This is a list of Pakistani individuals and organizations who achieved international awards in recognition of their projects or social services for peace, human rights, education, health, public welfare and youth development, etc.
World's highest ranking peace prizes
Title of AwardWinnerPortraitYearAchievementsNobel Prize in PhysicsAbdus Salam1979Dr. Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who received Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He was the first Pakistani to receive this award.Nobel Peace PrizeMalala Yousafzai2014Awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai – "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.Ramon Magsaysay AwardAkhtar Hameed Khan1963Akhter Hameed Khan was a Pakistani and social scientist. His particular contribution was the establishment of a comprehensive project for rural development, the Comilla Model (1959).Ramon Magsaysay AwardAbdul Sattar Edhi1986Abdul Sattar Edhi was a Pakistani philanthropist, ascetic, and humanitarian who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, along with homeless shelters, animal shelter, rehab centers, and orphanages across Pakistan.Ramon Magsaysay AwardBilquis Edhi1986Bilquis Edhi (widow of Abdul Sattar Edhi) is a professional nurse and one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan. She has been named The Mother of Pakistan.Ramon Magsaysay AwardShoaib Sultan Khan1992Shoaib Sultan Khan is one of the pioneers of rural development programmes in Pakistan. Since his retirement, he has been involved with the Rural Support Programmes (RSPs) of Pakistan full-time, on voluntary basis. Now, Rural Support Programmes have helped form 297,000 community organizations in 110 districts including two Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.Ramon Magsaysay AwardAsma Jahangir1995Asma Jahangir received Ramon Magsaysay Award on her struggle to prevent the persecution and exploitation of religious minorities, women and children in 1995.Ramon Magsaysay AwardAdeebul Hasan Rizvi1998Adeebul Hasan Rizvi is a Pakistani philanthropist, doctor, and Renal transplant surgeon. He founded Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), the center of excellence for kidney transplant in Pakistan.Ramon Magsaysay AwardTasneem Ahmed Siddiqui1999Tasneem Ahmed Siddiqui was a social activist who led the Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority (SKAA), a quasi-government agency that regularized and upgrades squatter settlements, to begin solving the housing problem of the poor.Ramon Magsaysay AwardRuth Pfau2002Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau was a German–Pakistani Catholic nun of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary and a physician. She moved from Germany to Pakistan in 1961 and devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan. She received Ramon Magsaysay Award on her life-long services and contributions in 2002.Ramon Magsaysay AwardIbn Abdur Rehman2004Ibn Abdur Rehman, also known as I. A. Rehman, was a Pakistani peace and human-rights advocate and a veteran communist. He has been influential for promoting peace in the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts and in Kashmir conflict as well as for other human rights issues in Pakistan.Ramon Magsaysay AwardThe Citizens Foundation2014A nonprofit organization based in Pakistan, The Citizens Foundation is providing education to the less-fortunate and underprevileged people through their branch network all over Pakistan. They received Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2014 on their humanitarian services and continuous efforts.Ramon Magsaysay AwardAmjad Saqib 2021Amjad Saqib, founder and Executive Director of Akhuwat Foundation received The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2021 for his first-of-its-kind microfinance loan programme (collateral free loan with zero percent interest) which has helped millions of poor and deserving families in Pakistan.Gusi Peace PrizeDr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig2018Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig (Honorary Consul General of Republic of Yemen in Pakistan) served as Secretary General of Make-A-Wish Foundation in Pakistan, granting wishes of terminally ill children. He received Gusi Peace Prize in 2018.Gusi Peace PrizeFarhan Wilayat Butt2019A Lahore-based Pakistani humanitarian, Farhan Wilayat Butt achieved Gusi Peace Prize 2019 on his philanthropic activities for arrangement of clean drinking water in desert areas of Pakistan under Singh Water Relief Project.Lenin Peace PrizeFaiz Ahmad Faiz1962Lenin Peace Prize used to be the highest ranking award of Soviet Union and one of the most popular and prestigious peace awards of Asia. Faiz Ahmad Faiz (a Pakistani writer and poet who got popularity due to his intellect and revolutionary poetry) was the first-ever Pakistani to receive this award from Soviet Union in 1962.Lenin Peace PrizeAbdul Sattar Edhi1988In 1988, Abdul Sattar Edhi (a humanitarian from Pakistan) received Lenin Peace Prize from Soviet Union for his services in the 1988 Armenian earthquake. The award got discontinued in 1991 after dissolution of the Soviet Union.Paul Bartlett Ré Peace PrizeFarhan Wilayat Butt2022Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize (a bi-annual peace award and cash prize) is given by University of New Mexico to an individual who has demonstrated notable achievements in promoting world peace and understanding. Being the first Pakistani nominee, Farhan Wilayat Butt achieved Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize 2022 for the Sindh Water Relief Project under the category of Lifetime Achievement Winner.
United Nations prize and special recognition