Tamgha-e-Imtiaz explained

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
Country:	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Awarded By:	Government of Pakistan
Type:	Award
Day:	Announced on 14 August each year, Pakistan's Independence Day, awarded on 23 March the next year (Pakistan Day)
Eligibility:	Pakistanis and foreign citizens
For:	Service to the state, and for services to international diplomacy.
Status:	Currently constituted
Established:	19 March 1957^[1]
Date:	1957
First Induction:	19 March 1957
Ribbon:	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces and worn on their uniform. It can also be awarded to foreign citizens who have performed great service to Pakistan.

Grades of the Order of Imtiaz

See main article: Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces. This award is the 4th Grade in the Order of Imtiaz (Excellence). The four Grades in the Order of Imtiaz are:

1. Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence;)
2. Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence;)
3. Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence;)
4. Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence;).^[2]

Service Ribbon Insignia

The ribbon for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) is:

• Yellow with a white centre band and a narrow Pakistan Green stripe in the middle.

The ribbon for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) is:

• White edges with Pakistan Green center band and three equal stripes in the middle, separated by two equal-sized Pakistan Green stripes.

Notable recipients

Year	Recipient	Field / Occupation	State / Country	width=5%
	Abdul Razzaq Anjum	Pakistan Air Force	Pakistan	^[3]
	Ishrat Fatima	Newsreader	Islamabad	^[4]
	Laiq Zada Laiq	Literature	Madyan, Pakistan	^[5]
	Shoaib Hashmi	Art	Pakistan	^[6]
1960	Sadequain	Art	Pakistan	^[7]
1962	Shaukat Thanvi	Journalism	Lahore, Punjab	^[8]
1962	Nabi Bakhsh Baloch	Education	Sindh	^[9]
1963	Tariq Mustafa	Science	Faisalabad, Punjab
1965	Mohini Hameed		Lahore, Punjab	^[10]
1966	Noor Jehan	Art	Karachi, Sindh	^[11]
1969	Muslehuddin	Art	East Pakistan	^[12]
1979	Qari Shakir Qasmi	Art	Punjab, Rawalpindi	^[13]
1986	Jilani Kamran	Literature	Lahore, Punjab	^[14]
1989	Muhammad Umer	Sports (Football)	Karachi, Sindh	^[15]
1998	Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary	Science	Karachi, Sindh	^[16]
1998	Mohini Hameed		Lahore, Punjab
2000	Muhammad Asif Khan	Science	Chakwal, Punjab	^[17]
2001	Mustafa Shameel	Science	Karachi, Sindh	^[18]
2002	A. S. Nathaniel	Health care	Lahore, Punjab	^[19]
2003	Anwar Khokhar	Philanthropy	Larkana, Sindh	^[20]
2003	Muhammad Ali Shah	Services (Sports)	Pakistan	^[21]
2004	Mian Muhammad Latif	Industrialist	Toba Tek Singh, Punjab	^[22]
2004	Rahimullah Yusufzai	Journalism	Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
2005	Abrar-ul-Haq	Philanthropy, Art	Faisalabad, Punjab	^[23]
2005	Manzoor Niazi Qawwal	Art	Karachi, Sindh	^[24]
2006	Hadiqa Kiani	Art	Rawalpindi, Punjab	^[25]
2006	Shuja Ud Din Malik	Weightlifting	Gujranwala, Punjab	^[26]
2007	Junaid Jamshed	Art	Karachi, Sindh	^[27]
2008	Atif Aslam	Art	Wazirabad, Punjab	^[28]
2009	Kanwal Feroze	Literature	Punjab	^[29]
2011	Nasreen Anjum Bhatti	Art	Sindh	^[30]
2011	Ghulam Abbas	Art	Lahore, Punjab	^[31]
2012	Raihan Merchant	Businessman	Karachi, Sindh	^[32]
2012	Saba Qamar	Art	Hyderabad, Sindh	^[33]
2012	Sami Khan	Art	Lahore, Punjab	^[34]
2012	Dr. Majjida Bashir Ahmed	Medicine	Sindh
2013	Faisal Mushtaq	Education	Kharian, Punjab	^[35]
2013	Khalid Masud Gondal	Health, Education	Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab	^[36]
2014	Mohammad Tahir Shah	Geology	Sirikot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
2014	Nauman Niaz	Journalism	Lahore, Punjab	^[37]
2014	Saadat Saeed	Literature	Lahore, Punjab	^[38]
2014	Shakil Auj	Education	Karachi, Sindh	^[39]
2015	Abdul Bari Khan	Health	Karachi, Sindh	^[40]
2015	Zahid Ur Rashdi	Education	Gujranwala, Punjab
2016	Mohammad Hameed Shahid	Literature	Punjab	^[41]
2016	Dadi Leela	Education	Hyderabad, Sindh	^[42]

