253 Civil Awards Conferred On 75th Independence Day

Each and every one of us needs appreciation, acknowledgement and encouragement. It can be in different forms. But the acknowledgement a citizen gets from its government is more precious than any other. On the 75^th Independence Day, the President of Pakistan conferred 253 Civil Awards to the citizens and foreign nationals who have contributed to the betterment of Pakistan. These awards are an acknowledgement for showing excellence and courage towards the causes. The awarding ceremony will take place on 23^rd August 2023. We congratulate them and are proud of them.

The details are as follows:

Posthumous Awards

• Nishan-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Hasil Bizenjo (Public Service)
• Nishan-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas (Public Service)
• Nishan-i-Imtiaz to Justice (Retd) Bhagwandas (Public Service)
• Nishan-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Ghulam Ali Chagla (art/music)
• Nishan-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Sufi Ghulam Tabassum (Poetry)
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Mr. Malik Gingray (Gallantry)
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Ms. Fizza Tariq (Gallantry)

14/08 Pakistan Independence Day – 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary – Advocate Fizza Tariq Malik has been conferred by The President for one of the Highest Civil Gallantry Award Sitara-E-Shujaat *ستارہِ شجاعت* for bravery bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/6NMaFuKt9j

— WomensLawDay (@womenslawday) August 14, 2022

• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Khawaja Abdul Haye (Education)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Bilquis Bano Edhi (Social Services)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Maroof Afzal (Public Service)
• Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Humayun Khan (Garlic Innovation)
• Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Riaz Shahid (Film Director, Writer)
• Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Saghar Siddiqui alias Muhammad Akhtar (Poetry)
• Pride of Performance to Prof Jehanzeb Niaz Khan (Literature)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Jamshaid Khan Dukhi (Literature, Poetry)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Abdul Karim (Mountaineering)
• Pride of Performance to Master Altaf Hussain (Tailoring Pakistan’s Flag)
• Tamgha-e-Pakistan to Mr. Huang Guiping (Services to Pakistan)
• Tamgha-e-Pakistan to Ms. Ding Mufang (Services to Pakistan)
• Tamgha-e-Pakistan to Ms. Chen Sai (Services to Pakistan)
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Amir Nawaz Khan (Gallantry)
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Muhammad Kamran (Gallantry)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Ajey Lalwani (Cameraman)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Irshad Mastoi (Journalism)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Musa Khan Khel (Journalism)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Arif Khan(Journalism)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Zia ur Rehman Farooqi (Journalism)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Shahid Zehri (Journalism)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Ahmad Arif Nizami (Journalism)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Zia ud Din (Journalism)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Atta ur Rehman (Journalism)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Shama Khalid (Literature)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Naseer Turabi (Literature)

Gallantry

• Sitara –i- Shujaat to Malik Muhammad Hassan
• Hilal-i-Shujaat to Brig ® Khalid Farid
• Faisal Naseer (Counter Terrorism)
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Malik Shumail Khan
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Raja Mustafa Ali
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Mr. Muhammad Afzal Shaikh
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Mr. Sajid Kiani
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Lt. Col. Shahid Rasool Chaudhry (Counter Terrorism)
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Mr. Wajahat Ullah Afridi (Counter Terrorism)
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Col ® Muhammad Arif
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Dr. Kamran Ahmed
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Sher Ahmed
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Tanveer Hussain Tunio
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Amjad Ahmed
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Mazhar Nawaz Shaikh
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Bashir Ahmed Brohi
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to FC Zeeshan Ahmed
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to FC Naveed Ahmed
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to FC Zia ur Rehman
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Shaheed Javed Ullah
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Dr Akbar Nasir (IG)
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Sohail Zafar Cheema
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Sadiq Shah
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Raja Muhammad Majid
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Muhammad Bilal Raja
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Mubashir Saleem
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Minhas Ahmad Khan
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Ijaz Hafeez
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Waseem Ahmed Khan
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Maj Zahoor Ahmed (Counter Terrorism)
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Mr. Yahya Azeem (Counter Terrorism)
• Tamgha-i-Shujaat to Hav Abid Ali (Counter Terrorism)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Chaudary Waseem Akhtar
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Ali Usman
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Saleem Ahmed (SI)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Naseeb Ullah Khan (SP/RO,CTD)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Ashraf Chaddar (DSP/RO,CTD)

