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ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Saturday issued the list of 127 persons, including 18 foreigners, who will be conferred civil awards by President Dr Arif Alvi for excellence in various fields of activities at an investiture ceremony to be held on the Pakistan Day on March 23.

The list, which is usually issued on the country’s Independence Day on August 14 every year, has been issued by the cabinet secretariat just two weeks before the Pakistan Day celebrations, as there was no government in the office on the country’s last Independence Day.

Prominent among those who will be conferred the civil awards are former Pakistan cricket team captain Wasim Akram, former fast bowler Waqar Younis, cricketer Yasir Shah, singers Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi and Sajjad Ali, film actors Babra Sharif, Reema Khan, Mehwish Hayat, Shabbir Jan and Iftikhar Thakur, newscaster Ishrat Fatima, TV anchor Arshad Sharif and businessman Aqeel Karim Dhedhi.

Following is the complete list of the recipients of the Civil Awards:

Nishan-i-Imtiaz: Shoaib Sultan Khan (public service).

Hilal-i-Pakistan: Seishiro Eto (Japan); Xu Shaoshi (China) and Ismail Kahraman (Turkey).

Hilal-i-Imtiaz: Zaheer Ayub Baig (Punjab); Ghulam Asghar (Islamabad); Prof Dr Tasawar Hayat (Punjab); Wasim Akram (Punjab); Waqar Younis (Punjab); Prof Dr Recep Akdag (Turkey); Dr Michael Jansen (Germany) and Prof Abdul Bari Khan (Sindh).

Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Kong Xuanyou (China); Wang Xiaotao (China) and Hu Xiaolian (China).

Sitara-i-Pakistan: Wajiha Haris (Romania); Mohammad Ilyas Khan (AJK); Long Yuxiang (China) and Lin Yi (China).

Sitara-i-Shujaat: Mohammad Idrees Shaheed; Shaheed Nawabzada Mir Siraj Raisani (Balochistan); Asad Ali (Sindh); Mairaj Ahmed Umrani Shaheed (Balochistan).

Sitara-i-Imtiaz: Mohammad Arshad (Punjab); Dr Imtiaz Ahmed (Sindh); Dr Syed Mohammad Kamran Majeed; Dr Mohammad Zafar-uz-Zaman (Punjab); Lt-Col (retd) Manzoor Ahmad (Punjab); Prof Dr Shahid A. Sami; Dr Pervaiz A. Chaudhary; Dr Prof (retd) M. Lateef Chaudhry; Dr Inayatullah Padhiar; Kaleemullah Lashari (Sindh); Mohammad Ahmed Shah (Sindh); Sajjad Ali (Sindh); Munir Hussain (late) (Punjab); Babra Sharif (Punjab); Kamil Khan Mumtaz (Punjab); Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi; Prof Sahibzada Hameedullah; Yasir Shah (KP); Shamim Ahmed Sheikh (Canada); Dr Asif M. Rehman (US); Dr Ziaul Hasan; Steven J. Burian (US); Dr James A. Tebbe (US); Lou Ronghuai (China); Khawaja Masood Akhtar; Syed Abu Ahmad Akif (Sindh); Pir Mohammad Diwan (Sindh); Mohammad Bashir Farooqui (Sindh); Samar Ali Khan (Sindh); Iqbal Ali Lakhani; Aqeel Karim Dhedhi (Sindh); Younus Tabba; Saima Shahbaz Malik and Nilofer Saeed (Sindh).

Pride of Performance: Hamid Mahmood (Punjab); Mohammad Saeedur Rehman (Punjab); Mohammad Shahid Saleem (Punjab); Arshad Ali (Punjab); Dr Salma Khanam (Punjab); Vaqar Akhtar (KP); Raza Ellahi (KP); Waqaruz Zaman (KP); Mohammad Hasan (Sindh); Engr Dr Nasir Mahmood Khan (Punjab); Prof Dr Sarosh Hashmat Lodhi (Sindh); Prof Dr Umbreen Javaid (Punjab); Mohammad Shabbir Jan (Sindh); Iftikhar Ahmad Thakar (Punjab); Ishrat Fatima (Islamabad); Siyani Khatoon (Sindh); Bashir Ahmad (Punjab); Reema Khan (Punjab); Nasir Adeeb; Taj Baloch (Sindh); Sofia Yazdani; Mohammad Arshad Sharif (Punjab); Mohammad Inam Butt (Punjab); Luqman Ali Afzal; Sanaullah Ghuman; Mohammad Ashraf Ali (late) (Gilgit-Baltistan); Rasheed Masood Khan (Balochistan) and Mohammad Aman Ullah Khan (Punjab).

Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Naveed Ahmed Sherwani (US).

Tamgha-i-Pakistan: Li Xuedong (China).

Tamgha-i-Shujaat: Mohammad Hanif Bashir (Punjab); Imran Aqiq (Punjab); Qamar Zaman (KP); Mohammad Fayyaz Tipu (KP); Syed Naymatullah (Balochistan); Syed Ghaib Ali Shah (Gilgit-Baltistan); Haji Zahid Khan (KP); Khushhal Khan (KP); Brig Rizwan Afzal (KP); Mohammad Younis (Sindh); Sajid Hussain (Balochistan); Umer Sajid Shaheed (Punjab); Dr Khalid Khan (KP); Mohammad Nouman Zafar (Punjab); Wajahatullah Afridi (KP); Syed Mohammad Omer Mobeen Jillani Shaheed (Punjab); Subaider Major (retd) Allah Ditta Shaheed (Punjab); Muhammad Iqbal (Punjab); Syed Fawad Ali (late) (KP); Muhib Khan (late) (KP); Syed Shahrukh Haider Zaidi (Islamabad); Saim Shafait (late) (AJK) and Akram Khan Shaheed (Punjab).

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz: Mohammad Yousaf Gondal (Punjab); Rana Mohammad Zaeem (Punjab); Dr Mazhar Iqbal (Punjab); Dr Shahzad Alam (Punjab); Dr Uzma Saleem (Gilgit-Baltistan); Dr Ikram Ali Malik (Islamabad); Dr Iftikhar Ahmad (KP); Prof Dr Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi (Sindh); Syed Sabihuddin Rehmani (Sindh); Syed Ali Abbas (Sindh); Mohammad Rafique Shad (Balochistan); Khawaja Safar Ali (KP); Mehwish Hayat (Sindh); Sardar Ali Takkar (KP); Akhtar Gul (KP);Flt-Lt (retd) Mohammad Siddique Sheikh (Punjab); and Malik Amin Aslam Khan (KP).

https://www.dawn.com/news/1468700
 
Hmmm, Yasir shah. I know his got over 200 test wickets but maybe a bit too early to give this honour. Mehwish hayat also, maybe mahira khan was more deserving since she has done well internationally.
 
Yasir Shah?

Ugh.

Now this is surely odd as he's not at that stage, neither a world class bowler or rated close to best in spin bowling.

A harmless 4th innings UAE bowler.
 
Hawkeye said:
Yasir Shah?

Ugh.

Now this is surely odd as he's not at that stage, neither a world class bowler or rated close to best in spin bowling.

A harmless 4th innings UAE bowler.
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Agreed, cricketing greatness is defined by longevity , unfortunately for Yasir Shah (and Pakistan as a result), he has been well below par in the last couple of years (if not more) and does not deserve this at this point in time.
 
Yasir Shah lmao. What has that guy achieved to be honoured like that?
 
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Must be a huge honour to Yasir to be included with Wasim and waqar.. one can argue whether he deserved it above others but great achievement nonetheless.
 
S_haq said:
Agreed, cricketing greatness is defined by longevity , unfortunately for Yasir Shah (and Pakistan as a result), he has been well below par in the last couple of years (if not more) and does not deserve this at this point in time.
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[MENTION=934]S_haq[/MENTION], agreed! He's far from it, not even at the end of his career.


big_gamer007 said:
Must be a huge honour to Yasir to be included with Wasim and waqar.. one can argue whether he deserved it above others but great achievement nonetheless.
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He himself would be thinking what did I do to get this.

Many more deserving cricketers ahead of him.
 
PCB congratulates Wasim, Waqar and Yasir

The Pakistan Cricket Board has congratulated former captains Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, and wrist spinner Yasir Shah who have been nominated for the Civil Awards by the Pakistan government.

