Which artists were honored with the highest civil honor on the occasion of Pakistan Day?

A total of 397 people from different sectors of the country were given Presidential Civil Awards during a ceremony held today on Pakistan Day.

Presidential Civil Awards are given to those people from various fields who have excelled in their respective fields. It should be noted that the Government of Pakistan had released and announced the list of awards on the occasion of Independence Day last year. That on Pakistan Day (March 23, 2024) these persons will be honored.

Mayanaz artists from the fields of literature, music, art and culture are also included among these people, who were awarded presidential honors today for their valuable services.

Following is the list of prominent artists who received Presidential Awards today.

Score:
Iftkhaz Aref (art – literature, poetry and writing)

Crescent of distinction:

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Art – Qawwali and Singing)

Muhammad Ahmad Shah (Art – Culture)

Mehmood Ahmed Tahir Bhatti (Art – Film Direction and Fashion Designing)

Muhammad Anwar Masood (Art – Literature, Poetry)

Star rating:
Qari Hafiz Buzrak Shah Al-Azhari (Fin – Qur’at)

Bilal Lashari (Art – Direction, Cinematography and Scriptwriting)

Satish Anand (Art – Film Production / Distribution)

Abdul Kareem Birayal (Art – Literature)

Javed Bashir Ahmed (Art – Singing)

Fakhir Mahmood (Art – Singing)

Shabnam (Art – Singing)

Pride of Performance:

Professor Gulab Khel (Fan – Rabab)

Shazia Manzoor (Art – Singing)

Dhai Bai aka My Dhai (Art – Singing)

Humayun Khan (Art – Singing)

Late Inayat Hussain Bhatti (Art – Acting, Production, Direction, Script Writing)

Zulfiqar Ali Attar (Art – Music Composing)

Ajab Gul (Art – Acting & Direction)

Ishrat Abbas (Art – Drama, Theatre, Radio Actor)

Shakir Zeb (Art – Music Direction)

Qadir Bakhsh Mithu (Art – Comedy)

Musrat Kalanchavi (Art – Urdu and Saraiki fiction and drama)

Adnan Siddiqui (Art – Acting, Host, Production)

Zubaydah aka Naghma (Art – Film Artist)

Hasan Askari (Art – Film Direction and Writing)

Shima Kirmani (Art – Classical Dance and Choreography)

Naseer Baig Mirza (Art – Comparison, Writing and Producer)

Baqir Abbas (Art – Flute)

Gholam Hossein Anjam (art – literature, poetry and writing)

Nazir Qaiser (Art – Literature, Poetry and Writing)

Afzal Ahmad Seyed (art – literature, poetry and writing)

Hishamuddin Asir Mengal (Art – Literature, Poetry and Writing)

Hameed Razi (Art – Literature, Writing)

Ahmad Hussain Mujahid (Art – Literature, Poetry and Writing)

Gholam Abbas Elias Abbas Tabesh (art – literature, poetry)

Khalid Masood Khan (Art – Literature, Poetry, Writing and Columnist)

Deprived Farkhunda Bukhari (Art – Literature, Poetry and Writing)

Mohammad Elias (art – literature, writing)

Nasrullah Khan Naseer (Art – Literature, Poetry and Research)

Shakeel Jazeeb alias Rana Shakeel Azghar (art – literature, poetry)

Medal of Distinction:

Qari Wasimullah Amin (Fin – Qur’at)

Muhammad Shahbaz Qamar (Art – Naat Khwani)

Sajal Ali (Acting)

Meher Banu Kazim aka Jagan Kazim (Art – Hosting & Acting)

Abdul Batin Farooqui (Art – Acting)

Almas Khan Khalil (Art – Pashto folk singing)

Fazal Wahab Dard (Art – Singing)

Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan (Art – Classical Singing)

Imran Aziz Mian (Art – Qawwali)

Arbab Khan Khusro (Fin – Algoza)

Gulrez Ghori (Photography)

Banda Ali (Art – Folk Artist)

Rahmatullah Khan (Photography)

Khalid Bin Shaheen (Art – Acting, Production)

Shahzad Rafiq (Art – Film Direction)

Fiza Ali Mirza (Art – Production and Screenwriting)

Amjad Shaikh (Art – Film Production & Distribution)

Abdul Wase Chaudhry (Art – Film and Drama Acting)

Farooq Hasan (Art – Hosting)

Musabuddin Qari (Art – Visual Artist)

Aqeel Abbas Jafari (art – literature, poetry and linguistics)

Ali Dost Ejaz (art – literature, poetry and writing)

Anwar Sen Roy (Art – Literature, Poetry and Writing)

Mushtaq Ali Leghari (Art – Literature, Poetry and Writing)

The late Shams al-Qamar (art – literature, poetry and writing)

Mohammad Ismail (art – literature, writing)

Professor Dr. Abdul Saboor Baloch (Art – Literature, Writing)

Ahmed Attaullah (Art – Literature, Poetry)

Aziz Ejaz (art – literature, poetry)

Late Ghulam Qadir Buzdar (Art – Literature, Poetry)

Muhammad Salim Shahzad (Art – Literature)

Apart from this, on August 14, 2023 last year, director Sarmad Khost’s name was also suggested for the Presidential Award.

However, the cabinet committee did not formally approve the name of Sarmad Khost.