Tamgha-e-Imtiaz

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz[1] (Urdu: تمغہ امتیاز‎), (English: Award of Excellence), is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/Military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces and worn on their uniform. It can also be awarded to foreign citizens who have performed great service to Pakistan.

See also: Imtiyaz Medal

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
Awarded by the Sovereign or President of Pakistan, on the advice of the Government
Type	Award
Eligibility	Pakistanis and foreign citizens
Awarded for	Service to the state, and for services to international diplomacy.
Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
First induction	19 March 1957
Precedence
Next (higher)	Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Ribbon: military (only)

Recipients

• A. S. Nathaniel nurse for Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his last days
• Shaukat Thanvi (1962) - Journalist, humorist[2]
• Tariq Mustafa (1963), Worked for SUPARCO
• Noor Jehan (1966) - Patriotic songs during 1965 war between Pakistan and India[3]
• Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary (1998) - Organic Chemistry
• Muhammad Asif Khan (2000) - Geology
• Ali Anwar Khokhar (2003) [4]
• Mian Muhammad Latif (2004) - Industrialist[5]
• Rahimullah Yusufzai (2004)- Journalist[6]
• Abrar-ul-Haq (2005) - Public Service/Music/Philanthropy[7]
• Manzoor Niazi Qawwal, Karachi (2005)[8]
• Lt Col Abid Qureshi TI(M), CMI (Artillery) (2005) - Military, During Service as Joint Director Anti Narcotics Force Punjab.Military[9]
• Sharif Farooq (2006)- Journalism
• Hadiqa Kiani (2006) - Singing
• Junaid Jamshed (2007) - Singing[10]
• Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez Malik (2007) (Tibb)
• Atif Aslam (2008) - Singing
• Muhammad Sharif (2008) - Cosmology
• Kanwal Feroze (2009) – Literature
• Qamar Shahbaz (2010) - Sindhi/Urdu Poetry[11]
• Shujauddin Malik (2010) - Weightlifting
• Commander Farrukh Nadeem (2011) [12]
• Raihan Merchant (2012)[13]
• Saba Qamar (2012)
• Sami Khan (2012)
• Professor Shoaib Hashmi - Playwright[14]
• Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq (2013) [15]
• Dr.Muhammad Tahir Shah (2014) - Geology
• Dr. Nauman Niaz (2014)
• Saadat Saeed (2014) - Literature
• Shakil Auj (2014) - Education University of Karachi[16]
• Zahid Ur Rashdi (2015) - Education[17]
• Haji Daraz Khan (2016) - Social Work[18]
• Mohammad Hameed Shahid (2016)[19]
• Naweed Syed (2017) - Neurology
• Lt Col Muhammad Maaz Abaid TI(M)
• Wing Commander Syed Shahzada Alam (2016) - Military[20]
• Dr.Nadeem Jan, Health and polio Eradication services ( 2018 ) pride of Pakistan.com
• Dr. Seemin Jamali (2019) - Executive Director, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre[21]
• Mehwish Hayat (2019) – Actress[22]
• Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch - Scholar and writer
• Ishrat Saqib
• Jilani Kamran (literature)[23]
• Laiq Zada Laiq - poet

See also

• Civil decorations of Pakistan

References

1. It is also spelled as Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
2. Biography and award info for Shaukat Thanvi in Dawn newspaper Published 6 May 2008, Retrieved 11 November 2018
3. Dawn (newspaper) Published 24 December 2008, Retrieved 1 January 2020
4. Ali Anwar Khokhar's Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award info on Dawn (newspaper) Published 23 March 2003, Retrieved 11 November 2018
5. Award info listed for Mian Muhammad Latif (industrialist) on Dawn (newspaper) Retrieved 11 November 2018
6. Rahimullah Yusufzai's Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (2004) award info listed on Dawn (newspaper) published 14 August 2003, Retrieved 11 November 2018
7. 130 nationals, foreigners to get civil awards Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 August 2004, Retrieved 14 May 2019
8. Manzoor Niazi Qawwal Award info on Dawn (newspaper) Published 24 March 2006, Retrieved 11 November 2018
9. https://fp.brecorder.com/2015/08/201508151217730/ Retrieved 20 August 2017]
10. Dawn newspaper, published 24 March 2007, Retrieved 2 January 2020
11. Qamar Shahbaz Award Info On Dawn (Newspaper) Published 24 March 2010
12. "Awards conferred on naval officials". The News International. Karachi. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
13. published 23 March 2012, Retrieved 29 November 2019
14. Shoaib Hashmi's Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award info listed on Dawn newspaper, published 22 January 2012, Retrieved 2 March 2017
15. "Tamgha-i-Imtiaz conferred on Faisal Mushtaq" The Nation, Islamabad, 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.
16. "Tamghae-i-Imtiaz conferred on Shakil Auj" The Nation, Islamabad, 23 March 2015. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
17. "President confers awards today". nation.com.pk. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
18. Haji Daraz Khan's Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award info on gulfnews.com website Retrieved 11 November 2018
19. List of civil and military awards recipients on Pakistan Day Times of Islamabad (newspaper), Published 24 March 2017, Retrieved 11 November 2018
20. Wing Commander Syed Shahzada Alam's Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award info on pakistantoday.com website, Retrieved 20 August 2017
21. Bhatti, M. Waqar (20 March 2018). "Three Karachi doctors to get Tamgha-e-Imtiaz on Pakistan Day". The International News. Karachi. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
22. [https:// https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/03/172-people-including-mehwish-hayat-wasim-akram-conferred-national-awards/] SAMAA news (tv), Published 24 March 2019, Retrieved 1 January 2020
23. "Prof Jilani Kamran passes away". DAWN.COM. 23 February 2003.