ISLAMABAD: In recognition of outstanding services for the country several famous personalities were awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in their respective fields on the occasion of Pakistan Day.
As customary Pakistan Day tradition, President Dr Arif Alvi handed out the prestigious awards to its recipients on Tuesday. In recognition of his outstanding services as a religious scholar, Maulana Tariq Jameel was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence.
The other personalities who received the Nishan-i-Imtiaz were Sadeqain Naqvi (Art), Abida Parveen (Singing), Ahmad Faraz (Literature), Prof Shakir Ali (Art), Zahoorul Haq (Art), and Dr Jameel Jalibi (Literature).
The Sitara-i-Imtiaz was conferred on Prof Dr Farhan Saif (Education), Bushra Ansari (Arts), Muhammad Imran Qureshi (Arts), Sultana Siddiqui (Television Production), Syed Farooq Qaiser (Arts), Rana Irfan Shakeel Ramay, Col Farooq Shahbaz (Public Service), and Pir Syed Lakht-e-Hasnain (Philanthropy).
The President’s Award for Pride of Performance was received by Mohammed Ali Shehki (Singing), Resham (Acting), Humayun Saeed (Acting), Ali Zafar (Singing), Ruth Wenny Lekardal (Services), Prof Dr Khalid Masood Gondal (Education), Naimat Sarhadi (Film), Hina Nasrullah (Sufi singing), Sarmad Sehbai (Literature), Indu Mariam Mitha (Dancing), Farhan Mehboob (Sports: squash), Abdul Majeed Qureshi (Philanthropy) and Muhammad Faheem (Arts).
The Tamgha-i-Imtiaz was awarded to Muhammad Tahir Javed, Zeba Shehnaz (Acting), Hameedullah Shah Hashmi, Faisal Edhi (Public Service), Syed Aamir Mehmood, retired Capt Muhammad Ilyas, Farid Ahmed Khan and Omar Saeed.
President Dr. Arif Alvi conferring the Presidential Award for Pride of Performance upon Maulana Tariq Jameel. pic.twitter.com/uzif3SldpT
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) March 23, 2021
