Recognising excellence: Manto among 192 recipients of top civil awards
Fifty-seven years after his death, controversial writer Saadat Hassan Manto was recognised posthumously through the conferment of a top state honour.
He was one of the 192 recipients of top civilian awards, announced on Monday by the president.
Manto’s is one of the 11 awards conferred posthumously. The list of such recipients includes the name of Fauzia Wahab, former secretary information of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), who passed away earlier this year.
The awards will be distributed, as is custom, on March 23, 2013. Among those who are going to be presented with the accolades are eight foreigners from China, United Kingdom, France, Spain and Malaysia.
Abdul Sattar Edhi and Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan (governor of Sindh) have been awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz for Public service whereas Mehdi Hassan has been given the posthumous award in the field of Art (Music) and Literature.
Some well-known recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz include Ansar Burney for Social Service, Zia Mohyeddin for Art (Acting/Comparing), Abida Parveen (Singer), Anwar Maqsood (Literature), Fatima Suriya Bajia (Literature), Hafeez Kardar and Fazal Mehmood (posthumous) for Sports (Cricket) and Khalid Abbas Dar (Drama acting/comparing).
Maulana Muhammad Mirajuddin Shaheed from South Wazirstan Agency, a former member of parliament who played a key role as a negotiator when Baitullah Mehsud kidnapped a convoy of more than 100 troops travelling from Tank to South Waziristan in 2007, has been awarded with the Tamgha-I-Shuja’at.
Following is the complete list of the awards:
Nishan-i-Imtiaz
Abdul Sattar Edhi (Social Service); Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan (Public Service); Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, DG, Strategic Plans Division (Public Service); Mehdi Hassan (Posthumous) (Art, Music); Saadat Hasan Manto (Posthumous) (Literature); Muhammad Irfan Burney, Chairman, NESCOM (Nuclear Science & Engineering); Munir Ahmed Khan (Posthumous), Ex-Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (Science).
Hilal-i-Pakistan
Yang Jiechi (China) (Services to Pakistan).
Hilal-i-iimtiaz
Fauzia Wahab (Posthumous) (Public Service); Ansar Burney (Social Service); Zia Mohyeddin (Art: Acting / Comparing); Abida Parveen (Singer); Shabbir Hassan Khan Josh Malihabadi (Posthumous) (Poetry / Urdu Literature); Anwar Maqsood (Literature); Fatima Suriya Bajia (Literature); Major Gen Ausaf Ali (Public Service); Ansar Parvez, Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (Science); Hafeez Kardar (Posthumous), Former Captain Pakistan Cricket Team (Sports: Cricket); Fazal Mehmood (Posthumous), Former Captain Pakistan Cricket Team (Sports: Cricket); Masood Khan, Pakistan Ambassador in China (Services to Pakistan); Ahmed Chinoy (Public Service); Khalid Abbas Dar (Art: Drama Acting / Comparing); Azhar Abbas (Journalism); Hamid Mir (Journalism); Maj Gen (retd) Ahmed Bilal, chairman, Suparco (public service).
Sitara-i-Pakistan
Dr Rowan Douglas Williams Archbishop of Canterbury (British) (Services to Pakistan).
Sitara-i-Shuja’at
Maulana Muhammad Hassan Jan Shaheed (Gallantry); Shafique Ahmed Khan (gallantry); Raja Umer Khattab (gallantry).
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Yusuf H Shirazi (Public Service); Senator Haji Ghulam Ali, former president, FPCCI (Public Service) (Trade and Industry); Ramzan Chhipa, Social Worker/ Philanthropy (Public Service); Dr Attiya Inayatullah (Public Service) (Social Development & Human rights Women Development); Taj Haider (Public Service: Social Service / Politician); Dr Aamir Ali Syed (Health); Ghulam Ali (Arts: Singing); Jugnoo Mohsin (Journalism); Qazi Aslam (Journalism); Hashim Khan (Sports: Squash); Aleem Sarwar Dar (Sports: Cricket Umpire); Shaista Zaid (Arts: Newscaster); Air Cdre Muhammad Khalid Banuri (Policy Analysis); Lin Zouming (Services to Pakistan); Wang Guangya (Services to Pakistan); Mohsin Agha (Civil Engineering); Muhammad Jameel Rahi (Physics / Nuclear Engineering); Haris Ahmed Butt (Physics); Brig (retd) Sajjad Ali (Public Service); Shahzad Ali Malik (Public Service); Prof Dr Noshad A Shaikh (Public Service); Arshad Sami Khan (Posthumous), Former Ambassador of Pakistan (Public Service); Abdul Sami Khan (Public Service); Shujat Ali Baig (Public Service: Banking / Education and Promotion of sports); Saleem Ahmed Kharral (Public Service: Education); Syed Aqil Shah (Public Service: Promoting Sports); Dr Qamarul Haque (Science: Physics); Dr Muhammad Ashfaq (Science: Agriculture); Prof Dr Ihsan Ali (Archaeology); Prof Dr Khan Bahadar Marwat (Agriculture Weed Science); Dr Muhammad Aslam (Engineering: Nuclear); Dr Sarfraz Khan Niazi (Engineering Science); Dr Khalid Jamil Akhtar (Health: Rehabilitation for Disabled person); Dr Mohammad Ali Jawad (Medicine); Dr Muhammad Altamash (Health); Dr Wajid Ali Khan (Health); Dr Shaista Masood Khan (Health); Dr Nehal Masood, MD (Health); Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez (Health: Tib-e-Unani); Mohammad Haroon Rashid (Researcher); Aziz Latif Jamal (Research/ Education); Al-Haaj Siddiq Ismail (Arts: Na’at Khwan); Sohail Ahmad (Arts: Drama Acting/ Comparing); Syed Ghulam Mohiyuddin Noor (Syed Noor) (Arts: Film Producer); Dr Gopi Chand Narang (Literature).
