President confers Pakistan's civil awards upon 69 recipients

• Civil awards conferred upon nationals, foreigners for services. 
• Personalities decorated with awards in ceremony held at Aiwan-i-Sadar. 
• Former PM Bhutto awarded for services to country, democracy, people.
  

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday conferred Pakistan’s civil awards upon 69 personalities including the Pakistani nationals and foreigners in recognition of their outstanding services in various fields.

The investiture ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in which different personalities were decorated with the civil awards in recognition of their services in health, education, literature, journalism, public, research, diplomatic matters and economy.

The ceremony was attended by the federal ministers, Senate chairman, parliamentarians, members of the civil society, diplomats, media and a large number of people.

Nishan-e-Pakistan (posthumous) was conferred upon Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former prime minister and founder of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in recognition of his outstanding services to the country, democracy and people. The award was received by Sanam Bhutto.

The other recipients who were conferred upon with awards in different categories included:

Air Marshal (retd) Raja Shahid Hamid (late) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (posthumous), Sultan Ali Akbar Allana Nishan-e-Khidmat, SP Muhammad Ejaz Khan Shaheed Hilal-e-Shujaat (posthumous), DSP Allama Iqbal Shaheed Hilal-e-Shujaat (posthumous), DSP Sardar Hussain Shaheed, constables Irshad Ali and Jahnzaib Hilal-i-Shujaat (posthumous), Additional SHO Adnan Afridi Shaheed Hilal-e-Shujaat (posthumous), SI Taimoor Shahzad Shaheed Hilal-e-Shujaat (posthumous), LHC Mohammad Farooq Shaheed Hilal-e-Shujaat (posthumous), Sepoy Muhammad Asif Shaheed Hilal-e-Shujaat (posthumous), Allah Rakhio (late) Hilal-e-Shujaat (posthumous), Dr Tauqir Hussain Shah Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Capt (retd) Khurram Agha Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Ali Haider Gilani Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Khawaja Anver Majidd Hilal-e-Imitiaz,Hussain Daud Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Professor Dr Shaheryar Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Dr Zaryab Setna Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Javed Jabbar Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Mohtarma Sadia Rashid Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Aamir Hafeez Ibrahim Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Jimmy Engineer Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Umar Farooq Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Dr Naveed Shirwani Hilal-e-Imitiaz, Captain (retd) Hamza Anjum Shaheed Sitara-e-Shujaat (posthumous), Malik Sabz Ali Shaheed Sitara-e-Shujaat (posthumous), Muhammad Samiur Rehman Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Ahmad Ishaq Jahangir Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Irfan Nawaz Mamon Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Sardar Muhammad Aftab Ahmed Khan Watoo Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Dr Hamid Ateeq Sarwar Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Ali Salman Habib (late) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (posthumous), Waqar ud din Syed Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Ayaz Khan Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Professor Dr Ziaul Haq Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Imtiaz Hussain Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Jameel Ahmad Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Syed Azhar Hasnain Abidi Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Zafar Waqar Taj Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Muhammad Hussain alias Murad Sadpara (Late) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (posthumous), Bahrose Hussain Baloch Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Sana Hashwani and Safinaz Muneer Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Naveed Ahmad Fareed Presidential Prize of Performance Award, Rashid Waheed Khawaja Presidential Prize of Performance Award, Mohtarma Aniqa Bano Presidential Prize of Performance Award, Barkat Shah Presidential Prize of Performance Award, Haydar Qurbonov Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam, Dr Christine Brunhilde Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Agostino Da Polenza Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Professor Valevia Piacentini Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Syed Shakeel Shah Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Ashhad Jawwad Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Amin Muhammad Lakhani Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Rehan Mahtab Chawla Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Syed Jawad Hussain Jafferi Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Professor Dr Usman Qamar Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Mohtarma Dr Sara Qureshi Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Dr Ikram Ullah Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Muhammad Yousaf Khan Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Sarwar Muneer Rao Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Hassan Ayub Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Dr Syed Abid Mehdi Kazmi Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Mir Nadir Khan Magsi Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Dr Xinmin Liu Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam.

Hilal-e-Imtiaz for Umar Farooq Zahoor for bringing foreign investment

President also conferred Hilal-e-Imtiaz – upon Dubai-based Pakistani-origin businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor in recognition of his services to the state of Pakistan, mainly for bringing foreign direct investment worth hundreds of millions of US Dollars.

Umar Farooq Zahoor was conferred the civil award Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the president of Pakistan to acknowledge his efforts and meritorious services in bringing hundreds of millions of dollars to the country as direct foreign investment from overseas.

The government sources said that Zahoor had brought over hundreds of millions in direct foreign investment to Pakistan in the last three years. This investment has been directed towards infrastructure, ports, and logistics and its understood that projects worth over $2 billion in various fields, including energy, distribution, agriculture, IT, logistics, and real estate are currently underway.

— With additional input from Murtaza Ali Shah