Wasim and Waqar will be bestowed with the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian award after Nishan-e-Pakistan, while Yasir Shah will be awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third highest civilian award, by the President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on 23 March.

“On behalf of the Pakistan cricket family, the PCB congratulates Wasim, Waqar and Yasir on their nominations for the prestigious awards.

“The three are deserving recipients. Wasim and Waqar are highly-respected commentators and have played their role in enhancing the image of Pakistan and cricket as broadcasters, while Yasir has had a lion’s share in Pakistan’s major Test wins in the recent past.”

Wasim and Waqar have previously been conferred with the Pride of Performance awards in 1992 and 1995, respectively.

Wasim took 414 Tests and 502 ODIs in a career between 1984 and 2003, while Waqar claimed 373 Test and 416 ODI wickets in a 14-year international career. Both stalwarts were inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Yasir has already taken 203 and 19 wickets in 35 Tests and 19 ODIs respectively after making his international debut in 2011. In Abu Dhabi last year, during the fourth day’s play in the second Test against New Zealand, Yasir became the quickest to 200 Test wickets, beating an 82-year-old record of Australia’s leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett who took 36 Tests to reach the landmark against South Africa in Johannesburg in 1936.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This kid from the village of Swabi who started cricket with dreams in his eyes never thought that he will get the Civil Award of Pakistan. <br>This award is for all the people out there who never give up. This award is for all Pakistanis. Thank you Pakistan. I am humbled & honored! <a href="https://t.co/w8tEht58El">pic.twitter.com/w8tEht58El</a></p>— Yasir Shah (@Shah64Y) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shah64Y/status/1104747404128149504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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What's the criteria behind Yasir Shah's award?
 
Instead of feeling happy for Yasir, vast majority of people are hating on him. Pathetic stuff, sums up the nation.
 
Savak said:
Instead of feeling happy for Yasir, vast majority of people are hating on him. Pathetic stuff, sums up the nation.
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Yep. Not just Pakistan, but the haters breed a lot off the internet around the world. I guess there have always been haters but an online platform has given them a chance to voice their opinion. So now they are in our face all the time.
 
Congrats. Yasir is, in a few ways, the best test spinner ever produced by Pakistan. Don't know why he gets so much hate. Yes he has been even worse than Ashwin while touring some places - SA,OZ, NZ etc but then not a lot of spinners have done well there.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mere watan<br>Ye Aqeedatain<br>Or pyar tujh pe nisaaar ker don!<br><br>On <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PakistanDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PakistanDay</a> let's revive our pledge to serve this beautiful country of ours with all our might, grit & determination. <br><br>Pakistan, thanks again for the honor of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SitareImtiaz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SitareImtiaz</a>. I am deeply humbled. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PakistanZindaabad?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PakistanZindaabad</a> <a href="https://t.co/XfeZ0lLTjZ">pic.twitter.com/XfeZ0lLTjZ</a></p>— Yasir Shah (@Shah64Y) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shah64Y/status/1109380588732121090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis receiving the Hilal-i-Imtiaz which is the second highest Pakistani civilian award and is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their fields and that have led to international recognition <a href="https://t.co/ABW25h0fz6">pic.twitter.com/ABW25h0fz6</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1109466845625663489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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President Alvi confers top civil, military awards for excellence on Pakistan Day

President Arif Alvi on Saturday conferred top civil and military honours upon various personalities, including 18 foreigners, for their contributions in different fields for excellence in various fields of activities at an investiture ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr.

Among those being honoured is a Pakistani victim of last week's terror attack targeting Muslims in Christchurch. Naeem Rashid was dubbed a hero after footage of the attack showed he had tried to tackle the terrorist.

Prominent among those who will be conferred the civil awards are former Pakistan cricket team captain Wasim Akram, former fast bowler Waqar Younis, cricketer Yasir Shah, singers Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi and Sajjad Ali, film actors Babra Sharif, Reema Khan, Mehwish Hayat, Shabbir Jan and Iftikhar Thakur, newscaster Ishrat Fatima, TV anchor Arshad Sharif and businessman Aqeel Karim Dhedhi.