2019^[43]

Seemin Jamali	Medicine	Sindh, Pakistan
Syed Sabihuddin Rehmani	Arts (Naat Recitation/ Literature)	Sindh, Pakistan
Ms. Mehwish Hayat	Art(Acting)	Sindh, Pakistan

2020

Mr. Abdul Majid Jahangir

Arts (Acting)

Sindh

^[44]

2021

Rubina Mustafa Qureshi

Art (Singing)

Sindh, Pakistan

^[45]

2023

Pakistan conferred a series of civil awards in 2023 to recognize exceptional contributions across various fields. The recipients demonstrated outstanding achievements in literature, arts, sports, social services, public service, and other domains. Further to the list provided below, a poignant tribute was paid to the healthcare sector, with 299 individuals posthumously awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz for their selfless sacrifices during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[46] These awards serve as a testament to the nation's gratitude for the invaluable services rendered by these heroes.

	Recipient	Field / Occupation	Ref.
1	Mr. Zubair Imam Malik	Philanthropy
2	Dr. Ghazala Shaheen (Martyr)	Medicine (COVID-19)
3	Mr. Abdul Hafeez Khan	Philanthropy
4	Mr. Asad Ullah Khalid	Gallantry
5	Dr. Mohammad Al-Arabi Bouazizi	Services to Pakistan
6	Dr. Javaid Ahmed Sheikh	Services to Pakistan
7	Mr. Salman Ilyas Khan	Services to Pakistan
8	Dr. Shaukat Saeed	Science (Materials Chemistry)
9	Prof. Dr. Sardar Khan	Science (Environmental Science)
10	Prof. Dr. Abdul Naeem Khan	Science (Chemistry)
11	Dr. Haider Abbas	Science
12	Mr. Abdul Aleem Haider	Science (Physics)
13	Dr. Muhammad Usman Akram	Engineering
14	Dr. Tahir Masood	Engineering
15	Dr. Salman Raza Naqvi	Engineering
16	Dr. Hammad Omer	Engineering
17	Mr. Murli Dhar	Engineering (Architect)
18	Syed Sabahat Hussain	Mechanical Engineering
19	Mr. Muhammad Amin Warraich	Project Management
20	Mr. Asif Iqbal	Mechanical Engineering
21	Dr. Manzoor Ikram	Science (Physics)
22	Dr. Muhammad Zamurad Shah	Electrical Engineering
23	Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bhatti	Electrical Engineering
24	Dr. Nasir Mehmood	Mechanical Engineering
25	Dr. Nadia Jamil	Genetics
26	Dr. Sajid Yaqub	Engineering (Mechanical)
27	Mr. Imran Sarwar	Satellite Communications
28	Dr. Muhammad Imran Afzal	Engineering (Mechanical)
29	Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yar	Education (Chemistry)
30	Prof. Dr. Aamer Saeed Bhatti	Education (Chemistry)
31	Prof. Dr. Shahid Munir	Education
32	Dr. Waseem Azhar (USA)	Education
33	Dr. Talat Mehmood (Germany)	Education
34	Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Sawand (Shaheed)	Education (I.T. & Higher Management)
35	Prof. Dr. Zia ul Haq	Education
36	Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad	Education
