Awards conferred on 40 recipients
Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman conferred civil awards on 40 recipients for outstanding performance in various walks of life including sports, art, literature, culture, medicine, business and religion during a solemn ceremony held at the Governor’s House on Thursday.
The 40 civil awards include four posthumous awards as the Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Akhter Zaman read the citations of the nominees.
Sitara-i-Imtiaz was bestowed upon Dr Muhammad Ali, Tauqir Ahmad Nasir (actor), Muhammad Shafi known as Shakir Shujaabadi, Chaudhry Shafy Hussain, Muhammad Babar Azam, Attaur Rehman (late), Allama Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai, Abdul Rauf Rufi, Dr Muhammad Aqeel Babri, Dr Muhammad Arif Hasan Khan, Dr Muhammad Ashraf Tahir and the posthumous recipient Riaz Shahid whose award was received by his son actor Shan Shahid.
Presidential Award for Pride of Performance was awarded to Parveen Rizvi known as Sangeeta, Muhammad Hafeez Tahir, Ghulam Qadir known as Qadir Ali Shagan (Late), Altaf Hussain known as Tafu. Khan, Nargis Shaheen, Syed Afzal Ahmad (late), Sher Dad Khan alias Sher Miandad Khan, Muhammad Javed, Muhammad Qamar Sultan, Farhat Abbas Shah, Rana Fazal Hasan, Arshad Nadeem, Ahsan Ramzan and Muhammad Noah Dastgir Butt.
Among the recipients of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz were Muhammad Salim Ahmad, Muhammad Ashraf Chaddar, Dr Muhammad Younis, Dr Salman Ayaz, Dr Nusratullah Chaudhry, Jameel Ahmed Pal, Dr Waheed Ahmed, Neelam Ahmed Bashir, Muhammad Iqbal, Shafiq Ahmed Chishti, Ziaur Rehman Farooqi (late), Hasan Javed and Shahzad Asghar Ali.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 24th, 2023.