The list, which is usually issued on the country’s Independence Day on August 14 every year, was issued by the cabinet secretariat just two weeks before the Pakistan Day celebrations, as there was no government in the office on the country’s last Independence Day. The name of Naeem Rashid was added after the New Zealand terorr attack.

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The Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), and Sitara-i-Basalat (Military) are being conferred on officers and soldiers belonging to all three services.

Following is a list of the recipients of the awards:

Nishan-i-Imtiaz: Shoaib Sultan Khan (public service).

Hilal-i-Pakistan: Seishiro Eto (Japan); Xu Shaoshi (China) and Ismail Kahraman (Turkey).

Hilal-i-Imtiaz: Zaheer Ayub Baig (Punjab); Ghulam Asghar (Islamabad); Prof Dr Tasawar Hayat (Punjab); Wasim Akram (Punjab); Waqar Younis (Punjab); Prof Dr Recep Akdag (Turkey); Dr Michael Jansen (Germany) and Prof Abdul Bari Khan (Sindh).

Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Kong Xuanyou (China); Wang Xiaotao (China) and Hu Xiaolian (China).

Sitara-i-Pakistan: Wajiha Haris (Romania); Mohammad Ilyas Khan (AJK); Long Yuxiang (China) and Lin Yi (China).

Sitara-i-Shujaat: Mohammad Idrees Shaheed; Shaheed Nawabzada Mir Siraj Raisani (Balochistan); Asad Ali (Sindh); Mairaj Ahmed Umrani Shaheed (Balochistan).

Sitara-i-Imtiaz: Mohammad Arshad (Punjab); Dr Imtiaz Ahmed (Sindh); Dr Syed Mohammad Kamran Majeed; Dr Mohammad Zafar-uz-Zaman (Punjab); Lt-Col (retd) Manzoor Ahmad (Punjab); Prof Dr Shahid A. Sami; Dr Pervaiz A. Chaudhary; Dr Prof (retd) M. Lateef Chaudhry; Dr Inayatullah Padhiar; Kaleemullah Lashari (Sindh); Mohammad Ahmed Shah (Sindh); Sajjad Ali (Sindh); Munir Hussain (late) (Punjab); Babra Sharif (Punjab); Kamil Khan Mumtaz (Punjab); Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi; Prof Sahibzada Hameedullah; Yasir Shah (KP); Shamim Ahmed Sheikh (Canada); Dr Asif M. Rehman (US); Dr Ziaul Hasan; Steven J. Burian (US); Dr James A. Tebbe (US); Lou Ronghuai (China); Khawaja Masood Akhtar; Syed Abu Ahmad Akif (Sindh); Pir Mohammad Diwan (Sindh); Mohammad Bashir Farooqui (Sindh); Samar Ali Khan (Sindh); Iqbal Ali Lakhani; Aqeel Karim Dhedhi (Sindh); Younus Tabba; Saima Shahbaz Malik and Nilofer Saeed (Sindh).

Pride of Performance: Hamid Mahmood (Punjab); Mohammad Saeedur Rehman (Punjab); Mohammad Shahid Saleem (Punjab); Arshad Ali (Punjab); Dr Salma Khanam (Punjab); Vaqar Akhtar (KP); Raza Ellahi (KP); Waqaruz Zaman (KP); Mohammad Hasan (Sindh); Engr Dr Nasir Mahmood Khan (Punjab); Prof Dr Sarosh Hashmat Lodhi (Sindh); Prof Dr Umbreen Javaid (Punjab); Mohammad Shabbir Jan (Sindh); Iftikhar Ahmad Thakar (Punjab); Ishrat Fatima (Islamabad); Siyani Khatoon (Sindh); Bashir Ahmad (Punjab); Reema Khan (Punjab); Nasir Adeeb; Taj Baloch (Sindh); Sofia Yazdani; Mohammad Arshad Sharif (Punjab); Mohammad Inam Butt (Punjab); Luqman Ali Afzal; Sanaullah Ghuman; Mohammad Ashraf Ali (late) (Gilgit-Baltistan); Rasheed Masood Khan (Balochistan) and Mohammad Aman Ullah Khan (Punjab).

Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Naveed Ahmed Sherwani (US).

Tamgha-i-Pakistan: Li Xuedong (China).

