On Independence Day, President Asif Ali Zardari announced that 263 national and foreign personalities will be honoured with civil awards for their remarkable contributions in various fields.

The awards will be presented in a grand ceremony at the President House on Pakistan Day, March 23, 2026.

Honouring excellence across fields

The list features notable names from arts, literature, sports, education, science, medicine, journalism, and social services. It includes cricket legend Shahid Afridi, veteran actress Samina Peerzada, acclaimed poet Zehra Nigah, and former Pakistan women’s cricket captain Sana Mir. Samaa TV anchor Kiran Naz will receive the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in the journalism category.

Pakistan Civil Awards 2026 – Complete Recipients List

Name	Field/Category	Award Title	Notes
Dr. Syed Habibullah Shah	Science (Agriculture)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Rafia Mumtaz	Science (Internet of Things)	PAPP	-
Engr. Dr. Marium Jalal Chaudhry	Science (Climate Change, IT)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Moazam Fraz	Science (IoT & AI)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Awais Yasin	Science (Robotics & AI)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Engr. Rukhsana Zuberi	Science (Engineering)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Amir Muhammad	Education	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Ikram ul Haq	Education	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Shamsuddin Qureshi	Education (Research)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Prof. Chaudhary Irshad Muhammad Khan	Education	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Prof. Dr. Mujeebuddin Memon	Education	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Mola Dad Shafa	Education	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Lubna Zaheer	Education	PAPP	-
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar	Education	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Rahmat Ellahi	Education (Mathematics)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Tariq Mahmood Jadoon	Education	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sarwar Khan	Education (Agricultural Sciences)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Naqib Ullah Achakzai	Education (Administration)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Khalid Hafeez	Education (Research)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Ghulam Nabi	Education	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Zakaria Ismail Godil	Education	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Javaid Rais	Education	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Abid Hussain Lashari	Education	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Mumtaz Umar	Education	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Dr. Bilal Ahmed	Medicine (Dentistry Academics)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Akbar Hussain	Medicine (Health Care)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Shaukat Zubair	Medicine (Surgery)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Fharat Akhtar Raja	Medicine	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Khurram Khan	Medicine	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Irfan Ali Khosat	Arts (Performing Arts)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Hadiqa Kiyani	Arts (Singing)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Irfan Ahson	Arts (Photography)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Azra Aftab	Arts (TV Acting)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Samina Peerzada	Arts (Acting/Direction/Anchoring)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Fazila Kaiser Qazi	Arts (Performing Arts - Acting)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Savera Abbas (Savera Nadeem)	Arts (Acting)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Alias
Ms. Humera Arshad	Arts (Singing / Anchoring)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Saira Naseem	Arts (Singing)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Salima Hashmi	Arts (Visual Arts - Painting, Curator, Art Historian)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Azam Khan	Arts (Music / Broadcasting)	PAPP	-
Mr. Zulqarnain Haider	Arts (Acting / Writing / Direction)	PAPP	-
Mr. Sultan Javed Jamal	Arts (Acting)	PAPP	-
Mr. Noor Muhammad Baloch (Nooral)	Arts (Singing)	PAPP	Alias
Mr. Rajab Ali	Arts (Singing)	PAPP	-
Ms. Mukhtiar Naz Taj Mastani	Arts (Performing Art - Singing)	PAPP	-
Kh. Ali Kazim	Arts (Performing Arts - Naat Khawani)	PAPP	Posthumous
Mr. Jamshaid Ali Khan	Arts (Direction/Production)	PAPP	-
Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq (S.M. Sadiq)	Arts (Performing Arts)	PAPP	-
Mr. Allah Dina (A.D. Baloch)	Arts (Acting, Writing & Direction)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	Alias
Mr. Imran Ullah Hunzai	Arts (Visual Arts - Painting, Sculpturing)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Qazi Shujaat Qadri	Arts (Naat Khawani)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Irfan Ul Haq Siddiqui	Literature (Poetry, Writing, Columnist)	Nishan-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Atta Ul Haq Qasmi	Literature (Poetry & Writing)	Nishan-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Mustansar Hussain Tarar	Literature	Nishan-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Asghar Nadeem Syed	Literature	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Zahra Majid Ali (Zahra Nigah)	Literature (Poetry, Writing)	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	Alias
Mr. Murtaza Barlas (Murtaza Baig Barlas)	Literature (Poetry)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Alias
Ms. Yasmeen Hameed	Literature (Poetry & Editing)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Naseer Ahmad Nasir	Literature (Poetry, Writing & Editing)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Prof. Karrar Hussain	Literature (Poetry, Critic)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Dr. Abdul Rauf Rafiqui	Literature (Critic, Research Scholar, Poetry & Iqbal Scholar)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Raza Ullah Shah Arif Naushahi	Literature (Research Scholar)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Syed Masood Hassan Shihab Dehlvi	Literature	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Mr. Aminullah Daudzai	Literature (Poetry)	PAPP	-
Mr. Akhtar Mehmood (Akhtar Usman)	Literature (Research Scholar & Poetry)	PAPP	Alias
Mr. Tajamul Kaleem	Literature	PAPP	Posthumous
Mr. Ahmad Khan Tariq	Literature (Poetry)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Dr. Ghulam Moeenuddin (Moeen Nizami)	Literature (Writing, Research Scholar)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	Alias
Dr. Nasir Abbass Nayyer	Literature (Short Story Writing, Research Scholar)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Amin Zia	Literature	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Sarwat Mohyuddin	Literature & Writing	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Shahid Khan Afridi	Sports (Cricket)	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Shehroze Kashif	Sports (Mountaineering)	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Malik Muhammad Atta	Sports (Equestrian)	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Ms. Sana Mir	Sports (Cricket)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Haider Ali	Sports (Discus Throw)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Sajjad (Gujjar)	Sports (Kabaddi)	PAPP	Alias
Mr. Shahzaib Rind	Sports (Karate Combat)	PAPP	-
Mr. Muhammad Hamza Khan	Sports (Squash)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Mohsin Nawaz	Sports (Shooting)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Rashid Malik	Sports (Tennis)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Ihtasham ul Haq	Journalism	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi	Journalism/Columnist	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Sarmad Ali	Journalism	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Samar Abbas	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Adil Abbasi	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Kiran Naz	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Binish Saleem	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Kamran Hamid Raja	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Mona Alam	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Tariq Aziz	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Arshad Ansari	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Abdul Mohi Shah	Journalism (Sports)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Shazia Skindar	Journalism	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Yaseen Khan	Social Work	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Hamza Tabani	Social Welfare	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Moulana Muhammad Tayyab Qureshi	Religious Scholar	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-

