President Dr Arif Alvi would bestow 127 civil awards on populace of Pakistan as well as foreign nationals on Pakistan Day 23rd March for showing brilliance in their particular fields.
The ‘Nishan-i-Imtiaz’ would be awarded to Shoaib Sultan Khan in the field of public service. In the meadow of games, Yasir Shah, and in acting Babara Sharif, Shabbir Jan, Iftikhar Ahmed Thakur, and Reema Khan will be given dignity of performance awards.
Mehwish Hayat, Sardar Ali Takkur, Atta-ullah- Esa Khaelvi, Sajjad Ali and many other well-known personalities would be awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in music.
‘Hilal-i-Pakistan’ award given to four foreign nationals including Seshira Eto of Japan, Xu Shaoshi of China and Ismail Kahraman of Turkey.
Renowned eight personalities Zaheer Ayub Baig (Punjab), Ghulam Asghar (Islamabad), Prof Dr Tasawar Hayat (Punjab), Wasim Akram (Punjab), Waqar Younis (Punjab), Prof Dr Recep Akdag (Turkey), Dr Michael Jansen (Germany) and Prof Abdul Bari Khan (Sindh) would be adorned with ‘Hilal-i-Imtiaz’ award.
Whereas, three Chinese nationals including Kong Xuanyou, Wang Xiaotao and Hu Xiaolian would get ‘Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam’ award.
Four celebrities including Wajiha Haris (Romania), Mohammad Ilyas Khan (AJ&K), Long Yuxiang (China) and Lin Yi (China) to be festooned with ‘Sitara-i-Pakistan’.
The Sitara-i-Shuja’at award would go to Muhammad Idrees Shaheed, Shaheed Nawabzada Mir Siraj Raisani (Balochistan), Asad Ali (Sindh ) and Shaheed Mairaj Ahmed Umrani (Balochistan).
Likewise, 23 notable should award Tamgha-i-Shuja’at on their brilliance in their respective fields and that could be a great honor for the Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals to be bestowed on Pakistan Day.