ISLAMABAD: Civil awards were conferred upon 44 individuals for their meritorious services in their respective fields to their nation.
President Dr Arif Alvi conferred the awards on them at an investiture ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad. The awards were supposed to be given on 23rd March but were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
These included one Hilal-e-Shujaat, three Hilal-e-Imtiaz, six Sitara-e-Shujaat, nine Sitara-e-Imtiaz, four Pride of Performance, eleven Tamgha-e-Shujaat and ten Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.
Among the prominent personalities who received the award were Chief Executive Officer of Peshawar Zalmi cricket franchise Javed Afridi, philanthropist and educationist Master Ayub and mountaineer Hassan Sadpara.
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Meanwhile, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail also conferred civil awards on nine distinguished personalities belonging to different walks of life in the province.
At the ceremony, Sitara-e-Imtiaz was conferred on noted Islamic scholar Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Ahmed Saffi and Syed Razi Jafri. Tamgha-e-Imtiaz was conferred on four individuals including Dr Shahnaz Parveen, Mirza Rizwan Baig, Faqeero and Sanam Marvi.
The President’s Award for Pride of Performance was received by Dr-Zulfiqar Qureshi and Khursheed Hussain.
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