List of Nishan-e-Imtiaz recipients

This is list of recipients of the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, listed in chronological order. The Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: نشان امتیاز; transl. Order of Excellence) is one of the state organized civil decorations of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.^[1]

It is awarded for achievements towards world recognition for Pakistan or outstanding service for the country. However, the award is not limited to citizens of Pakistan and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform. Nishan, translates as Decoration/Order, is a highly restricted and prestigious award roughly equivalent to Presidential Medal of Freedom (United States) and Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom), and is the first category award of Order of Imtiaz.^[1] The other three descending categories are Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz. Usually, it is regarded as the highest award one can achieve in Pakistan since the higher award Nishan-e-Pakistan is awarded only to foreign Heads of States.^[2]

List

Name of the recipient	Field of recognition	Year	Country^{[note 1]}	Ref
Muhammad Tantawi	Defense	1950	Egypt
Abdul Ghafoor	Theology	1958	Pakistan
Aga Khan IV	Philanthropy	1970	Switzerland
Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi	Philanthropy	1970	Nepal
Abdus Salam	Science, theoretical	1979	Pakistan
Abdul Sattar Edhi	Philanthropy	1989	Pakistan
Faiz Ahmed Faiz	Literature, Urdu	1990	Pakistan	^[3]
Abdul Waheed Kakar	Defense	1993	Pakistan
Rudini	Defense		Indonesia	^[4]
Try Sutrisno	Defense		Indonesia	^[5]
Feisal Tanjung	Defense	1995	Indonesia	^[6]
Hartono	Defense		Indonesia	^[7]
Abdul Qadeer Khan	Science, materials	1996	Pakistan
Ishfaq Ahmad	Science, nuclear	1998	Pakistan
Dilip Kumar	Fine arts	1998	India	^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Riazuddin	Science, theoretical	1998	Pakistan
Sharifuddin Pirzada	Law	1998	Pakistan
Raziuddin Siddiqui	Science, theoretical	1998	Pakistan
Abdul Qadeer Khan	Science, nuclear	1999	Pakistan
Akhtar Hameed Khan	Economics	2001	Pakistan
Shahid Karimullah	Defense	2002	Pakistan
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah	social work	2002	Bengal
Atta ur Rahman	Science, organic	2002	Pakistan
Hakim Said	Philanthropy	2002	Pakistan	^[12]
Samar Mubarakmand	Science, nuclear	2004	Pakistan
Yaşar Büyükanıt	Defense	2007	Turkey
Habib Jalib	Literature, Urdu	2009	Pakistan
Khurshid Ahmad	Economics	2011	Pakistan	^[13]
Mehdi Hassan	Fine arts	2012	Pakistan
Saadat Hassan Manto	Literature, Urdu	2012	Pakistan
Abdul Sattar Edhi	Philanthropy	2012	Pakistan
Munir Ahmad Khan	Science, nuclear	2012	Pakistan
Rahimuddin Khan	Defense		Pakistan
Rashad Mahmood	Defense	2013	Pakistan	^[14]
General Tariq Majid	Defense	2013	Pakistan
Hilmi Özkök	Defense	2013	Turkey
Shafi ur Rahman	Law	2013	Pakistan
Sherry Rehman	Diplomacy	2013	Pakistan	^[15]
Anwar Shamim	Defense	2013	Pakistan
Raheel Sharif	Defense	2013	Pakistan	^[14]
Ghulam Nabi	Science, shock physics (detonics)	2014	Pakistan	^[16]
Marsetio	Defense	2014	Indonesia	^[17]
Asma Jahangir	Women's rights	2018	Pakistan	^[18]
Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne	Defense	2019	Sri Lanka
Sadruddin Hashwani	Philanthropy	2019	Pakistan
Jansher Khan	Sports, Squash	2023	Pakistan	^[19]
Qavi Khan	Fine arts	2023	Pakistan
Iftikhar Arif	Literature	2023	Pakistan
Mujahid Anwar Khan	Defense	2023	Pakistan
Nadeem Raza	Defense	2023	Pakistan
Shamshad Akhtar	Economics	2024	Pakistan	^[20]
Metin Gürak	Defense	2024	Türkiye	^[21]

