14 foreigners among 130 to get civilian awards today

ISLAMABAD: President Musharraf will confer upon 116 Pakistanis and 14 foreigners the national civil awards for services rendered in different spheres of life, today.

Hilal-e-Pakistan will be awarded to Dr H C Wolfgang Bovilter, an American, for his worthy services in the field of Chemistry. Hilal-e-Imtiaz will be awarded to Lt Gen (Retd) Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai, former Peshawar corps commander, Lt Gen Ishfaq Pervez Kiyani, Rawalpindi corps commander, Israr Ghuman, Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal, Ahmed Faraz, a renowned poet, Ms Nadera Panjwani and the singer Farida Khanum.

The winners of the Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam are US senator John Warner, Professor John L Esposito, acclaimed author of several books on Islam, and Prof Dr Amel, the Romanian ambassador. Winners of Sitara Imtiaz include Abida Perveen, Munir Niazi, Moeen Akhtar, S H Hashmi, Dr Ishfaq Hassan Khan and Yousaf Farooqi.

Pride of performance will be given to filmstar Rangeela, TV actor Muhammad Ayub Khosa, folk singer Arif Lohar, female singer Tarunum Naz, famous journalist Salim Bukhari and hockey player Sohail Abbas.

President grants operational awards to military officers: President Pervez Musharraf has granted operational awards to the officers and personnel of the armed forces on the Pakistan day.

Tamgha-e-Jurat has been awarded to Lance naik Nazir Ahmed (Shaheed) Sindh, while Imtiazi Sanad has been awarded to nine army personals including two Lt Colonels and five majors.

Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) has been awarded to Maj Gen Mir Haider Ali Khan, Frontier Force, Maj Gen Sikander Afzal, AC, Maj Gen Ijaz Ahmad Bakhshi, Artillery, Maj Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne, Punjab, Maj Gen Muhammad Waheed Akhtar Malik Signals, Maj Gen Muhammad Ashraf Saleem, Air Defence Maj Gen Shahid Niaz, Engineers, Maj Gen Muhammad Yousaf, Artillery Maj Gen S Absar Hussain, Artillery Maj Gen Javed Zia, Punjab Maj Gen Muhammad Jawed, Artillery, Maj Gen Muhammad Amin Wiqar, Army Medical Corps (AMC) and Maj Gen Farrukh Seir, AMC.