Services to Pakistan

• Hilal-i-Pakistan to Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Naseer
• Hilal-i-Pakistan to His Highness Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• Hilal-i-Pakistan to HRH Prince Faisal Bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
• Hilal-i-Pakistan to Engr. Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Falih
• Hilal-i-Pakistan to H.E Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdur Rahman Al Thani (Qatari)
• Hilal-i-Pakistan to Ambassador ® Robin L.Raphel

Congratulations Ambassador (R) Robin Raphel for having been conferred the Hilal-I Pakistan Civil Award for foreign nationals showing excellence and courage in services to Pakistan in their respective fields.

Much deserved! So proud to be her friend! #HEROINE #Pakistan

— carin jodha fischer (@carin__fischer) August 15, 2022

• Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to Dr. James M.Shera
• Sitara-i-Pakistan to Mr. Lin Songtain
• Sitara-i-Pakistan to Mr. Khalid Mehmood
• Sitara-i-Pakistan to Mr. Cahit Yaser Eren
• Sitara-i-Pakistan to Raja Najabat Hussain
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Dr. Asuman Belen Ozcan
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Afzal Javed
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Zafar Ullah Khan
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Tang Meng Sheng
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Kong Julan
• Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam to Dr. Mehreen Faruqi
• Tamgha-i-Khidmat to Choudary Pervaiz Iqbal Losar
• Sitara-i-Shujaat to Mr. Mansoor Ahmed Khan
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig ( Social Services)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Waqr Ahmed Malik (Public Service)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Murtaza Mehmood (Public Service)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Imdad Ullah Bosal (Public Service)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Moin ul Haq (Public Service)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Tahir (Public Service)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to M. Amin Hashwani (Social Services)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Yasin Malik (Tax Payer)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Ramzan Chhipa
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Sardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera

It is a matter of great pride for my family and myself that my dad, @ansukhera, has been awarded the Hilal-I-Imtiaz.

The family has seen him give his everything to the job. So grateful that his service has been acknowledged by the state also.

Congrats, Papa!

— Jahanzeb Sukhera (@J_Sukhera) August 14, 2022

• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Senator Muhammad Talah Mahmood
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Senator Hilal-ur-Rehman

وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاءُ
By the grace of Allah, the government of Pakistan has nominated me for "Nishan Imtiaz", civil award, over my performance in Senate and for exposing corruption of several crores in tribal areas’ development funds. pic.twitter.com/jbkIY1fSzl

— Senator Hilal-u-Rehman (@SenatorHilal1) August 14, 2022

• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Gohar Ejaz(Philanthropy)

On occasion of 75th Anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) of Pakistan, 14th Aug 22, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been pleased to confer Dr Gohar Ejaz, Patron-in-Chief APTMA with 2nd highest ‘Pakistan Civil Award’, 'HILAL-i-IMTIAZ' for showing excellence & courage
1/2 pic.twitter.com/qZwDhuyXOs

— All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (@APTMAofficial) August 14, 2022

Journalism

• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Mr.Mujib-ur-Rahman Shami
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Altaf Hassan Qureshi
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Javed Choudary
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Nadeem Malik
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Tikka Khan
• Pride of Performance to Hafiz Tahir Khalil

Speaker @RPAPPP congratulated distinguished journalists for being conferred National Civil Awards 2022.
"The journalist community has always played an important role in strengthening democracy in the country & promoting democratic values in society," said @RPAPPP

