Islamabad—On the occasion of Independence Day 14^th August 2003 the president has conferred the Civil Awards on Pakistani and foreign nationals for excellence in various fields of activities. President has awarded Pride of Performance in different fields in an investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, 23rd March 2004.

Whereas those who were honored with President’s Award for Pride of Performance are shown below:

1. Muhammad Yusuf Khan, Art (Acting),
2. Mrs Mahtab Akbar Rashdi, Art (Comparing/Social Work)
3. Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid, Art (Cricket Commentary)
4. Mrs Navid Shahzad, Art (Drama artist/writer)
5. Salahuddin, Art (Drama artist),
6. S. M. Naqi, Art (Hockey commentary),
7. Haji Atta Muhammad, Art (Lacquer art),
8. Moin Niazi (late), Art (Music), (Posthumous),
9. Shahida Parveen (late), Art (Music) (Posthumous),
10. Mrs Tina Sani, Art (Music),
11. Niaz Ahmed, Art (Music composing),
12. Samiur Rahman, Art (Photography),
13. Prof Dr Najma Najam, Education,
14. Khalid Hussain Hashmi, Engineering,
15. Syed Nayyar Ali, Engineering,
16. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui, Engineering,
17. Zia Aftab, Engineering (Electronics),
18. Sohail Mazhar, Engineering (Mechanical),
19. Engineer Dr Abdul Aziz Mazhar, Engineering (Metallurgy),
20. Iftikhar-us-Salam, Engineering (Metallurgy),
21. Agha Khalid Saleem (Agha Saleem), Literature,
22. Bashir Ahmad Baloch, Literature,
23. Prof Dawar Khan Daud, Literature,
24. Mrs Farkhanda Lodhi, Literature,
25. Dr Prof Laeeq Ahmed Babree (late), Literature,
26. Prof Dr Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Literature,
27. Mr Muhammed Usman Diplai (late), Literature (Posthumous),
28. Syed Shaukat Ali Shah, Literature,
29. Prof Dr Syed Sibit-ul-Hasnain, Medicine,
30. Dr Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Medicine (Cardiology),
31. Mr Muhammad Iqbal, Science,
32. Tariq Pervez, Science,
33. Asif Iqbal, Science (Mathematics),
34. Aslam Hayat, Science (Physics),
35. Grand Master Muhammad Ashraf Tai, Sports (Martial arts),
36. Zakir Hussain Syed, Sports (Administration & Management)
37. Mehrullah, Sports (Boxing).

Islamabad—On the occasion of Independence Day 14^th August 2002 the president has conferred the Civil Awards on Pakistani and foreign nationals for excellence in various fields of activities. President has awarded Pride of Performance in different fields in an investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, 23rd March 2003.

Following is the list of recipients of President’s Award for Pride of Performance:

1. Akhtar Hussain Jafari (posthumous),
2. Syed Imdad Hussaini,
3. Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi (posthumous),
4. Dr Shahbaz Malik (literature),
5. Prof Mohammad Nawaz Tair (literature),
6. Khalid Shamim,
7. Brig Khalid Latif,
8. Rana Abdul Qayyum,
9. Brig Imran Rehman,
10. Mohammad Khan Chaudhry,
11. Mohammad Riaz Khan (engineering),
12. Dr Nadeem Ehsan (engineering),
13. Maqsood Ali (mining)
14. Dr Rasul Bakhsh Rais,
15. Dr Syed Sakhawat Shah (education),
16. Mohammad Ishaq (education),
17. Malik Abdul Qadir (farming),
18. Barkat Ali Chaudhry (health),
19. Bashir Ahmad (health physics),
20. Syed Shabbir Hussain (health physics),
21. Dr Sher Hassan (agricultural research);
22. Prof Ghulam Ali Qureshi (biochemistry);
23. Mohammad Arif Niaz (physics);
24. Dr Mohammad Khurshid (health sciences);
25. Iftikhar Ahmed (cricket commentary);
26. Syed Afzal Hussain (sound recording);
27. Syed Munawwar Saeed (acting);
28. Abdul Aziz Baloch (folk music);
29. Ghulam Mustafa (painting);
30. Majeed Khan (Sarangi playing);
31. Moneeza Hashmi (art);
32. Haider Ali (boxing);
33. Rozi Ali (mountaineering)
34. Mohammad Irfan Islam (weight-lifting).

On the occasion of Independence Day 14th August 1960 the president had conferred “Pride of Performance” to the following Pakistani civilian citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports & medicine / science.

President had awarded “Pride of Performance” in different fields in an investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, 23rd March 1961.

1)            Captain Raja Javed Akhtar Khan, Sports (Mountaineering).

2)            Azam Khan, Sports (Squash),

On the occasion of Independence Day 14th August 1959 the president had conferred “Pride of Performance” to the following Pakistani civilian citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports & medicine / science.

President had awarded “Pride of Performance” in different fields in an investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, 23rd March 1960.

1)            Syed Abdus Samad, Sports (Football),

2)            Maj. Abdul Hamid, Sports (Hockey),

3)            Roshan Khan, Sports (Squash),

4)            Brojen Das, Sports (Swimming),

5)            Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed, Sports (Tennis),

6)            Gama Pahlwan, sports (Wrestling),

On the occasion of Independence Day 14th August 1958 the president had conferred “Pride of Performance” to the following Pakistani civilian citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports & medicine / science.

President had awarded Pride of Performance in different fields in an investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, 23rd March 1959.

1)            Muhammad Iqbal, Sports (Athletics),

2)            Hanif Muhammad, Sports (Cricket),

On the occasion of Independence Day 14th August 1957 the president had conferred “Pride of Performance” to the following Pakistani civilian citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports & medicine / science.

President had awarded Pride of Performance in different fields in an investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, 23rd March 1958.

1)               Abdur Rehman Chugtai, Arts (Painting),

2)               Zainul Abedin, Arts (Painting),

3)               Prof. Dr. Abdussalam, Science (Physics),

4)               Hafeez Jalandhari, Literature (Poetry),

5)               Dr. Shaheedullah, Literature (Linguist),

6)               Kavi Jaseemuddin, Literature (Poetry),

7)               Hashim Khan, Sports (Squash),

8)               Abdul Khaliq, Sports (Athletics),

9)               Abdul Hafiz Kardar, Sports (Cricket),

10)                 Fazl Mehmood, Sports (Cricket),