President confers civil awards to 184 Pakistanis, foreigners for excellence, services
President Dr Arif Alvi on August 14, 2020 conferred Pakistan’s civil awards to 184 Pakistanis and foreigners in recognition of their services to Pakistan and showing excellence in their respective fields.
Among the civil awards conferred by the president on Independence day included Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Sitarah-e-Pakistan, Sitarah-e-Shujaat and Sitarah-e-Imtiaz. The other categories included Pride of Performance, Sitarah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Sitarah-e-Khidmat, Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Tamgha-e-Shujaat, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam.
The investitures ceremony for the said awards would be held on March 23, 2021, according to a Cabinet Division press release.
Following is the list of the awards and the would-be recipients along with the fields they served in.
NISHAN-I-IMTIAZ
- Sadeqain Naqvi Arts (Painting/Sculpture)
- Prof. Shakir Ali Arts (Painting)
- Zahoor ul Haq (Late) Arts (Painting/ Sculpture)
- Ms. Abida Parveen Arts (Singing)
- Dr. Jameel Jalibi
- Muhammad Jameel Khan (Late) (Sindh) Literature (Critic/Historian)
- Ahmad Faraz (Late) (KP) Literature (Poetry)
HILAL-I-IMTIAZ
- Prof. Dr. Anwar ul Hassan Gillani (Sindh) Science (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
- Dr. Asif Mahmood Jah (Punjab) Public Service
HILAL-I-QUAID-I-AZAM
- Jack Ma (China) Services to Pakistan
SITARA-I-PAKISTAN
- Kyu Jeong Lee (Korea) Services to Pakistan
Salma Ataullahjan (Canada) Services to Pakistan
SITARA-I-SHUJA’AT
- Jawwad Qamar (Punjab) Gallantry
- Safia (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Hayatullah (KP) Gallantry
- Malik Sardar Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Mumtaz Khan Dawar (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Hayat Ullah Khan Dawar Hurmaz (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Malik Muhammad Niaz Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Sepoy Akhtar Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Muhammad Naveed Sadiq (Punjab) Gallantry
- Mahar Muhammad Yasir Manzoor (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
- Shafqat Ullah Malik (KP) Gallantry
- Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kamal Pasha (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
- Prof. Hafiz Maqsood Ahmad (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
- Dr. Bashir Ahmad (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
- Dr. Khalid Masood Qaisrani (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
- Dr. Muhammad Asif (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
- Dr. Shafqatullah (Shaheed) (Sindh) Gallantry
- Dr. Younas Channa (Shaheed) (Sindh) Gallantry
- Dr. Wilayat Ali Gopang (Shaheed) (Sindh) Gallantry
- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Javed (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Dr. Munir Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Dr. Usama Riaz (Shaheed) (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gallantry
- Malik Ashder (Shaheed) (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gallantry
- Dr. Muhammad Ikhlaq (Shaheed) (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Gallantry
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ
- Abdul Hamid (Punjab) Science (Physics)
- Raja Shahid Nazir (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)
- Abdul Majeed Tilokar (Punjab) Engineering (Metallurgy)
- Dr. Sajid Baloch (Punjab) Engineering (Electronics)
- Naeem Ullah Dar (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)
- Haider Ali Bhatty (Punjab) Engineering (Aerospace)
- Muhammad Saleem (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)
- Amin Bahadur (KP) Engineering (Mechanical)
- Faizan Mansoor (Islamabad) Engineering (Nuclear Safety Regulation)
- Muhammad Aniq (Sindh) Engineering (Civil)
- Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui (Late) (Sindh) Education
- Prof. Dr. Farhan Saif (Punjab) Education
- Bushra Ansari (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
- Talat Hussain (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
- Muhammad Imran Qureshi (Punjab) Arts (Miniature/ Painting)
- Sultana Siddiqui (Sindh) Arts (Drama Writer/Director/Producer)