— National Assembly 🇵🇰 (@NAofPakistan) August 15, 2022

Arts

• Nishan- I Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Qavi Khan (Drama, Film, Theatre)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Raees Ahmed (Violionist)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Amjad Islam Amjad (Literature)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Touqeer Ahmed Nasir (Actor)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Fakhr-e-Alam (Host)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Hassan Ali Isfahani alias Hassan Jahngir (Playback Singer)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Aneeq Ahmed (Anchor)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Syed Manzar Hassan alias Hassan Manzar (Literature)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Moeed ud Din Aqeel (Literature)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Shafi alias Shakir Shuja Abadi (Literature)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Parveen alias Sangeeta (Film Director)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Abdul Aziz Khan alias Aziz Tabassum
• Pride of Performance to Muhammad Hafeez Tahir (Producer)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Qadir Ali Shaggan (Classical Singer)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Anwar Hussain Vistro (Singer)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Gul Zari (Wagma) (Singer)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Arooj Aftab (Singer)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Altaf Hussain Tafu Khan (Tabla Player)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Nargis Shaheen (Broadcaster, Compare)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Anjum Shaheen alias Anjuman (Acting)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Amanullah Nasir (Acting, Writer)
• Pride of Performance to Syed Afzal Ahmed (Film, TV Actor)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Bushra Farrukh (Drama)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Taskeen Zafar (Newsreader, Anchor)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Sher Dad Khan alias Sher Miandad Khan (Qawwali)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Anjum Ayaz (Sculptor)
• Pride of Performance to R.M. Naeem (Painiting, Educationist)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Sain Dad (Ghara Dancer)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Muhammad Javed (Painting)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Muhammad Qamar Sultan (Quranic Calligraphy)
• Pride of Performance to Syed Shamoon Ashraf Hashmi (TV Compare)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Obaidullah Darwesh Durrani (Literature)
• Pride of Performance to Dr. Ghulam Hussain Hassanu (Literature)
• Pride of Performance to Rana Fazal Hussain (Literature)
• Pride of Performance to Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Shaheen Qaiserani (Literature)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Farhat Abbas Shah (literature)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Noor Jahan Bilgrami (Visual, Textile Designer, Researcher & Educationist)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Arif Khan alias Arbaz Khan (Film Director/Actor)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Muhammad Iqbal Latif (Producer/Director)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Nigar Nazar (Puppetry, Cartoonist/Animation)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Zain Ulla (Chitrali Sitar Player)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Hanif alias Hanif Shahzad (Painting)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Jameel Ahmed Paul (Literature)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Zulfiqar Siyal (Literature)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Waheed Ahmed (Literature)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Neelam Ahmed Bashir (Literature)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal (Literature)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Sooraj Narain alias Narain Lal (Literature)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Khansa Maria (Literature)

Sports

• Nishan-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Jahangir Khan (Squash)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Sirbaaz Khan (Mountaineering)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Shahida (karate)
• Pride of Performance to Ms. Amina Wali (Skiing)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Irfan Masood (Martial Arts)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Masood Jan (Blind Cricket)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Ahsan Ramzan (Snooker)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Nooh Dastagir Butt (Weightlifter)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Shafiq Ahmed Chishti (Kabaddi)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Bisma Maroof (Cricket)
• Sitara-e-Pakistan to Babar Azam
• Pride of performance to Mr. Arshad Nadeem (Athletics)

PCB CONGRATULATES Masood Jan (blind cricketer), Pakistan men's team captain Babar Azam and Pakistan women's team captain Bismah Maroof at being conferred with civil awards on Pakistan's 75th anniversary. pic.twitter.com/dscGoqJ5Zq

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 14, 2022

Science

• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Engr. Javed Qureshi (Agriculture)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Abdul Ghani Akram (Physics)
• Pride of Performance to Dr. Mehboob Ali Sial (Agriculture)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Abdul Majid Khan (Chemistry)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Muhammad Azam Khan (Chemistry)
• Pride of Performance to Ch. Muhammad Yousaf (Chemistry)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Muhammad Mehboob Khan (Physics)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Haroon Ikram Sheikh (Metallurgy & Material)
• Pride of Performance to Dr. Muhammad Maqsood (Vacuum Sci & Technology)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Riffat Shamshad (Space Sciences)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Saleem Khan Lohani (Physics)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr, Uzma Batool (Physics)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Dr. Muhammad Younas (Veterinary)

