Ali Baba founder Jack Ma among four Chinese to be conferred Pakistan’s civil awards

Pakistan will confer civil awards on four Chinese nationals including philanthropist and founder of e-commerce giant Ali Baba, Jack Ma, for their services towards the country.

The cabinet secretariat on Friday released the names of 184 Pakistani and foreign nationals who will be conferred civil awards for showing excellence and courage in their respective fields, which included the Chinese billionaire.

Jack Ma had donated face masks, test kits, protective gear and forehead thermometers to Pakistan earlier this year to support the country’s fight against the coronavirus.

According to a handout, the president granted Nishan-i-Imtiaz to seven persons; Hilal-i-Imtiaz to two persons; Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to four; Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to one; Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam to six; Sitara-i-Pakistan to two; Sitara-i-Shuja’at to 24; Sitara-i-Imtiaz to 27; President’s Award For Pride Of Performance to 44; Sitara-i-Khidmat to one; Tamgha-i-Pakistan to one; Tamgha-i-Shuja’at to 23; Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to 46 and Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam to one person.

Noted artist Saqiquen Naqvi, Ahmed Faraz, Zahoor ul Haq, Muhammad Jameel Khan, Dr Jameel Jalbi, folk singer Abida Parveen and Zahoor ul Haq will be awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz.

Religious scholar and preacher Maulana Tariq Jameel will be awarded President’s Award of Price of Performance.

Actress Bushra Ansari, Talat Hussain, Farooq Qaiser, Naeem Bukhari and cricketer Abdul Qadir (late) will be conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz.

Sakeena Samon, Naimat Sarhadi, Humayun Saeed, Ali Zafar and Pashto singer Mahjabin Qazalbash are among those selected for President’s Award of Price of Performance.

The investitures ceremony for the said awards would be held on March 23, 2021.

Following is the list of the awards and the would-be recipients along with the fields they served in.

Nishan-i-Imtiaz

1. Sadeqain Naqvi Arts (Painting/Sculpture)
2. Prof. Shakir Ali Arts (Painting)
3. Zahoor ul Haq (Late) Arts (Painting/ Sculpture)
4. Ms. Abida Parveen Arts (Singing)
5. Dr. Jameel Jalibi
6. Muhammad Jameel Khan (Late) (Sindh) Literature (Critic/Historian)
7. Ahmad Faraz (Late) (KP) Literature (Poetry)

Hilal-i-Imtiaz

1. Prof. Dr. Anwar ul Hassan Gillani (Sindh) Science (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
2. Dr Asif Mahmood Jah (Punjab) Public Service

Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam

1. Jack Ma (China) Services to Pakistan

Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam

1. Ying Yong (China) Services to Pakistan
2. Li Fangron (China) Services to Pakistan
3. Lei Mingshan (China) Services to Pakistan
4. Prof. Dr. Celal Soydan (Turkey) Services to Pakistan
5. Tariq Shafi (Late) (UK) Services to Pakistan
6. Mian Faisal Rashid (UK) Services to Pakistan

Sitara-i-Pakistan

1. Kyu Jeong Lee (Korea) Services to Pakistan
2. Salma Ataullahjan (Canada) Services to Pakistan

Sitara-i-Shuja’at

1. Jawwad Qamar (Punjab) Gallantry
2. Safia (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
3. Hayatullah (KP) Gallantry
4. Malik Sardar Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
5. Mumtaz Khan Dawar (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
6. Hayat Ullah Khan Dawar Hurmaz (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
7. Malik Muhammad Niaz Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
8. Sepoy Akhtar Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
9. Muhammad Naveed Sadiq (Punjab) Gallantry
10. Mahar Muhammad Yasir Manzoor (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
11. Shafqat Ullah Malik (KP) Gallantry
12. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kamal Pasha (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
13. Prof. Hafiz Maqsood Ahmad (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
14. Dr. Bashir Ahmad (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
15. Dr. Khalid Masood Qaisrani (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
16. Dr. Muhammad Asif (Shaheed) (Punjab) Gallantry
17. Dr. Shafqatullah (Shaheed) (Sindh) Gallantry
18. Dr. Younas Channa (Shaheed) (Sindh) Gallantry
19. Dr. Wilayat Ali Gopang (Shaheed) (Sindh) Gallantry
20. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Javed (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
21. Dr. Munir Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
22. Dr. Usama Riaz (Shaheed) (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gallantry
23. Malik Ashder (Shaheed) (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gallantry
24. Dr. Muhammad Ikhlaq (Shaheed) (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Gallantry

