DG ISPR GREETS ARSHAD SHARIF FOR GETTING PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE AWARD

ISLAMABAD, MAR 10 (DNA) – President Dr Arif Alvi has decided to confer Civil Awards on one hundred and twenty seven Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for their excellent work in various fields.

These awards will be given at an investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day on 23rd of this month.

The awards include one Nishan-i-Imtiaz, three Hilal-Pakistan, eight Hilal-i-Imtiaz, three Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam, four Sitara-i-Pakistan, four Sitara-i-Shujaat, thirty-four Sitara-i-Imtiaz, twenty-eight President’s award of Pride of Performance, one Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam, one Tamgha-i-Pakistan, Twenty-three Tamgha-i-Shujaat and seventeen Tamgha-i-Imtiaz.

Prominent among the people who will be conferred awards are,  former cricket stars Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, (Hilal-e-Imtiaz), Shaheed Nawabzada Mir Siraj Raisani (Sitara-i-Shuta’at), film actor Babra Sharif (Sitara-i-Imtiaz), Mehwish Hayat (Tamgha-i-Imtiaz), singer Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi ( Sitara-i-Imtiaz), Syed Sabihuddin Usamni (Tamgha-i-Imtiaz – Naat recitation), Aqeel Karim Dhedhi (Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Public Service), and anchorperson Arshad Sharif (President’s Award Pride of Performance). = DNA