Tamgha-i-Shujaat: Mohammad Hanif Bashir (Punjab); Imran Aqiq (Punjab); Qamar Zaman (KP); Mohammad Fayyaz Tipu (KP); Syed Naymatullah (Balochistan); Syed Ghaib Ali Shah (Gilgit-Baltistan); Haji Zahid Khan (KP); Khushhal Khan (KP); Brig Rizwan Afzal (KP); Mohammad Younis (Sindh); Sajid Hussain (Balochistan); Umer Sajid Shaheed (Punjab); Dr Khalid Khan (KP); Mohammad Nouman Zafar (Punjab); Wajahatullah Afridi (KP); Syed Mohammad Omer Mobeen Jillani Shaheed (Punjab); Subaider Major (retd) Allah Ditta Shaheed (Punjab); Muhammad Iqbal (Punjab); Syed Fawad Ali (late) (KP); Muhib Khan (late) (KP); Syed Shahrukh Haider Zaidi (Islamabad); Saim Shafait (late) (AJK) and Akram Khan Shaheed (Punjab).

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz: Mohammad Yousaf Gondal (Punjab); Rana Mohammad Zaeem (Punjab); Dr Mazhar Iqbal (Punjab); Dr Shahzad Alam (Punjab); Dr Uzma Saleem (Gilgit-Baltistan); Dr Ikram Ali Malik (Islamabad); Dr Iftikhar Ahmad (KP); Prof Dr Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi (Sindh); Syed Sabihuddin Rehmani (Sindh); Syed Ali Abbas (Sindh); Mohammad Rafique Shad (Balochistan); Khawaja Safar Ali (KP); Mehwish Hayat (Sindh); Sardar Ali Takkar (KP); Akhtar Gul (KP);Flt-Lt (retd) Mohammad Siddique Sheikh (Punjab); and Malik Amin Aslam Khan (KP).

https://www.dawn.com/news/1471417/p...ilitary-awards-for-excellence-on-pakistan-day
 
Whether you like Yasir or not, whether you believe he deserves it or not, the fact is that he is a receipent of a huge honor.

We should all strive to do something for our country and put ourselves in a position where we are recognized for our success and work for our beloved country.
 
Do bother to do some research all of you.

The award that Yasir got was different from the two Ws.

And Yasir deserves that award, playing for Pakistan is no easy feat and this guy has performed at the top level.
 
suh annoying posts by some posters here. Alot of foreigners(chinese or Turkey delegates) who have done nothing for Pakistan get awards and they will not question that, but they will question someone who is representing Pakistan.
 
Congrats to all apart from Waqar Younis, will never forget his choke in 1996
 
We seem to be throwing these awards at anyone that moves. Wasim and Waqar I can understand but surely Yasir is not worthy off it. We have to respect these kind of awards much more.
 
My dad has the Tamgha e Imtiaz. He tells me these awards strongly depend on networking and who you know as well
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you Pakistan for the honor of Hilal-I-Imtiaz on the prestigious <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PakistanDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PakistanDay</a>.<br><br>I am dedicating it to the victims & heroes of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChristChurch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChristChurch</a> and to PM <a href="https://twitter.com/jacindaardern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jacindaardern</a> for setting new standard of harmony & love. May multicultural understanding and humanity prevails <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Peace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Peace</a> <a href="https://t.co/YxM73wQi6I">pic.twitter.com/YxM73wQi6I</a></p>— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99/status/1109785287553482752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here it is, the award I would not have received without the love and strength of the people who believed in me right to the end. I’m am so grateful to accept this award and I am honoured that i could serve my country to the best of my ability <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HilaleImtiaz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HilaleImtiaz</a> <a href="https://t.co/OWsyS5DOwv">pic.twitter.com/OWsyS5DOwv</a></p>— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) <a href="https://twitter.com/wasimakramlive/status/1109835328637059073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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There is a difference between Hilal-e-Imtiaz and Sitara-e-Imtiaz you guys need to realize Yasir didn't receive the same award like 2 Ws.

Wasim and Waqar received second highest civilian award Hilal-e-Imtiaz and Yasir was given the third highest civilian award Sitara-e-Imtiaz.

Wasim and Waqar i believe already had Sitara-e-Imtiaz years ago and a few other civilian awards too
 
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