37	Dr. Hassan Imran Afridi	Education
38	Mr. Anwar Amjad	Education
39	Dr. Syed Mehmood Raza	Education
40	Dr. Shagufta Jabeen	Medicine
41	Prof Sajjad Naseer	Education
42	Ms. Kanwal Ameen	Education
43	Dr. Shahid Hamid	Medicine
44	Dr. Rashid Siddiqui	Medicine
45	Dr. Shaukat Yousaf Khan	Medicine
46	Mr. Muhammad Arshad Chohan	Medicine
47	Prof. Rizwan Taj	Medicine (Psychiatry, Medical Education)
48	Dr. Nadeem Qamar	Medicine (Cardiologist)
49	Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Afridi	Medicine (Psychiatry)
50	Dr. Umraz Khan	Medicine (Plastic Surgery)
51	Mr. Khalid Waheed	Medicine
52	Dr. Rizwan Jamil Rahman	Medicine
53	Prof. Dr. Irfan Manzoor Bakhshi	Medicine
54	Mr. Moquit Usman	Medicine
55	Dr. Ghulam Abbas	Medicine
56	Prof. Dr. Ali Raza Hashmi	Medicine
57	Dr. Yasir Arafat Gabol	Medicine
58	Dr. Awais Ahmed Lakhair	Medicine
59	Qari Waseem Ullah Amin	Arts (Qira'at)
60	Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz Qamar	Arts (Naat Khawani)
61		Arts (Acting)
62	Syeda Mehrbano Kazim (Alias Juggan Kazim)	Arts (Anchoring/Acting)
63	Mr. Abdul Batin Farooqi	Arts (Acting)
64	Mr. Almas Khan Khalil	Arts (Folk Pashto Singing)
65	Mr. Fazal Wahab Dard	Arts (Singing)
66	Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan	Arts (Classical Singing)
67	Mr. Imran Aziz Mian	Arts (Qawwali)
68	Mr. Arbab Khan Khoso	Arts (Alghoza Playing)
69	Mr. Jehanzeb Malik	Arts (Painting)
70	Mr. Jamil Ahmed Baloch	Arts (Painting, Sculpturing)
71	Mr. Gulraiz Ghouri	Arts (Photography)
72	Prof. Dr. Gul Rahim Khan	Arts (Archaeology & Numismatics)
73		Arts (Archeology)
74	Syed Ghalib Baqar	Arts (Painting)
75	Mr. Ghulam Abbas Khaskheli	Arts (Egg Shell Painting)
76	Mr. Mushtaque Ali Lashari	Arts (Painting)
77	Mr. Bandah Ali	Arts (Folk Artist/Painting)
78	Mr. Rahmatullah Khan	Arts (Photography)
79	Dr. Khalid Bin Shaheen	ActingProduction
80	Mr. Shahzad Rafique	Arts (Film Direction)
81	Mr. Khan Shahnawaz Malhi	Arts (Painting)
82	Mr. Muhammad Waseem	Arts (Calligraphy)
83	Mr. A.S Rind	Arts (PaintingCalligraphy)
84	Ms. Fizza Ali Meerza	Arts (ProductionScreen Writing)
85	Mr. Amjad Sheikh	Arts (Film Production Distribution)
86	Mr. Abdul Wasay Chaudhary	Arts (FilmDrama Acting)
87	Mr. Farooq Hassan	Arts (Host)
88	Mr. Misbah Uddin Qazi	Arts (Visual Arts)
89	Dr. Aqeel Abbas Jafri	Literature (Poetry & Linguistics)
90	Mr. Ali Dost Aajiz	Literature (Poetry/Writing)
91	Mr. Anwer Sen Roy	Literature (Poetry/Writing)
92	Dr. Mushtaq Ali Leghari	Literature (Poetry/Writing)
93	Mr. Shams ul Qamar (Late)	Literature (Poetry/Writing)
94	Dr. Muhammad Ismail	Literature (Writing)
95	Prof. Dr. Abdul Saboor Baloch	Literature (Writing)
96	Mr. Ahmed Ataullah	Literature (Poetry)
