ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of Indepen­dence Day, President Mamnoon Hussain has conferred civil awards on 109 citizens of Pakistan and 23 foreign nationals for showing excellence and courage in their respective fields.

The awards will be given to the recipients at an investiture ceremony to be held on the Pakistan Day, March 23, 2017.

Following are the titles of the awards and names of their recipients.

HILAL-I-SHUJA’AT: Mohammad Tahir Rai (Punjab) Gallantry

HILAL-I-IMTIAZ: Prof Dr Mohammad Ashraf (Punjab) Science (Biology); Wasim Ahmad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Science (Biochemistry); and Tariq Ahmad (Punjab) Engineering.

SITARA-I-PAKISTAN: Late Leif Holger Larsen (Norway) Services to Pakistan; Late Domingo D. Lucenario Jr. (Philippines) Services to Pakistan; Late Burhan Mohammad (Indonesia) Services to Pakistan; Late Hery Setyawati Burhan (Indonesia) Services to Pakistan; and Late Datin Habibah Mahmud (Malaysia) Services to Pakistan.

SITARA-I-SHUJA’AT: Khalid Farid (Punjab) Gallantry.

SITARA-I-IMTIAZ: Dr Hafeezur Rehman Hoorani (Sindh) Science (Physics); Dr Mohammad Iqbal (Punjab) Science (Biotechnology); Dr Mohammad Aslam Noor (Punjab) Science (Mathematics); Tariq Mahmood Fatik (Punjab) Engineering; Munir Ahmad (Punjab) Engineering; Ghulam Sarwar (Punjab) Engineering; Nadeem Ghaffar (Punjab) Engineering; retired Brig Munawar Hussain (Punjab) Engineering; Aleem Arshad (Punjab) Engineering; Ayaz Ayub (Punjab) Engineering; Khalid Naseeruddin Shaikh (Sindh) Engineering; Nayyar Ali Dada (Punjab) Engineering; Prof Dr Syed Ather Enam (Sindh) Medicine; Mahboob Ali (Punjab) Medicine; Dr Eice Mohammad (Punjab) Medicine; Shahnaz Wazir Ali (Punjab) Education; Prof Dr Mohammad Rasul Jan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Science; Mohsin Raza (Punjab) Arts (Music); Mustansar Hussain Tarar (Punjab) Literature; Yussuf Shaheen Daudpota (Sindh) Literature; Prof Dr Halil Toker (Turkey) Literature; Luca Maria Olivieri (Italy) Services to Pakistan; Prof Dr Nergis Mavalvala (United States) Services to Pakistan; Yang Wei (China) Services to Pakistan; and Mushtaq Chhapra (Sindh) Public Service.

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE: Dr Abdul Ghani Akram (Punjab) Science (Physics); Dr Mohammad Ashraf Tahir (Punjab) Science; Mohammad Idrees (Punjab) Science; Sohail Rabbani Khan (Punjab) Science; Mohammad Yousaf (Punjab) Science; Syed Zuhair Bokhari (Punjab) Science; Abdul Majid Azhar (Punjab) Science (Geology); Dr Abubaker Shahid (Punjab) Science (Oncology); Shams Shahid Ayub (Punjab) Engineering; Mirza Sar Buland Ali Khan (Punjab) Engineering; Mohammad Asif Jamil (Punjab) Engineering; Dr Tauqir Qadir Qureshi (Punjab) Engineering; Khalid Bin Sagheer (Sindh) Engineering; Mr Mohammad Salman (Punjab) Engineering; Mohammad Zahir Khan (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) Engineering; Syed Raza Akhlaq (Sindh) Engineering; Dr Mohammad Shoaib (Punjab) Engineering; retired Col Mohammad Ayaz Mirza (Punjab) Engineering; Allah Ditta (Punjab) Engineering; Dr Naveed Ahmed Saddiqui (Punjab) Engineering; Zameer Hussain Kazmi (Punjab) Engineering; Iftikhar Ahmed (Punjab) Engineering; Prof Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta (Sindh) Education (Health); Dr Khalid Sharif (United Kingdom) Medicine; Prof Dr Javeid Iqbal (Balochistan) Education; Aneesul Hasnain Shah alias Syed Jumon Shah (Sindh) Arts (Music); Sarmad Sultan Khoosat (Punjab) Arts (Cinematography); Rashid Mehmood (Punjab) Arts (Broadcasting); Javed Iqbal (Punjab) Arts (Music); Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan Arts (Music); Humaira Channa (Sindh) Arts (Singing); Mohammad Hassan Hasrat (Gilgit-Baltistan) Literature; Mohammad Salimur Rehman (Punjab) Literature; Anwar Shaoor (Sindh) Literature; Zahid Masood (Punjab) Literature; Dr Mohammad Qasim Bughio (Sindh) Literature; Roohi Kunjahi (Punjab) Literature; Shakir Shuja Abadi (Punjab) Literature; Sarfraz Shahid (Islamabad) Literature; Khursheed Nadeem (Punjab) Literature (Journalism); Shahzada Zulfiqar (Balochistan) Literature (Journalism); Ismail Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Literature (Journalism); Ghazi Salahuddin (Sindh) Literature (Journalism); Mohammad Wasim Baloch (Balochistan) Sports (Boxing); Saeedullah Khan (Sindh) Public Service; Late Satara Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Public Service; Late Kaneez Nargis (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Public Service; Late Dr Yaqoob Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Public Service; and Attaullah Khan Shaheed (Gilgit-Baltistan) Public Service.