Published in The Express Tribune, August 14th, 2012.
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Assalamualaikum I m v much delighted to read the name of Al Haaj Siddiq Ismail for the award of Sitara e Imtiaz , he truely deserves Nishan e Imtiaz , I remember he donated his previous award pride of performance for the victims of Sawat & Malakand amonunt received in auction was 76 lac these persons are real icons n legends , I m also pleased for Mr Ansar Burney & offcourse Edhi sb
no award for hussain haqqani, faisal raza abdi and Zulfiqar mirza ??? President sahb:P
Who do you have to screw to get an award?
@Ammaar: O Bhai Dr. Abdus Salam was awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 1979 by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq and Sitara-e-Pakistan in 1959! Do some research before you make a comment!
Why Hafiz Syed is not in the list???
How abt HAfeez Saeed? He is Pakistan's best "Non state actor".
Salute to All Heroes of Pakistan Happy Birthday Pakistan!
Dr. Abdus Salam..?
Well done Mr President,however there are some black spots in the award list.Giving an award to the Vice Chancellor of KP Agriculture university is a great injustice to the other deserving people.The said V.C. brought the university to the brink of default and is unable to pay the salaries of the employees.He has employed hundreds of his relatives and the university is busy in contesting legal cases of the professors.The academic atmosphere of the university which was established with massive financial assistance (55 million dollars) of the U.S.govt under TIPAN has been mercilessly destroyed.Awarding such people,we are giving a very wrong message to the future donors in education sector.Ironically the V.C. was called several times by the Assembly finance committee to explain his misdeeds.It would be appropriate to mention that the Finance Director of the university considered it appropriate to move to some other university because he could not cope with his corruption(He went on deputation to Hazara University)
Why the name of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is not included in the Pride of Performance Awards?
He was the one who should have been given the award after Pakistan broke into two parts in 1971.
Not a single word of his prediction which he made before the creation of Pakistan has gone wrong.
I would request the government of Pakistan to include the name of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad for Nishan-i-Imtiaz posthumous award which should be handover on March 23, 2013 after finding one his legal heirs wherever he or she is living in the world.
The picture shown in this article is an awesome one...
Independence day wishes to Pakistanis...
Strange to see that Imran Khan's name is not included in this list. Perhaps his job is still unfinished. He will top will the list next year when PPP government announces first list of its second term.
what about water car guy?
Great job Mr. president. All names with the exception of Hamid Mir deserve these awards.
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There are lot of great names from most senior Manto, Mehdi Hassan, Edhi to F. Wahab who passed away recently. Most of them deserve all the praise and recognition that we can offer for their long services and work. Kudos to these national heroes and it is only fair that they should be recognized even some are awarded very late. Better late than never! Let us see how some find faults with this decision by the govt.
Finally Manto is recognized in Pakistan.
Ishrat Ul Ebad well done. You deserve this for your excellent efforts to get hostages of Mv sue and Mv albedo released. This has come through the prayers of the young girls who cried for their fathers. Congratulations to all others and the rest who got nishane imtiaz. What a panel - governor ishrat Ul Ebad, Mr. Edhi...
Former prime minster Yousaf Raza Gillani should be awarded highest civil award for upholding constitution of Pakistan, shown great courage to face the biased judiciary with respect and dignity and even sacrifice the highest executive postion in the country, first time in Pakistan history.
About time we should also confer Nishan e Pakistan on the Quaid, Liaquat Ali Khan, ZAB and BB. It is long over due.
This is the best collection of people to have been recognised in decades!
Good job Mr President!