ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari announced ‘Pakistan Civil Awards’ for citizens of Pakistan and foreign nationals for service to Pakistan, exceptional achievements, excellence, and courage in their respective fields.
These Awards will be conferred at the investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, March 23, 2026.
Hilal-I-Pakistan announced to Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud for service to Pakistan.
Hilal-I-Quaid-i-Azam to Li Hongzhong, Liu JianChao, and Wang Yongge.
Sitara-i-Pakistan to Mohammad Bin Hassan Mohammad Hassan Alsuwaidi, Senate Maria Anna Siller (Dr Senta Siller), Zhao Dong Xi, and Pengu Cui.
Tamgha –i-Shuja’at to Jan, Mrs Laura Dehlmeier (Late), Tamagha-i-Imtiaz to Noor Ur Rehman Abid, Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam to Qian Fing and Tamagha-i-Khidmat to Dr Faisal Ikram.
In literature, Nishan-i-Imtiaz to Senator Irfan Siddiqui, Attaul Haq Qasmi and Mustansar Hussain Tarar.
Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Asghar Nadeem Syed, Zahra Majid Ali.
Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Murtaza Barlas for Poetry, Yasmeen Hamid for Poetry and editing, Naseer Ahmed Nasir for Poetry, Writing and Editing, the late Professor Karrar Hussain for Literature, Poetry, critic, Dr Abdul Rauf Rafiqui for literature, Raza Ullah Shah for Litrature (Research), Syed Masood Hassan Shihab Dehlvi.
In the field of sports, Hilal-i-Imtiaz went to Shahid Khan Afridi, Shehroz Kashif Mountaineer, the late Muhammad Ata. Sitara-i-Imtiaz went to Ms Sana Mir (Cricket), Haider Ali (Discus Throw).
PAPP was announced for Muhammad Sajjad (Gujar) (Kabaddi), Shahzaib Rind (Karate Combat), Tamgha-i-Imtiaz Muhammad Hamza Khan (Squash), Mohsin Nawaz (shooting) and Rashid Malik (Tennis).
In journalism, Hilal-i- Imtiaz was to Ihtasham ul Haq, Sirar-i-Imtiaz to Zia-ul-Sarhadi, Sarmad Ali, while Tamgha-i-Imtiaz went to Samar Abbass, Adil Abbassi, Kiran Naz, Binish Saleem, Kamran Hamid Raja, Mona Alam, Tariq Aziz, Arshad Ansari, Abdul Mohi Shah (Sports journalist, The News), and Shazia Sikandar.
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