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Type
  
Award

Sovereign
  
President of Pakistan

Status
  
Currently constituted

Day
  
Announced on 14 August each year, Pakistan's Independence Day, actually awarded on 23 March the next year (Pakistan Day)

Eligibility
  
Pakistani or Foreign citizen

Awarded for
  
The highest degree of service to the state, and for services to international diplomacy.

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Urdu: تمغہ امتیاز‎), (English: Medal of Excellence), is a state organised honour of State of Pakistan. It is the fourth-highest decoration given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While, it is a civilian award, it can also be bestowed upon military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces and worn on the uniform. The award is not limited to the citizens of Pakistan, and can be awarded to foreign citizens who have done great service to Pakistan.

Recipients

  • Lt-Col Ishrat Mehmood
  • Air-commodore Syed Shabbir Hussain Rizvi
  • Lt-Col Muhammad Maaz Abaid (FF)
  • Lt Col Syed Muhammad Salman Ali , Sind
  • Commander Farrukh Nadeem
  • Commander Faisal Azeem Siddique
  • Lt-Col Asim Pervez Chowdhury
  • Lt-Col Waqar Ahmed Khan
  • Commander Faraz Farooq Herekar
  • Shokat Ali Gold Medalist – Snooker Player
  • Lt Col Nasir Amin,FF
  • Norma Fernandes, sometime Headmistress of the Kindergarten and Junior Section, Karachi Grammar School
  • Lt-Col Syed Naseem Mahmud
  • Lt-Col Zahid Mehmood Abbasi
  • Air Chief Marshal Kaleem
  • Lt-Col Maqsood Ahmed Khan(AMC)
  • Lt-Col Muhammad Amanullah Khan Raja
  • Lt-Col Sahibzada Anees Ahmed Khan
  • Lt-Col Muhammad Tayyab
  • Lt-Col Nisar Ahmed Choudhary
  • Vice Admiral Asaf Humayun
  • Group Captain Syed Fayyaz Ahmed
  • Group Captain Syed Inam Ullah
  • Lt-Col Abrar Ismail
  • Lt-Col Malik Saeed Akhter
  • Lt-Col Muhammed Farooq Shah
  • Lt-Col Naveed Ahsan
  • Lt-Col Samina Azaz
  • Maj. Muhammad Amin
  • Maj. Ahmed Saeed (2005)
  • Maj. Dr. Nauman Ahmed
  • Maj. Syed Iqbal Hussain Shah
  • Maj. Shaukat Mahmood
  • Maj. Shazia Naz
  • Junaid Jamshed (2007)
  • Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez Malik (2007) (Tibb)
  • Waseem Ahmad – 2015 – services Sports (Hockey)
  • Prof. Dr. Abdul Bari Khan – 2015 – services in medical and health sector
  • Prof. Dr. Ahmad Yousif A. Al-Draiweesh (Comparative Jurisprudence)
  • Prof. Dr. Shagufta Zulfiqar
  • Prof. Dr. Mustafa Shameel
  • Prof. Dr. Mir Hatam
  • Prof. Dr. Sikander Hayat Khan 1999
  • Prof. Khan Shah Zaman Khan (Health)
  • Dr. Abid Quddus Qazi 2000
  • Dr. Nauman Niaz 2014
  • Dr. Masroor Ikram (Science – Physics)
  • Dr. Pramila Lall
  • Dr Irfan Ahmad Baig (Literatur/Journalism)
  • Mr. Jamshed Masroor, (Jamshed Iqbal Rana) (Literature – Poetry)
  • Mr. Minhaj Muhammad Khan (Minhaj Barna) (late) (Journalism)
  • Al-Haj Molvi Rayazuddin Ahmed (late) (Education)
  • Shaukat Thanvi 1962 (journalist, humorist)
  • Sikandar H. Lodhi (Literatur/Journalism)
  • Shaukat Pervaiz (Literatur/Journalism)
  • Mian Muhammad Latif 2004 (industrialist)
  • Mohammad Aslam Khan (Literatur/Journalism)
  • Syed Mir Mehdi Shah Mehdi(Literatur/Journalism)
  • Rahimullah Yusufzai 2004- Journalist
  • Shahid Farooq 2014
  • Syed Ahmed Hassan Shah 2014
  • Fawad Sulaman Niazi 2014
  • Saeed Ajmal 2014 (cricketer)
  • Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq
  • Shakil Auj 2014– Education University of Karachi
  • Seema Mughal 2013
  • Faisal Khosa 2013
  • Riaz Ahmed – Wax Paint Artist from Peshawar 2012
  • Faisal Jahanzeb Mahsud 2012 (Electro Optics & Mechanical Engineering)
  • Faqir Muhammad Anjum 2011
  • Kanwal Feroze – 2009 – literature
  • Fasih Ur Rehman 2006
  • Faizaan Peerzada
  • Arbab Zafarullah Khan
  • Taj Mohammad Taji
  • Ishrat Saqib
  • Professor Shoaib Hashmi (playwright for PTV comedy shows 'Akkar Bakkar', 'Sach Gupp' and 'Taal Matol' in the 1970s)
  • Gulraiz Tabassum
  • Wazir Afzal (film music director)
  • Hakeem Nawaz Ahmed Khan Salik
  • Najamus Saqib Shabbir
  • Mohammad Tehzib
  • Sardar Sham Singh
  • Ali Anwar Khokhar
  • Din Gul
  • Shabana Akhtar – 1998 – athletics
  • Hadiqa Kiani 2006 (singer)
  • Atif Aslam 2008 (singer)
  • Ali Sajid
  • Ghayyur Akhtar (TV actor)
  • Dr. Muhammad Sadiq – 2015 – Physics
  • Dr. Javed Iqbal
  • Dr. Muhammad Iqbal- 2009
  • Engr. Anum Waheed 2016 ( For Watching Pak Movie Jaanaan)
  • Sehar Kamran – 2011
  • Manzoor Niazi Qawwal 2005 Karachi
  • Yasir Nazir 2016 – English/Urdu Literature
  • Haji Daraz Khan 2016 (Social Work)

    • References

    Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Wikipedia
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