arts (Qiraat) i 133. Mr. Sajjad Hussain Tafu (Punjab) Music Director Composer 134. Dr. Shaheen Mufti (Punjab) Literature 135. Mr. Altaf Shaikh (Altaf Ahmad Sheikh) Literature (Sindh) 136. Mr. Arbab Abdul Wakil(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Literary & Cultural Pursuits 137. Mr. Layaq Zada Layaq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Literature 138. Mr. Ghulam Abbas (Abbas Tabish) (Punjab) Literature (Poetry) 139. Mr. Jamshed Mansoor (Punjab) Literature (Poetry) 140. Prof. Dr. Saadat Saeed (Punjab) Literature 141. Miss. Tahira Ahsas Jatak (Balochistan) Literature 142. Dr. Rafi u Din Hashmi (Punjab) Urdu Literature 143. Syed Tabish Alwari (Punjab) Literature Journalism 144. Mr. Minhaj Barna (late) (Sindh) Journalism 145. Khawaja Babar Saleem Mehmood (Punjab) Journalism 146. Hafiz Sanaullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Journalism 147. Mr. Siddique Baloch
(Balochistan) Journalism 148. Mr. Aamir Atlas Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Sports (Squash) 149. Sepoy Mir Nawaz(Junior)(Gilgit Baltistan) Sports (Skiing) 150. Mr. Munir Dar Sports (Hockey) 151. Mr. Anwar Ahmed Khan Sports (Hockey) 152. Mr. Abdul Waheed Sports (Hockey) 153. Dr. Nauman Niaz (Punjab) Sports (Sports Journalism Broadcasting) 154. Dr. Najmus Saquib Hameed (Sindh) Social Service 155. Mr. Mehtabuddin Chawla (Sindh) Social Service 156. Colonel (R) Asif Hassan (Punjab) Public Service 157. Lt. Col. lmran Amin Janjua (Punjab) Public Service 158. Mr. Khurram Ashfaq Qazi (Punjab) Public Service 159. Mr. Atiq ur Rehman (Sindh) Public Service 160. Mr. Muhammad Mahmood (Punjab) Public Service.