Muhammad Sharif Toosy

Notes

^ Citizenship at the time of awarding

References

^ ^a ^b "Honour and Awards Policy". pakistan.gov.pk. Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Honours and awards Policy" (PDF). cabinet.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ Nishan-e-Imtiaz for Faiz Ahmad Faiz on aaj.tv website, Retrieved 3 June 2016
^ Dinas Sejarah TNI AD 2017, p. 232.
^ Dinas Sejarah TNI AD 2019, p. 248-250.
^ Usamah Hisyam (Ketua Tim Penyusun), Feisal Tanjung:Terbaik untuk rakyat, terbaik bagi ABRI, Jakarta: Dharmapena, 1999, hal.749.
^ Dinas Sejarah TNI AD 2011, p. 130.
^ Desai, Meghnad (2014). "Dilip Kumar's autobiography reveals his journey from Peshawar to Bombay". p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ BBC News (2014). "Indian media: Dilip Kumar's Pakistan home a heritage site". p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ The Hindu, National (2016). "Dilip Kumar's home in Pak. on verge of collapse". p. 1. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ India Today, PTI (2015). "Dilip Kumar's ancestral home in Pakistan to be turned into a museum". p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ Nishan-e-Imtiaz Award for Hakim Said on The Nation newspaper, Published 17 October 2015, Retrieved 10 January 2017
^ Nishan-e-Imtiaz Award for Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) in 2011 on The Nation newspaper, Published 24 March 2011, Retrieved 24 January 2017
^ ^a ^b Nishan-e-Imtiaz Awards for both General Raheel Sharif and General Rashad Mahmood given by the President of Pakistan on The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 20 December 2013, Retrieved 10 January 2017
^ "Senate of Pakistan". www.senate.gov.pk. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Recipients of civil, military awards". www.dawn.com.
^ Jabri, Parvez (2014-11-26). "President confers Nishan-i-Imtiaz (military) on Indonesian Naval Chief". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
^ "Asma Jahangir, Junaid Jamshed, Afridi, Misbah among 141 nominated for Civil Awards". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Jansher Khan awarded with Nishan-e-Imtiaz". The Frontier Post.
^ "President announces Civil Awards for citizens, foreigners". DAWN. 15 August 2023.
^ "Turkish chief of staff Metin Gurak awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz in Pakistan". Pakistan Observer. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

Works cited

Dinas Sejarah TNI AD (2011), Profil Kepala Staf Angkatan Darat Ke-1 s.d.Ke-26 (in Indonesian), vol. I
Dinas Sejarah TNI AD (2017), Rudini: Potret Pengabdian Prajurit TNI AD (in Indonesian), ISBN 978-602-7846-27-2
Dinas Sejarah TNI AD (2019), Jenderal TNI Try Sutrisno, Sosok Arek Suroboyo (in Indonesian), vol. I

[3] Citizenship at the time of awarding

[civil-awards-list-1] "Honour and Awards Policy". pakistan.gov.pk. Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[Awards_Policy-2] "Honours and awards Policy" (PDF). cabinet.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[4] Nishan-e-Imtiaz for Faiz Ahmad Faiz on aaj.tv website, Retrieved 3 June 2016

[FOOTNOTEDinas_Sejarah_TNI_AD2017232-5] Dinas Sejarah TNI AD 2017, p. 232.

[FOOTNOTEDinas_Sejarah_TNI_AD2019248-250-6] Dinas Sejarah TNI AD 2019, p. 248-250.

[7] Usamah Hisyam (Ketua Tim Penyusun), Feisal Tanjung:Terbaik untuk rakyat, terbaik bagi ABRI, Jakarta: Dharmapena, 1999, hal.749.

[FOOTNOTEDinas_Sejarah_TNI_AD2011130-8] Dinas Sejarah TNI AD 2011, p. 130.

[Dileep_Kumar,_Nishan-e-Imtiaz1-9] Desai, Meghnad (2014). "Dilip Kumar's autobiography reveals his journey from Peshawar to Bombay". p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[Dilip_Kumar,_Nishan-e-Imtiaz2-10] BBC News (2014). "Indian media: Dilip Kumar's Pakistan home a heritage site". p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[Dilip_Kumar,_Nishan-e-Imtiaz3-11] The Hindu, National (2016). "Dilip Kumar's home in Pak. on verge of collapse". p. 1. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[Dilip_Kumar,_Nishan-e-Imtiaz4-12] India Today, PTI (2015). "Dilip Kumar's ancestral home in Pakistan to be turned into a museum". p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[13] Nishan-e-Imtiaz Award for Hakim Said on The Nation newspaper, Published 17 October 2015, Retrieved 10 January 2017

[14] Nishan-e-Imtiaz Award for Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) in 2011 on The Nation newspaper, Published 24 March 2011, Retrieved 24 January 2017

[Tribune-15] Nishan-e-Imtiaz Awards for both General Raheel Sharif and General Rashad Mahmood given by the President of Pakistan on The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 20 December 2013, Retrieved 10 January 2017

[16] "Senate of Pakistan". www.senate.gov.pk. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[Dawn-17] "Recipients of civil, military awards". www.dawn.com.

[18] Jabri, Parvez (2014-11-26). "President confers Nishan-i-Imtiaz (military) on Indonesian Naval Chief". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-09-14.

[19] "Asma Jahangir, Junaid Jamshed, Afridi, Misbah among 141 nominated for Civil Awards". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[20] "Jansher Khan awarded with Nishan-e-Imtiaz". The Frontier Post.

[21] "President announces Civil Awards for citizens, foreigners". DAWN. 15 August 2023.

[22] "Turkish chief of staff Metin Gurak awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz in Pakistan". Pakistan Observer. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

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v t e Pakistan honours and military decorations
Gallantry awards	Nishan-i-Haider Medal (Sign of the Lion; 1st highest award) Hilal-i-Jur'at Medal (Crescent of Courage; 2nd highest award) Sitara-i-Jur'at Medal (Star of Courage; 3rd highest award) Tamgha-i-Jur'at (Medal of Courage; 4th highest award) Imtiazi Sanad Medal (Mention in Despatches; 5th highest award)
Non-operational awards (without enemy engagement)	Sitara-e-Basalat (Star of Valour) Tamgha-i-Basalat (Medal of Valour) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class I) (Medal of Service; military) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class II) (Medal of Service; military) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class III) (Medal of Service; military)
Civilian military awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence; civilian) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence; civilian) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence; civilian) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Medal of Service; civilian)