This is list of recipients of the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, listed in chronological order. The Nishan-e-Imtiaz (; ) is one of the state organized civil decorations of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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. 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. List
Image Name of the recipient Field of recognition Year Country RefMuhammad Tantawi Defense1950EgyptAbdul GhafoorTheology1958Pakistan Aga Khan IV Philanthropy 1970SwitzerlandRatna Rajya Lakshmi DeviPhilanthropy1970NepalAbdus SalamScience, theoretical1979PakistanAbdul Sattar Edhi Philanthropy1989Pakistan Faiz Ahmed Faiz Literature, Urdu 1990 PakistanAbdul Waheed KakarDefense1993PakistanRudiniDefenseIndonesiaTry SutrisnoDefenseIndonesiaFeisal TanjungDefense1995IndonesiaUsamah Hisyam (Ketua Tim Penyusun), Feisal Tanjung:Terbaik untuk rakyat, terbaik bagi ABRI, Jakarta: Dharmapena, 1999, hal.749.HartonoDefenseIndonesia Abdul Qadeer Khan Science, materials 1996 PakistanIshfaq AhmadScience, nuclear1998PakistanDilip Kumar Fine arts1998IndiaRiazuddin Science, theoretical 1998PakistanSharifuddin Pirzada Law1998PakistanRaziuddin Siddiqui Science, theoretical 1998PakistanAbdul Qadeer KhanScience, nuclear1999Pakistan Akhtar Hameed KhanEconomics2001PakistanShahid KarimullahDefense2002PakistanShaista Suhrawardy Ikramullahsocial work2002BengalAtta ur RahmanScience, organic 2002PakistanHakim Said Philanthropy2002PakistanNishan-e-Imtiaz Award for Hakim Said on The Nation newspaper, Published 17 October 2015, Retrieved 10 January 2017 Samar MubarakmandScience, nuclear2004PakistanYaşar BüyükanıtDefense2007TurkeyHabib Jalib Literature, Urdu2009PakistanHaji Mohammed AdeelDiplomacy2011PakistanKhurshid AhmadEconomics2011PakistanNishan-e-Imtiaz Award for Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) in 2011 on The Nation newspaper, Published 24 March 2011, Retrieved 24 January 2017 Mehdi Hassan Fine arts2012PakistanSaadat Hassan MantoLiterature, Urdu2012PakistanAbdul Sattar Edhi Philanthropy2012PakistanMunir Ahmad Khan Science, nuclear 2012PakistanRahimuddin KhanDefensePakistanRashad Mahmood Defense2013PakistanGeneral Tariq MajidDefense2013PakistanHilmi ÖzkökDefense2013TurkeyShafi ur RahmanLaw2013PakistanSherry Rehman Diplomacy2013Pakistan Anwar ShamimDefense2013PakistanRaheel Sharif Defense2013PakistanNishan-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 2017Ghulam NabiScience, shock physics (detonics)2014PakistanMarsetioDefense2014IndonesiaAsma JahangirWomen's rights2018PakistanAdmiral Ravindra C. WijegunaratneDefense2019Sri LankaSadruddin HashwaniPhilanthropy2019PakistanGhulam Mustafa TabassumPoetry 2023PakistanJansher KhanSports, Squash 2023PakistanQavi KhanFine arts2023PakistanIftikhar ArifLiterature 2023PakistanMujahid Anwar KhanDefense2023PakistanNadeem RazaDefense2023Pakistan Shamshad AkhtarEconomics2024PakistanMetin GürakDefense2024Türkiye Michael KurillaDefense2025United States of America
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