Pakistan Civil Awards 2026 – Complete Recipients List (Part 2)

Name	Field/Category	Award Title	Notes
Syed Zahid Hussain Shah	Social Services	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Sarah Belal	Human Rights (Law)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Major (R) Dr. Salma Zamir Khan	Social Welfare	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Abdul Karim Saqib	Philanthropy	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Abdul Rahim Janoo	Philanthropy	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mian Muhammad Kashif Ashfaq	Philanthropy/Social Services	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Irum Rizwan	Philanthropy	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Tasneem Zahra	Philanthropy	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Ms. Shameelah Ismail Qureshi	Philanthropy	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Arshad Wali Muhammad	Philanthropy	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan (Late)	Public Service	Nishan-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Mr. Waseem Ahmad Khan	Public Service	Hilal-i-Shuja’at	-
Mr. Moazzam Jah Ansari	Public Service	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Azizuddin Boolani	Public Service	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Sardar Awais Laghari	Public Service	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Ali	Public Service	Hilal-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Shahjehan Syed Karim (Late)	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Dr. Syed Mehmood Shah	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Javed Akbar Riaz	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Israr	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Rahim Hayat Qureshi	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Nabeel Munir	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Taj Haider (Late)	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Dr. Naseem Faraz	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Munir Ahmed Chaudhry (Late)	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Posthumous
Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Nadeem	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Iftikhar Amjad	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Muhammad Fakhre Alam Irfan	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Brig. Sikandar Hayat	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Imran Hamid	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Sohail Ashraf	Public Service	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Ubaid Ur Rehman Nizamani	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Shuja’at	-
Mr. Salman Athar	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Shuja’at	-
Mr. Nawab Adil Khan	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Shuja’at	-
Eng. Muhammad Naeem Akhtar	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Shuja’at	-
Mr. Ahmer Mallick	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Aqeel Ahmad Siddiqui	Public Service (Tax Administration)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Muhammad Akif Khan	Public Service (E-Governance)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Aslam	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Lt. Col Atif Naveed	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Arfa Sayeda Zehra	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Anwar Hussain	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Zahoor Awan	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Shahid Malik	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Zeeshan Ali	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Main Farooq Nazir	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Nadir Shafi Dar	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Waqas ul Hassan	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Muhammad Shabi Ahmed	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Salman Akhtar	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Sarosh Hasmat Lodhi	Public Service	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Sepoy Azhar Mehmood (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Hilal-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
Mr. Javid Ullah Mehsud	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	-
Mr. Nawab Ali Khan (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
Mr. Hidayat Ullah Khan (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
ASI Muhammad Akram (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
FC Abdullah (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
FC Samand Khan (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
FC Abdul Hameed (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
FC Zamil Badshah (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
FC Hafeez Ullah (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
FC Muhammad Siraj (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
FC Muhammad Javed (Shaheed)	Gallantry	Sitara-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Hilal-i-Pakistan	-
Mr. Li Hongzhong	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam	-
Mr. Liu Jianchao	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam	-
Mr. Wang Yongge	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam	-
H.E. Mohamed Bin Hassan Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Sitara-i-Pakistan	-
Mr. Rashid Ovezgeldiyevich Meredov	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Sitara-i-Pakistan	-
Dr. Senta Siller	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Sitara-i-Pakistan	-
Mr. Zhao Dong Xu	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Peng Cui	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Cui Jun	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam	-
Ms. Laura Dahlmeier (Late)	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Tamgha-i-Shuja’at	Posthumous
Mr. Noor Ur Rehman Abid	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Qian Feng	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam	-
Dr. Faisel Ikram	Services to Pakistan (Foreign)	Tamgha-i-Khidmat	-
Mr. Saleem Asghar Ali	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Fukhera Khalid	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. Arshad Rehan	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Ashraf Habib Ullah	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Waqar Ali Khan	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	PAPP	-
Mr. Qadeer Ahmed Khan	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	PAPP	-
Mr. Muhammad Saeed Sheikh	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Sitara-i-Khidmat	-
Prof. Dr. Rahat Munir	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Mr. Abrar Hussain Tanoli	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-
Dr. M. Shahbaz Chaudhry	Services to Pakistan (Overseas Pakistani)	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz	-