SITARA-I-KHIDMAT: Dr Margita Dina Sterbova (Czech Republic) Services to Pakistan.

TAMGHA-I-PAKISTAN: Moinuddin (Lebanon) Services to Pakistan; Dr Hasrul Sani Mujtabar (Malaysia) Services to Pakistan; Marcel de Vink (Netherlands) Services to Pakistan; Ion Emilian (Romania) Services to Pakistan; Mpendulo Kumalo (South Africa) Services to Pakistan; Dr Andrzej Ananica (Poland) Services to Pakistan; Zofia Ananiez (Poland) Services to Pakistan.

TAMGHA-I-SHUJA’AT (POSTHUMOUS): Malik Mohammad Younas Shaheed (Bajaur Agency) Gallantry; Ajmal Khan Shaheed (Mohmand Agency) Gallantry; Hazrat Ghani Shaheed (Malakand) Gallantry; Mohammad Zeeshan Shaheed (Punjab) Gallantry; Abdul Wajid Khan Shaheed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry.

TAMGHA-I-SHUJA’AT: Fazli Naeem (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry; Liaqat Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry; Brig Imran Mushtaq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Gallantry; Raja Shah Baz Khan (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gallantry; Lt Col Amir Naveed Hussain (Balochistan) Gallantry; Zahid Jamal (Sindh) Gallantry; Mohammad Iqbal (Punjab) Gallantry; Raja Umer Khatab (Sindh) Gallantry.

TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ: Naweed Syed (Sindh) Science; Prof Dr Bushra Mirza (Punjab) Science; Dr Javid Akhter Kayani (United Kingdom) Medicine; Dr Peter Bromley (United Kingdom) Medicine; Prof Darius Mirza (United Kingdom) Medicine; Prof Khalida Soomro (Sindh) Medicine; Mohammad Aslam (Punjab) Engineering; Syed Muhammad Ali (Punjab) Engineering; Mrs Saima Akram (Punjab) Engineering; Syed Asim Shabih Zaidi (Punjab) Engineering; Atif Inayat (Punjab) Engineering; Naveed Ishtiaq (Punjab) Engineering; Mohammad Hanif Lashari (Sindh) Arts (Music); Zainab Baloch (Balochistan) Arts (Broadcasting); Mohammad Elahi Buksh Mutee (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Arts (Calligraphy); Nazeer Aamir (Punjab) Arts (Producer); Parveen Malik (Punjab) Literature; Abdul Qayyum Bedar (Balochistan) Literature; Syeda Haseena Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Literature; Nasir Ali Syed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Literature; Mohammad Hameed Shahid (Islamabad) Literature; Mohammad Jalil Aali (Punjab) Literature; Shahbaaz Hussain (Punjab) Services to Pakistan; Liaquat Ali Warraiach(Punjab) Services to Pakistan; Prof Chen Jidong (China) Services to Pakistan; and Shahroom Khattak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Public Service.

TAMGHA-I-KHIDMAT: Ifthikhar Aziz (Sri Lanka) Services to Pakistan.

Published in Dawn, August 15th, 2016