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on 157 outstanding individuals
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf conferred civil and military awards on Sunday on outstanding individuals at an investiture ceremony here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
The ceremony, marking the Pakistan Day celebrations, was attended by Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro, members of his cabinet, services chiefs, ambassadors and notables.
The awards are given in recognition of meritorious services rendered by men and women in their respective fields, or for exemplary acts of gallantry. The awards were announced for 157 persons, including 24 women and 14 foreigners on August 14 last year.
The President conferred the awards on 62 individuals at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Of these 28 were awarded in various categories for “acts of bravery, heroism, courage and rendering of dedicated services with selfless devotion in human rights and public service.”
Four of these awards were received by young sons of slain officers and one by a young daughter, while the rest were received by the widows of those, who fell victim to terrorists.
SITARA-I-BASALAT (21): The Sitara-e-Basalat is in recognition of the exemplary leadership, excellent planning and their dauntless operations, that rose the stature of the armed forces not only within the country and abroad.
Lt Gen Shujaat Zameer Dar, Maj Gen Tahir Mahmood, Maj Gen Muhammad Farooq, Maj Gen Muhammad Haroon Aslam, Brig Muhammad Mumtaz, Capt Zahid Akram, Lt Col Muhammad Siddiq, Lt Col Amir Hameed (Shaheed), Lt Col Muhammad Rizwan Lashari, Maj Naeemullah Khattak, Maj Basharat Ahmad Noor, Maj Pervaiz Siddiq (Shaheed), Maj Khalid Aziz (Shaheed), Maj Tahir Mahmood, Maj Adil Ubaid, Maj Tauqeer Anwar Khan, Capt Salman Farooq Lodhi (Shaheed), Capt Zameer Abbas (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Muhammad Ilyas (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Ghulam Rabbi (Shaheed) and Lance Naik Sikandar Hayat (Shaheed).
HILAL-I-SHUJA'AT (3): Late Malik Muhammad Saad Khan, Late Inspector Hasan Khan, Lt Col Haroon Islam (Shaheed).
HILAL-I-IMTIAZ (6): Prof Dr Muhammad Iqbal Chaudhry, Justice Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal, Lt Gen Syed Shujaat Husain, Begum Bilquis Edhi, Prof Dr Jawad Sajid Khan, Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan.
SITARA-I-SHUJA'AT (7): Late Khan Raziq Khan, Sher Akbar, District Police Officer late Tariq Mahmood, Late Muhammad Salim, Sharfuddin Memon, Late Abid Ali, Muhammad Umar Morio.
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ (3): Prof Dr Mohammad Miyanoor Wala Amin, Late Dr Aftab Ahmad, Shun Imaizumi.
TAMGHA-I-SHUJA’AT (18): Late Muhammad Jamshed Jadoon, Late Abdul Aleem, Mrs Nasreen Nasir, Late Bostan Gul, Qurban Ali, Late Muhammad Abdullah Gondal, Late Imtiaz-ul-Haq, Late Muhammad Naeem, Late Ahmad Noor, Late Naseer Ahmad, Late Fareed Khan, Late Jawaid Ahmad, Late Yasir Iqbal, Mubarak Husain, Late Nazar Muhammad, Late Faiz-ur-Rahman, Late Muhammad Sadiq, Late Subedar (retd) Said-ur-Rahman.
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ (3): Mrs Shirin Walji, Hafiz Tahir Khalil, Shakil Sheikh.
TAMGHA-I-KHIDMAT (1): Igor Nikolaevich Morozov. President’s Awards for Pride of Performance are conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of art, literature, science, sports and nursing. This year 39 individuals have been awarded the Pride of Performance.
In Academics these are awarded for research, achievement or performance in medicine, science, engineering, technology, philosophy, history, literature or the arts, and invention of national importance.
The recipients of the Pride of Performance include: Jamaluddin Ahmad, Dr Liaquat Ali Khan, Ghulam Mohiuddidn, Sohail Ahmad, Syed Zia Hasnain Shah, Ziafat Husain, Dr Muhammad Shahzad, S Tauqeer-ul- Islam, Muhammad Arshad, Dr Farhan Saif, Dr Syed Abdul Mujeeb, Prof Dr Muhammad Saeed Khokhar, Begum Anis Fatima Majid Khan, Allah Bakhsh, Akhtar Muneer, Gopad Das, Ustad Meher Ali Khan, Ustad Sher Ali Khan, Naheed Raza, Miss Gulbahar Bano, Mujahid Husain, Rashid Malik (late), Mrs Sultana Siddiqi, Abdul Karim Baloch, Nisar Malik, Abdul Qadir Junejo, Hanif Raza, Nasreen H Askari, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Mansoor Ahmad Rahi, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, Noor-ul-Huda Shah, Dr Saleem Akhtar, Dr Noor Nabi Tanveer Abbasi (late), Prof Dr Muhammad Taha Khan, Lt Cmndr Zahid Rauf, Miss Nida Waseem, Zubair Ahmad and Shahid Rahman.
Pakistani citizens are eligible for awards in the Order of Shuja’at, Imtiaz and President’s Awards for Pride of Performance, while foreign nationals can be given civil awards in any Order for eminence and outstanding services to Pakistan in a significant field of activity.
The announcement of civil awards is generally made on Independence Day, and their investiture takes place on the following Pakistan Day - 23rd of March.
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