Artists prominent among civil awards recipients

* Ahmad Faraz, Fareeda Khan receive awards

ISLAMABAD: Renowned poets, writers and singers were among the 116 Pakistanis who received different civil awards, conferred by the president on independence day on Saturday. Poet Ahmad Faraz and singer Fareeda Khanum were both awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz, while late movie star Rangeela (Muhammad Seed) and late journalist Imtiaz Sipra were given Sitara-i-Imtiaz.

As many as 14 foreign nationals were also acknowledged for their services in various fields. The following awards will be given away at a ceremony on the next Pakistan Day, March 23, 2005.

Hilal-i-Pakistan: Prof Dr H C Wolfgang Voelter.

Hilal-i-Imtiaz: Lt Gen (r) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai, Lt Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Maj Gen Israr Ahmad Ghuman, Mr Justice (r) Javaid Iqbal, poet Ahmad Faraz, Nadira Panjwani and singer Fareeda Khanum.

Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Prof John L Esposito, US Senator John Warner and Romanian Ambassador Prof Emil Ghitulescu.

Sitara-i-Shujaat: Brig (R) Akhtar Zamin, late Mr Muhammad, Capt Munawar Javaid, First Officer Khurram Naseer Butt, Flight Engineer Zaheer Subhani, late Raja Muhammad Saqlain and late Tayyub Saeed.

Sitara-i-Imtiaz: Muhammad Ramzan Bhatti, M A Samad Baig, Manzoor Ahmad Balochistan, Abdul Ahad Khan, Dr Ikram-ul-Haq, Prof Dr Bina S Sidiqui, Prof Dr Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Prof Dr Manzoor Hussain Khan, Dr M Zafar Iqbal, Prof Dr Tahir Shafi, Prof Muhammad Sultan Farooqui, Dr Rabia Hussain, Dr Syed Muhammad Awais, Prof Dr Mira Phailbus, Mr Shamim Saifullah Khan, Folk Singer Abida Parveen, Munir Niazi, Moin Akhtar, late Lt Col (r) Muhammad Afzal Khan, SH Hashmi, Prof Dr Kazi Abdul Shakoor, Dr Asim Hussain, Dr Ashfaq Hassan Khan, Lt Col Muhammad Ilyas, Ghouse Akbar, Abdul Razzak Taba, Dewan M Yousaf Farooqui,, Brig Javed Sultan, Col Jahangir Akhtar, Lt Col Shahzad Rafique Malik, Lt Col Sahibzada Sajjad Ahmad, Zoe Hersov, Prof Christopher Shackle, Prof Yamane, Lino Lacedelli, Tariq Pervez, Maj (r) Khawaja Najam Javed, Dr Zafar-uz-Zaman, Dr Rizwan Hussain, Dr M Salahuddin, Sq Ldr Khawaja Moiz ud Din, Pervez Ahmed, Brig Rehan Bashir, Brig Tariq Jawaid, Salim ud din Zahir, Prof Dr (r) Nasir-ud-Din Azam Khan, Prof Dure-Samin Akram, Prof M. Siddiq Kalim, Muhammad Seed (Rangeela), Muhammad Ayub Khoso, Arif Lohar, Tarannum Naz, Muhammad Faqir Mohano, Khawaja Najam ul Hassan, Abdul Rauf Roofi, Qari Hamid Mehmood Qadri, Akram Dost, Mazahar-ul-Islam, Muhammad Mansha Yad, Shabnam Shakil, Prof Alamgir Hashmi, Dr Tariq Rahman, Dr Fahmida Hussain, Salim Bokhari, Pir Sufaid Shah, Baidar Bukhat, Sohail Abbas, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and late journalist Imtiaz Ahmad Sipra.

Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Prof Peter Meadows and Prof Dr Mim Kemal Oke.

Sitara-i-Khidmat: Khalid Salimi.

Tamgha-i-Shujaat: late Altaf Hussain, late Muhammad Panah Shaheed, Muhammad Maqsood Lodhi, Umair Ahmed, late Zafar Iqbal, late Babu Ali, late Mir Ahmed, Matiullah Khan Burki, late Amir Nawaz Marwat, Abdul Jabbar Gallantry, Nusrat Bibi, Dr Shujaat Ahmad, Dr Hamid Saleem, Muhammad Saraf, Iftikhar Ahmed Bajwa, Dr Alam Khan, Dr Khalid Mohammad Khan, Dr Zahid Hafeez Shaikh, Dr Yunis Soomro, Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, Dr Zahoor Ahmed Awan, Lt Col Hameed Ullah Saleem, Lt Col Muhammad Azam Saleem, Maj Qambar Abbas, Maj Khalid Mahmood Khan, Maj Ali Akbar, Maj Syed Musa Raza, Maj Ali Raza Mudassar, Abrar Ul Haq, Farzana Javed, Georgina Tabassum, Shehazd Roy, Ch Nawaz Dhillon, Syed Maewat Ali Shah, Capt (r) Akbar Hussan Durrani, Komail Ali and Malik Gulab Khan.

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