Punjab Governor confers Civil Awards on 46 Personalities
Pakistan Times National News Desk

LAHORE: Governor Punjab, Lt. Gen (Rtd) Khalid Maqbool conferred civil awards on 46 distinguished personalities from Punjab province on behalf of President of Paksitan at an investiture ceremony held at Governor’s House here Friday afternoon.

The ceremony was attended among others by the members of the Punjab cabinet and senior officials.

Punjab Chief Secretary, Salman Siddique read the citations of the recepients of the awards including Sitara-i-Imtiaz, President’s Pride of Performance and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.

The recepients of the awards are-Sitara-e-Imtiaz:

1) Prof Dr. Muhammad Ashraf (Science, Biology)
2) Abdul Razzaq Kemal (Economics)
3) Late Prof Dr. Iftikhar Ali Raja (Medicine)
4) Uxi Mufti (Art/ Folklorist)
5) Intizar Hussain (Literature/Critic)
6) Mrs.Bushra Rehman (Literature)
7) Zia Shahid ( Literature/Journalism/Mass Communication)
8) Late Dr. Shahid Khurshid Hak ( Public Service)
9) Khalid Abbas Dar (Art/Dramma Artist)
10) Brig (rtd) Hafeez Ahmad (Public Service)
11) Tariq Ikram, (Public Service)
12) Brig (rtd) Muhammad Sarfraz (Public Service)
13) Shaukat Tareen (Public Service/Banking)
14) Mrs. Souriya Anwar (Public Service)

President’s Award for Pride of Performance

1) Dr. Shaheen N. Khan ( Molecular Biology/Genetic Diseases)
2) Dr. Saima Riazuddin (Science/Molecular Genetics)
3) Prof. Dr. Mohammad Khalid Mahmood (Fine Arts/Painting)
4) Abdul Sattar Tari Khan (Tabla Player)
5) Raees Ahmad ( Violin Player)
6) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (Art/Singing)
7) Mohammad Shaan Shahid (Art/Acting)
8) Muhammad Akhlaq alias Bundu Khan (Art/Harmonium maker)
9) Zia-ud-Din (Art/ Sitar making)
10) Mrs. Naheed Akhtar (Art/Singing)
11) Mohammad Shafi Shakir Shujaabadi (Seraiki Poetry)
12)Dr. Rasheed Amjad (Critic/Research Scholar)
13) Munir Ahmad Qureshi, Munnooo Bhai (Poetry/ Journalism)
14) Mrs. Nisab Akhtar (Nursing)
15) Riaz Mahmood (Art/Broadcasting)●