Sitara-i-Imtiaz

1. Abdul Hamid (Punjab) Science (Physics)
2. Raja Shahid Nazir (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)
3. Abdul Majeed Tilokar (Punjab) Engineering (Metallurgy)
4. Dr Sajid Baloch (Punjab) Engineering (Electronics)
5. Naeem Ullah Dar (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)
6. Haider Ali Bhatty (Punjab) Engineering (Aerospace)
7. Muhammad Saleem (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)
8. Amin Bahadur (KP) Engineering (Mechanical)
9. Faizan Mansoor (Islamabad) Engineering (Nuclear Safety Regulation)
10. Muhammad Aniq (Sindh) Engineering (Civil)
11. Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui (Late) (Sindh) Education
12. Prof. Dr. Farhan Saif (Punjab) Education
13. Bushra Ansari (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
14. Talat Hussain (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
15. Muhammad Imran Qureshi (Punjab) Arts (Miniature/ Painting)
16. Sultana Siddiqui (Sindh) Arts (Drama Writer/Director/Producer)
17. Syed Farooq Qaiser (Punjab) Arts (Puppeteer/Writer)
18. Naeem Altaf Bukhari (Punjab) Arts (Anchorperson)
19. Abdul Qadir (Late) Sports (Cricket)
20. Sr. Ruth Lewis (Late) Public Service
21. Brig. Rana Arfan Shakeel Ramay (Punjab) Public Service
22. Lt. Col. Farooq Shahbaz (Punjab) Public Service
23. Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood (Sindh) Public Service
24. Sabina Khatri Public Service
25. Ahmed Irfan Aslam Public Service
26. Adnan Asdar Ali (Sindh) Philanthropy
27. Pir Syed Lakht e Hassanain (Punjab) Philanthropy

President’s Award For Pride Of Performance

1. Ruth Wenny Lekardal (Sweden) Services to Pakistan
2. Liaqat Ali (Punjab) Science (Laser & Optics)
3. Dr Muhammad Fuzail (KP) Science (Chemistry)
4. Dr Kiran Iqbal (Sindh) Science (Chemistry)
5. Dr Qurrat-ul-Ain (KP) Science (Plasma Physics)
6. Inam Ur Rehman (Punjab) Engineering (Nuclear)
7. Munir Ahmed (Punjab) Engineering (Process Control & Aging Management)
8. Dr Shakeel Abbas Rofi (Sindh) Engineering (Nuclear)
9. Umar Asghar (Punjab) Engineering (Electrical)
10. Dr Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)
11. Dr Amir Shahzad (Punjab) Engineering
12. Zahid Noor Peracha (Sindh) Engineering (Electronics)
13. Saleem Akhtar (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical)
14. Prof Dr Khalid Masud Gondal (Punjab) Education
15. Prof Dr Raisa Begum Gul (KP) Education (Nursing)
16. Naimatullah alias Naimat Sarhadi (KP) Arts (Film Acting)
17. Saima Shah alias Resham (Punjab) Arts (Film Acting)
18. Humayun Saeed (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
19. Sakina Samo (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
20. Muhammad Ali Shyhaki (Sindh) Arts (Singing)
21. Soraiya Khan (Mahjabeen Qazalbash) (KP) Arts (Singing)
22. Krishan Gee (Late) (Punjab) Arts (Singing)
23. Ali Zafar (Punjab) Arts (Singing)
24. Hina Nasrullah (Punjab) Arts (Sufi Singer/ Naat Khuwan)
25. Daryan Khan (Balochistan) Arts (Musical Instruments Maker)
26. Zulfiqar Ali Lund (Sindh) Arts (Instrumentalist)
27. Abdul Qudoos Arif (Dr. A.Q. Arif) (Sindh) Arts (Painting)
28. Muhammad Baqir (Punjab) Arts (Fresco Painting)
29. Shafique Farooqi (Punjab) Arts (Painting/Calligraphy)
30. Muhammad Faheem (KP) Arts (Wood Lacque)
31. Sarmad Sehbai (Islamabad) Arts (Play Writer/ Director/Poet)
32. Asif Ali Khan (Santoo) (Punjab) Arts (Qawwali)
33. Indu Mariam Mitha (Punjab) Arts (Choreography)
34. Muhammad Yousuf (Yousuf Gichki) (Balochistan) Literature (Writer)
35. Mahtab Mahboob (Sindh) Literature (Writer)
36. Mirza Athar Baig (Punjab) Literature (Writer)
37. Abaseen Yousufzai (KP) Literature (Writer)
38. Taj Muhammad Joyo (Taj Joyo) (Sindh) Literature (Poetry/Writer)
39. Dr Muhammad Aslam Ansari (Punjab) Literature (Poetry/Writer)
40. Farhan Mehboob (KP) Sports (Squash)
41. Muhammad Irfan (Punjab) Sports (Kabaddi)
42. Haider Ali (Punjab) Sports (Paralympic Athlete)
43. Maulana Tariq Jamil (Punjab) Religious Scholar
44. Abdul Majid Qureshi (KP) Social Work

