On the occasion of Pakistan Day, Governor Balighur Rehman presented Pakistan civil awards to 40 individuals at the Governor’s House on Thursday. These recipients demonstrated exceptional performance in a variety of fields.
The governor awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the presidential award for the pride of performance, and Tamgha-i-Imtiaz on behalf of the President of Pakistan. Among the recipients of awards are:
- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali
- Actor Tauqir Ahmad Nasir
- Riaz Shahid (late)
- Muhammad Shafi known as Shakir Shujaabadi (poet)
- Chaudhry Shafy Hussain
- cricketer Muhammad Babar Azam
- Attaur Rehman (late)
- Allama Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai
- Abdul Rauf Rufi
- Dr. Muhammad Aqeel Babri
- Dr. Muhammad Arif Hasan Khan
- Ms. Parveen Rizvi known as Sangeeta
- Muhammad Hafeez Tahir
- Ghulam Qadir known as Qadir Ali Shagan (late)
- Altaf Hussain known as Tafu. Khan
- Ms. Nargis Shaheen
- Syed Afzal Ahmad (late)
- Sher Dad Khan alias Sher Miandad Khan
- Muhammad Javed
- Muhammad Qamar Sultan
- Farhat Abbas Shah
- Rana Fazal Hasan
- Arshad Nadeem
- Ahsan Ramzan
- Muhammad Noah Dastgir Butt
- Muhammad Salim Ahmad
- Muhammad Ashraf Chaddar
- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Younis
- Prof. Dr. Salman Ayaz
- Dr. Nusratullah Chaudhry
- Jameel Ahmed Pal
- Dr. Waheed Ahmed
- Neelam Ahmed Bashir
- Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal
- Shafiq Ahmed Chishti
- Ziaur Rahman Farooqi (late)
- Hasan Javed
- Shahzad Asghar Ali
The Pakistan Civil Awards were established on March 19, 1957, following the proclamation of Pakistan as an independent republic on March 23, 1956. The announcement of civil awards is generally made once a year on Independence Day, August 14, and their investiture takes place on the following Pakistan Day, March 23.
According to Article 259 of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, along with the Decorations Act, of 1975, the President of Pakistan confers civil awards on Pakistani citizens in recognition of gallantry. Awards for Pride of Performance are conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of art, literature, science, sports, and nursing.
