| Nishan-e-Pakistan | |
| Native Name: | |
| Awarded By: | Government of Pakistan |
| Type: | National Civilian |
| Founded: | 1957 |
| Country: |  Pakistan |
| Eligibility: | Heads of State |
| Criteria: | "rendered services of highest distinction" to the national interest of Pakistan. |
| Grades: | Grand Cross Grand Officer Commander Member |
| Post-Nominals: | N.Pk |
| Established: | 19 March 1957 |
| First Induction: | 1959 |
| Last Induction: | 2024 |
| Higher: | Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Pakistan |
| Lower: | Grand Officer of the Order of Pakistan |
Nishan-e-Pakistan (Urdu: {{nq|نشانِ پاکستان) is the highest civilian award of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.[1] It is awarded to "those who have rendered services of highest distinction" to the national interest of Pakistan. Nishan is awarded to government officials and civilians, including citizens of Pakistan and foreign nationals. In the Pakistan honours system, Nishan-e-Pakistan is equivalent to Nishan-e-Haider, the highest military gallantry award.[2] Established on 19 March 1975 under the Decorations Act, 1975,[3] the award is not correlated to the rank or status of a person.[2]
This award, including other civilian awards, is announced on Independence Day (14 August) each year and its investiture takes place on the following Pakistan Resolution Day (23 March) by the president of Pakistan.[4] This award can also be awarded posthumously,[5] and all the recipients are entitled to the post-nominal NPk.
| Year | Image | Name | Field | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Haile Selassie I[6] | Ethiopia | |||
| 1960 | Hussein bin Talal | The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | |||
| 9 November 1959 | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Imperial State of Iran | |||
| 1960 | Queen Elizabeth II | United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms | |||
| 13 January 1961 | Josip Broz Tito | Yugoslavia | |||
| 1962 | Bhumibol Adulyadej | Thailand | |||
| 7 December 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | United States | |||
| 1 August 1969 | Richard Nixon[7] | United States | |||
| 1982 | Suharto[8] | President of Indonesia | |||
| 1983 | King Birendra | Nepal | |||
| 23 March 1983 | Aga Khan IV[9] | United Kingdom | |||
| 19 May 1990 | Morarji Desai[10] | Prime Minister of India | India | ||
| 18 September 1992 | Brunei | ||||
| 3 October 1992 | Nelson Mandela[11] | South Africa | |||
| 30 August 1995 | Sadžida Silajdžić | Ambassador of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| March 8, 1997 | Fidel Ramos | Philippines | |||
| 10 April 1999 | China | ||||
| 6 April 1999 | Qatar | ||||
| 21 April 2001 | Qaboos bin Said[12] | Oman | |||
| 1 February 2006 | King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud[13] | Saudi Arabia | |||
| 24 November 2006 | Hu Jintao[14] | China | |||
| 26 October 2009 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan[15] [16] | Turkey | |||
| 2009 | Emperor Akihito[17] | Japan | |||
| 31 March 2010 | Abdullah Gul[18] [19] | Turkey | |||
| 22 May 2013 | Li Keqiang[20] | China | |||
| 21 April 2015 | Xi Jinping[21] | China | |||
| 23 May 2018 | Fidel Castro[22] | Cuba | |||
| 19 November 2018 | Haris Silajdžić | Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosna and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| 18 February 2019 | Mohammad bin Salman[23] [24] | Saudi Arabia | |||
| 22 March 2019 | Mahathir Mohamad[25] | Malaysia | |||
| 26 May 2019 | Wang Qishan[26] | China | |||
| 23 June 2019 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani[27] | Qatar | |||
| 23 March 2020 | Daren Sammy[28] | West Indies cricketer | Saint Lucia | ||
| 14 August 2020 | Syed Ali Shah Geelani[29] | Hurriyat Leader | India | ||
| 5 November 2020 | Šefik Džaferović[30] | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| 5 December 2023 | His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin | Leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community | India | ||
| 23 March 2024 | Khalid bin Salman[31] | Saudi Arabia |