Sitara-i-Khidmat

1. Richard Geary Horwitz (USA) Services to Pakistan

Tamgha-i-Pakistan

1. Jane Teller (Denmark) Services to Pakistan

Tamgha-i-Shuja’at

1. Muhammad Rafiq (Pakistan) Gallantry
2. Fida Hussain (Gilgit-Baltistan) Gallantry
3. Ali Aftab Tarar (Punjab) Gallantry
4. Syed Shahzad Hassan (Punjab) Gallantry
5. Haroon Rashid Khan (KP) Gallantry
6. Fakhr u Din (Punjab) Gallantry
7. Mian Khan (Punjab) Gallantry
8. Muhammad Faheem Raza Khan(Sindh) Gallantry
9. Malik Wasid Khan (KP) Gallantry
10. Molvi Gul Dad Khan (KP) Gallantry
11. Malik Aslam Noor Khan (KP) Gallantry
12. Muhammad Rafi (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
13. Daud Khan (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
14. Alam Zeb (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
15. Allah Rakha (Late) (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Gallantry
16. Shakeela Naz (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
17. Guncha Sartaj (Shaheed) (KP) Gallantry
18. Atezaz Ahmed Goraya (Balochistan) Gallantry
19. Sajid Khan Mahmond (KP) Gallantry
20. SIP. Shahid Ali (Shaheed) Gallantry
21. Muhammad Iftikhar (Shaheed) Gallantry
22. Khuda Yar (Shaheed) Gallantry
23. Hassan Ali (Shaheed) Gallantry

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

1. Muhammad Suleman Mahsud (Pakistani) Services to Pakistan
2. Muhammad Junaid (Pakistani) Services to Pakistan
3. Muhammad Tahir Javed (USA) Services to Pakistan
4. Dr Navida Nasir (Punjab) Science (Chemistry)
5. Zafar Iqbal Baig (Punjab) Science (Chemistry)
6. Dr Manzoor Hussain (Punjab) Agriculture Science
7. Prof Dr Asif Ali (Punjab) Agriculture/Plant Breeding & Genetics
8. Dr Faisal Shahzad (Punjab) Material Sciences
9. Dr Syed Shabbar Abbas Rizvi (Islamabad) Engineering (Material Sciences)
10. Muhammad Iqbal Qureshi (Punjab) Engineering (Mining)
11. Muhammad Rizwan Ul Haq (Punjab) Engineering (Chemical)
12. Muhammad Ajmal (Punjab) Engineering (Electronics)
13. Dr Ali Kamran (KP) Engineering (Aerospace)
14. Dr Nasir Majid Mirza (Punjab) Education
15. Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi (Punjab) Education
16. Prof Dr Nouman Ahmed (Sindh) Education
17. Prof Dr Muhammad Saeed Quraishy (Sindh) Education & Health Sciences
18. Dr Yasar Mehmood Yousafzai (KP) Medicine
19. Zeba Shahnaz (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
20. Abdul Majid Jahangir (Sindh) Arts (Acting)
21. Javed Mansoor Babar (KP) Arts (Drama Acting)
22. Habib-ur-Rehman Panezai (Balochistan) Arts (Drama Acting)
23. Fayaz Khan Khweshgi (KP) Arts (Singing)
24. Prof Dr Muhammad Ashraf Khan (KP) Arts (Archeology)
25. Hameed Ullah Shah Hashmi (Punjab) Literature (Writer)
26. Dr Yar Mohammad Maghmoom Khattak (KP) Literature (Writer)
27. Shah Mirza (Gilgit-Baltistan) Literature (Translation of Holy Qur’an in Shina Language)
28. Prof. Rehmatullah Dard (Late) (KP) Literature (Poetry)
29. Dr Syed Faisal Mahmood (Sindh) Public Service
30. Muhammad Ilyas Ayub (AJ&K) Public Service
31. Syed Aamir Mahmood (Punjab) Public Service
32. Zubair Ali (KP) Public Service
33. Dr Shahzad Akbar (KP) Public Service
34. Dr Muhammad Farooq Uyghur (Balochistan) Public Service
35. Manzoor Ahmad (Gilgit-Baltistan) Public Service
36. Dr Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Public Service
37. Faisal Edhi (Sindh) Social Welfare
38. Prof Dr Shereen Khan (Balochistan) Social Welfare
39. Ms Ghazala Juma Khan (Balochistan) Social Welfare
40. Suleman Khan Mehtarzai (Balochistan) Social Work/ Philanthropy
41. Capt (R) Muhammad Ilyas (Islamabad) Gallantry
42. Javaid Iqbal (Punjab) Gallantry
43. Zahid Latif Malik (Punjab) Gallantry
44. Farid Ahmed Khan (Punjab) Gallantry
45. Omar Saeed (Islamabad) Gallantry
46. Muhammad Aslam (Sindh) Gallantry

Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam

1. Anumat Amat (Thailand) Services to Pakistan