- Syed Farooq Qaiser (Punjab) Arts (Puppeteer/Writer)
- Naeem Altaf Bukhari (Punjab) Arts (Anchorperson)
- Abdul Qadir (Late) Sports (Cricket)
- Sr. Ruth Lewis (Late) Public Service
- Brig. Rana Arfan Shakeel Ramay (Punjab) Public Service
- Lt. Col. Farooq Shahbaz (Punjab) Public Service
- Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood (Sindh) Public Service
- Sabina Khatri Public Service
- Ahmed Irfan Aslam Public Service
- Adnan Asdar Ali (Sindh) Philanthropy
- Pir Syed Lakht e Hassanain (Punjab) Philanthropy
PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR
PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE
- Ms. Ruth Wenny Lekardal (Sweden) Services to Pakistan
- Liaqat Ali (Punjab) Science (Laser & Optics)
- Dr. Muhammad Fuzail (KP) Science (Chemistry)
- Dr. Kiran Iqbal (Sindh) Science (Chemistry)
- Dr. Qurrat-ul-Ain (KP) Science (Plasma Physics)
- Inam Ur Rehman (Punjab) Engineering (Nuclear)
- Munir Ahmed (Punjab) Engineering (Process Control & Aging Management)
- Dr. Shakeel Abbas Rofi (Sindh) Engineering (Nuclear)
- Umar Asghar (Punjab) Engineering (Electrical)
- Dr. Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)
- Dr. Amir Shahzad (Punjab) Engineering
- Zahid Noor Peracha (Sindh) Engineering (Electronics)
- Saleem Akhtar (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)
- Prof. Dr. Khalid Masud Gondal (Punjab) Education
- Prof. Dr. Raisa Begum Gul (KP) Education (Nursing)
- Naimatullah alias Naimat Sarhadi (KP) Arts (Film Acting)
- Ms. Saima Shah alias Resham (Punjab) Arts (Film Acting)
- Humayun Saeed (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
- Ms. Sakina Samo (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
- Muhammad Ali Shyhaki (Sindh) Arts (Singing)
- Ms. Soraiya Khan (Mahjabeen Qazalbash) (KP) Arts (Singing)
- Krishan Gee (Late) (Punjab) Arts (Singing)
- Ali Zafar (Punjab) Arts (Singing)
- Ms. Hina Nasrullah (Punjab) Arts (Sufi Singer/ Naat Khuwan)
- Daryan Khan (Balochistan) Arts (Musical Instruments Maker)
- Zulfiqar Ali Lund (Sindh) Arts (Instrumentalist)
- Dr. Abdul Qudoos Arif (Dr. A.Q. Arif) (Sindh) Arts (Painting)
- Muhammad Baqir (Punjab) Arts (Fresco Painting)
- Shafique Farooqi (Punjab) Arts (Painting/Calligraphy)
- Muhammad Faheem (KP) Arts (Wood Lacque)
- Sarmad Sehbai (Islamabad) Arts (Play Writer/ Director/Poet)
- Asif Ali Khan (Santoo) (Punjab) Arts (Qawwali)
- Ms. Indu Mariam Mitha (Punjab) Arts (Choreography)
- Muhammad Yousuf (Yousuf Gichki) (Balochistan) Literature (Writer)
- Ms. Mahtab Mahboob (Sindh) Literature (Writer)
- Mirza Athar Baig (Punjab) Literature (Writer)
- Abaseen Yousufzai (KP) Literature (Writer)
- Taj Muhammad Joyo (Taj Joyo) (Sindh) Literature (Poetry/Writer)
- Dr. Muhammad Aslam Ansari (Punjab) Literature (Poetry/Writer)
- Farhan Mehboob (KP) Sports (Squash)
- Muhammad Irfan (Punjab) Sports (Kabaddi)
- Haider Ali (Punjab) Sports (Paralympic Athlete)
- Maulana Tariq Jamil (Punjab) Religious Scholar
- Abdul Majid Qureshi (KP) Social Work
SITARA-I-QUAID-I-AZAM
- Ying Yong (China) Services to Pakistan
- Li Fangron (China) Services to Pakistan
- Lei Mingshan (China) Services to Pakistan
- Prof. Dr. Celal Soydan (Turkey) Services to Pakistan
- Dr. Tariq Shafi (Late) (UK) Services to Pakistan
- Mian Faisal Rashid (UK) Services to Pakistan
SITARA-I-KHIDMAT
- Richard Geary Horwitz (USA) Services to Pakistan
TAMGHA-I-PAKISTAN
- Ms. Jane Teller (Denmark) Services to Pakistan
TAMGHA-I-SHUJA’AT
- Muhammad Rafiq (Pakistan) Gallantry
- Fida Hussain (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gallantry
- Ali Aftab Tarar (Punjab) Gallantry
- Syed Shahzad Hassan (Punjab) Gallantry
- Haroon Rashid Khan (KP) Gallantry
- Fakhr u Din (Punjab) Gallantry
- Mian Khan (Punjab) Gallantry
- Muhammad Faheem Raza Khan(Sindh) Gallantry
- Malik Wasid Khan (KP) Gallantry
- Molvi Gul Dad Khan (KP) Gallantry
- Malik Aslam Noor Khan (KP) Gallantry
- Muhammad Rafi (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Daud Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Alam Zeb (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Allah Rakha (Late) (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Gallantry
- Ms. Shakeela Naz (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Guncha Sartaj (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