IT

• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Asif Peer (IT)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Ms. Jehan Ara (IT)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Mudassir Sheikha (IT)

You've done us proud! On behalf of the IT & ITeS industry, P@SHA congratulates Asif Peer, Jehan Ara, and Mudassir Sheikha for winning two of #Pakistan's highest honors for their tremendous contributions to Pakistan's #growth, #IT industry, and #economy.#PakistanCivilAwards pic.twitter.com/pc0XsGawXU

— P@SHA (@PASHAORG) August 15, 2022

Engineering

• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Ghafoor Ahmed (Chemical)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Suleman Qaiser (Chemical)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz toDr. Muhammad Aleem Mirza (Electronics)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Muhammad Bilal Malik (Electrical)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Faiz ul Hassan (Systems)
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Asif Iqbal (Navigation System)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan (Metallurgy)
• Pride of Performance to Hafiz M. Noshad Ali (Mechanical)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Muhammad Javed Siddique (Mechanical)
• Pride of Performance to Dr. Humayun Qureshi (Aerospace)
• Pride of Performance to Mr. Raheem Sanaullah Ch. (Electrical)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Shahzad (Mechanical)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Muhammad Saad Ullah (Chemical)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Khurram Hameed (Electronics)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Syed Muhammad Yasir Abbas (Communication)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Shahzad Sadiq (Mechanical)

Science, Engineering & Education

• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Dr. Engr. Bhawani Shankar Chowdry
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha

Congratulations
President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi conferred civil award Hilal-I-Imtiaz to Former Vice Chancellor UVAS & CUVAS & Present, Vice Chancellor University of Education Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha sb on the eve of the Silver Jubilee of Pakistan (75th Jashan-e-Azadi). pic.twitter.com/j9yq6bMz9i

— sehrish amna (@SehrishINBOX) August 14, 2022

Education

• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Zahoor-ul-Haq (Higher Education)

Medicine

• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Saeed Akhtar
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Muhammad Sharif Malik MD (Health)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Rizwan Uppal (Health)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Farah Naz Qamar
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Dr. Tanwir Khaliq
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Dr. Salman Ayaz
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Dr. Nusratullah Chaudary
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz toDr. S. Abbas Raza
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Prof. Khalid Mahmood

Religious Scholar

• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Drt. Anees Ahmed
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Maulana Hanif Jhalandhari
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Qibla ayaz
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Allama Saqib Raza Mustafai
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Abdul Rauf Rufi (Naat Khuwan)

Exporter

• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Hassan Javed (Leather)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Shehzad Asghar (Textile)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Shabbir Dewan (Plastic)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Faud Garib (Rice)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Mr. Khalid Mehmood (Pharma)
• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to Kh. Masood Akhtar (Sports)

Pakistan Day Award Winners

*Honorary Awards

• Sitara-e-Pakistan to Mayor London Sadiq khan

Delighted to welcome Mayor Sadiq Khan @PakistaninUK. On Pakistan’s 75 independence anniversary & 75 years of 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 friendship, recognised Mayor Khan’s outstanding services by conferring on him, the Sitara-i-Pakistan. Congratulations Mayor! You make us proud: H.E. Moazzam A. Khan pic.twitter.com/lK98I8lR0N

— Pakistan High Commission London (@PakistaninUK) August 14, 2022

• Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam to Senator David Shoe Bridge (Australia)

Pakistan 🇵🇰 Day Celebrations at @PakinAustralia in Canberra and Senator @DavidShoebridge has been Awarded Pakistan High Civil Award by HE @Zhchaudhri. Pakistan Zindabad. Australian Pakistan Friendship. PakOZ Team has posted the Glimpse of event ❤️🇵🇰🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/lNzUg4docf

— sujahir ul islam (@SujahirI) August 14, 2022

We wish the winners of these medals good luck in the future.