Sitar-e-Imtiaz (Military) has been awarded to 50 Army personals including Brig Qamar Zaman, EME, Brig Zahoor Sultan, EME, Brig Suhail Nasir, EME, Brig Muhammad Javed Artillery, Brig Zafar Artillery, Brig Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Engineers, Brig Khalid Parvez Nadeem, AD Brig Muhammad Latif, Artillery, Brig Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, AD, Brig Moghis Ud Din, Brig Fiaz Ahmad Satti, Punjab, Brig Tariq Suhail, Frontier forceF, Brig Muhammad Zia, Arty, Brig Dawood Ahmad, Aviation, Brig Shoaib Hameed, CMI, Brig Sultan Mahmood Satti, Signals, .No Brig Khan Ahmad, Arty, Brig Khalid Parvez, CMI, Brig Parvez Sarwar Khan, Punjab, Brig Muhammad Arshad, Arty, Brig Shoaib Ahsan, AD, Brig Muhammad Sarwar Jamal, Engineers, Brig Ihsan ul Haq, Arty, Brig Shahid Saleem Lone, FF, Brig Syed Taqi Naseer Rizvi, Aviation, Brig Akhtar Hussain Shah, Signals, Brig Sukander Javaid, TI(M), FF, Brig Qamar Ul Hassan, Brig Naeem Ahmad Salik, PSC, (L)QSL, Artillery, JS HQ. PA-16316 Brig Liaqat Ali, PSC, AMIE (Pak), Engineers, Brig Arshad Mahmood, Brig Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Brig Sultan Khalid Mahmud, Brig Nizamud Din, AMC, CMH, Brig Muhammad Khalid, AMC, AFIC, Col Syed Manzar Ali, EME, HI, Col Nayyar Hassan, TE, Signals, PTA. Col Amir Faizullah, PSC, AMIE (Pak), Engineers, HQ Engineers NLC, Col Zaheer Ahmad, psc, ASC, PS Col Sohail Safdar, PSC, Engineers, Col Ahmad Raza Ghori, PSC, AMIE (Pak), Engineers, HQ CWO, Col Fazal -E- Maqbool Afridi, TI (M), PSC, FF, HQ NG 5 Corps, Col Zahid Hussain, GL, HQ 11 Corps, Col Sirfraz Ahmad, PSC, AMIE (Pak), Engineers, 495 Engineers, Col Muhammad Khalid Nawaz, PSC, Baloch, BRC, Col Shahid Nazir Butt, TBT, PSC, Engineers, 495 Engineers, Col Atiq Ahmed Malik, PSC, Aviation, HQ, Col Mumtaz Ali Shah, psc, Baloch, Log Dte, Col Tahir Ahmad Khan, Signals, Gen ISI, and Col (Mrs) Rahat Faiz Ahmad, TI(M), AFNS, CMH Quetta. Tamgha-e-Imtiaz military has been awarded to 56 Lt Cols, 24 majors, 4 Navy commanders, and 12 PAF Wing Commanders. Sitara-e-Basalat has been awarded to three army personals, and one Navy Lt Commander. Tamgha-e-Basalat to 16 army officers and a Navy petrol man, and an Air force Squadron leader. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class I JCO has been awarded to 124 army officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -II (JCOs) awarded to 198 army officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -III (NCOs) awarded to 109 army officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -III (OR) awarded to 523 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -I (JCOs) awarded to 2 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -II (JCOs) awarded to 4 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -III (NCOs) awarded to 8 army officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -III (OR) awarded to 26 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -I (JCOs) awarded to 3 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class -III (OR) awarded to 21 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-I awarded to 5 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-II awarded to 21 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-III awarded to 18 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-I awarded to 37 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-II awarded to 6 military officers. Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-I awarded to 5 Frontier Corps NWFP, 3 to Pakistan Rangers (Sindh). Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-II awarded to 8 Frontier Corps NWFP, 4 to Frontier Corps Balochistan, 2 to Pakistan (Rangers Punjab), 8 to Pakistan Rangers (Sindh). Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Military) Class-III awarded to 17 Frontier Corps NWFP, 3 to Frontier Corps Balochistan, 8 to Pakistan (Rangers Punjab), 10 to Pakistan Rangers (Sindh).

Promotion of Junior Commissioned officers to the honorary rank of lieutenants of on active list were 2, Promotion of Junior Commissioned officers to honorary rank of lieutenants of on active list were 3 while promotion to the honorary rank of lieutenants of on active list to the following CAF personnel was 2.

Awards to Pakistan Navy officers: President Musharraf has conferred the following awards on officers of the Pakistan Navy on the occasion of the Pakistan Day:

Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military): Rear Admiral Shahid Farooq and Rear Admiral Muhammad Mushtaq

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military): Commodore Tayyab Ali Dogar, Commodore Sajid Waseem Qureshi, Commodore Anjum Pervez, Commodore Waqar Siddiq, Commodore Mumtaz-ul-Haq, Commodore Tahir Wasim and Commodore Muhammad Bashir Ch.

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military): Commander Zahid Iqbal, Commander Adnan Khaliq, Commander Ilyas-ur-Rehman Bhatti and Commander Tariq Mahmood.

Sitara-e-Basalat: Lt Cdr Shahid Ahmed

Tamgha-e-Basalat: Zaheer Ahmed (Patrolman)

The Chief of the Naval Staff has also approved the letter of commendation to following officers: Commander Abdul Ghaffar, Lt Commander Farooq Khan, Lt Commander Muhammad Khalid Rahman, Lieutenant Atif Gul, Lieutenant Tariq Mairaj Rasool Khan and Lieutenant Jawad Riaz. Five awards of TK (M)-I, 21 awards of TK (M)-II and 18 awards of TK (M)-III have been conferred upon Master Chief Petty Officers, Chief Petty Officers, sailors and letter of commendation has also been awarded to 05 Sailors and 02 Civilians. agencies

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