- Atezaz Ahmed Goraya (Balochistan) Gallantry
- Sajid Khan Mahmond (KP) Gallantry
- SIP. Shahid Ali (Shaheed) Gallantry
- Muhammad Iftikhar (Shaheed) Gallantry
- Khuda Yar (Shaheed) Gallantry
- Hassan Ali (Shaheed) Gallantry
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ
- Muhammad Suleman Mahsud (Pakistani) Services to Pakistan
- Muhammad Junaid (Pakistani) Services to Pakistan
- Muhammad Tahir Javed (USA) Services to Pakistan
- Dr. Navida Nasir (Punjab) Science (Chemistry)
- Zafar Iqbal Baig (Punjab) Science (Chemistry)
- Dr. Manzoor Hussain (Punjab) Agriculture Science
- Prof. Dr. Asif Ali (Punjab) Agriculture/Plant Breeding & Genetics
- Dr. Faisal Shahzad (Punjab) Material Sciences
- Dr. Syed Shabbar Abbas Rizvi (Islamabad) Engineering (Material Sciences)
- Muhammad Iqbal Qureshi (Punjab) Engineering (Mining)
- Muhammad Rizwan Ul Haq (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)
- Muhammad Ajmal (Punjab) Engineering (Electronics)
- Dr. Ali Kamran (KP) Engineering (Aerospace)
- Dr. Nasir Majid Mirza (Punjab) Education
- Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi (Punjab) Education
- Prof. Dr. Nouman Ahmed (Sindh) Education
- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saeed Quraishy (Sindh) Education & Health Sciences
- Dr. Yasar Mehmood Yousafzai (KP) Medicine
- Ms. Zeba Shahnaz (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
- Abdul Majid Jahangir (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
- Javed Mansoor Babar (KP) Arts (Drama Acting)
- Habib-ur-Rehman Panezai (Balochistan) Arts (Drama Acting)
- Fayaz Khan Khweshgi (KP) Arts (Singing)
- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Khan (KP) Arts (Archeology)
- Hameed Ullah Shah Hashmi (Punjab) Literature (Writer)
- Dr. Yar Mohammad Maghmoom Khattak (KP) Literature (Writer)
- Shah Mirza (Gilgit-Baltistan) Literature (Translation of Holy Qur’an in Shina Language)
- Prof. Rehmatullah Dard (Late) (KP) Literature (Poetry)
- Dr. Syed Faisal Mahmood (Sindh) Public Service
- Muhammad Ilyas Ayub (AJ&K) Public Service
- Syed Aamir Mahmood (Punjab) Public Service
- Zubair Ali (KP) Public Service
- Dr. Shahzad Akbar (KP) Public Service
- Dr. Muhammad Farooq Uyghur (Balochistan) Public Service
- Manzoor Ahmad (Gilgit-Baltistan) Public Service
- Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Public Service
- Faisal Edhi (Sindh) Social Welfare
- Prof. Dr. Shereen Khan (Balochistan) Social Welfare
- Ms. Ghazala Juma Khan (Balochistan) Social Welfare
- Suleman Khan Mehtarzai (Balochistan) Social Work/ Philanthropy
- Capt (R) Muhammad Ilyas (Islamabad) Gallantry
- Javaid Iqbal (Punjab) Gallantry
- Zahid Latif Malik (Punjab) Gallantry
- Farid Ahmed Khan (Punjab) Gallantry
- Omar Saeed (Islamabad) Gallantry
- Muhammad Aslam (Sindh) Gallantry
TAMGHA-I-QUAID-I-AZAM
- Anumat Amat (Thailand) Services to Pakistan
Pakistan announces civilian award for Turkish professor
Pakistan on August 14, 2020 announced its one of the highest civil awards for a Turkish scholar for his work to promote Urdu — Pakistan’s national language — in Turkey.
President Arif Alvi announced Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam or Star of Excellence — the country’s third highest civil award — for Prof. Celal Soydan, who teaches at the Department of Urdu Language and Literature at Istanbul University, state-run Pakistan Television reported.
This came on the occasion of the 74th independence day of Pakistan.
Soydan will be conferred with the medal on March 23 next year on the occasion of Pakistan Day.
He was the first Turk to have completed his Master’s Degree in Urdu from Punjab University Lahore in 1993. In 1994, he joined Ankara University, where he completed his doctorate in 1999 on Allama Mohammad Iqbal, Pakistan’s national poet, and a 20th century philosopher.
Soydan headed the Ankara University’s Department Urdu Language and Literature from 2005 to 2014.
In 2014, he joined Istanbul University, where he is currently teaching Urdu language and literature.
Soydan has also translated into Turkish the entire Diwan (collection of poetry) of Mirza Asadullah Ghalib — the famous Indian poet of Urdu and Persian — apart from translating the Urdu works of Sir Muhammad Iqbal.
Also, he is a co-author of Urdu-Turkish dictionary “Urdu Türkçe – Türkçe Urdu Sözlük” compiled in 2015.