97	Mr. Aziz Ijaz	Literature (Poetry)
98	Mr. Ghulam Qadir Buzdar (Late)	Literature (Poetry)
99	Mr. Muhammad Salim Shahzad	Literature
100	Mr. Amjad Aziz Malik	Journalism
101	Mr. Fahad Saleem Malik	Journalism (Media/Technology)
102	Syed Naqi Haider Naqvi	Journalism
103	Ms. Shama Junejo	Journalism
104	Mr. Waqar Satti	Journalism
105	Mr. Farooq Adil	Journalism
106	Mr. Fahad Hussain	Journalism
107	Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed	Journalism
108	Mr. Usman Tajwar	Sports (Boxing)
109	Ms. Ushna Sohail	Sports (Lawn Tennis)
110	Mr. Danish Atlas	Sports (Squash)
111	Ms. Farzana Shoaib	Social Services
112	Syed FerozAlam Shah	Social Services
113	Ms. Fadia Kashif	Social Services
114	Molana Muhammad Maaz	Religious Scholar
115	Moulana Khabeer Azad	Religious Scholar
116	Lt. Col. Syed Maozzam Ali (Retd)	Public Service
117	Syeda Arooba Bilal Hussain Gillani	Public Service
118	Dr. Muhammad Salim Habib	Public Service
119	Dr. Syed Saif ur Rehman	Public Service
120	Mr. Fazal Karim Dadabhoy	Public Service
121	Syed Zafar Abbas Jafri	Public Service
122	Dr. Muhammad Quraish Khan	Public Service
123	Mr. Abdul Rauf Baloch	Public Service
124	Mr. Bashir Ahmed Bangulzai	Public Service
125	Mr. Muhammad Imtiaz Buzdar	Public Service
126	Mr. Amjad Hussain	Public Service
127	Mr. Irfan Saleem	Public Service
128	Mr. Saqib Sultan Al Mehmood	Public Service
129	Mr. Ijaz Shafi Gillani	Public Service
130	Mr. Musaddaq Zulqarnain	Public Service
131	Mr. Muhammad Asif Jameel	Public Service
132	Syed Murtaza Ali Shah	Public Service
133	Mr. Muhammad Mushtaq	Public Service
134	Mr. Farooq Mehboob	Public Service
135	Ms. Aisha Khan	Public Service
136	Mr. Basharat Mehmood Shehzad	Public Service
137	Syed Rizwan Mahboob	Public Service
138	Mr. Ali Tauqeer Shaikh	Public Service
139	Mr. Afaq Ahmed Qureshi	Public Service
140	Dr. Inayat Hussain	Public Service
141	Mr. Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh	Public Service
142	Mr. Rashid Mahmood Langrial	Public Service
143	Mr. Zulfiqar Younas	Public Service
144	Mr. Tanvir Butt	Public Service
145	Mr. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad	Public Service
146	Mr. Bilal Siddique Kamyana	Public Service
147	Mr. Shamim Ashraf Khawaja	Public Service
148	Mrs. Abida Malik	Public Service
149	Mr. Zubair Ali	Public Service
150	Haji Masood Parekh	Public Service
151	Mr. Maqsood Ahmad	Public Service (Heritage Management)
152	Ms. Sarah Ahmad	Public Service (Child Protection)
153	Dr. Mimpal Singh	Public Service (Inter-faith harmony)
154	Dr. Saud Anwar	Services to Pakistan
155	Dr. Mukhayo Abdurakhmonova	Services to Pakistan
156	Dr. Rizwana Chaudhary	Health (Gynecologist)

See also

• Civil decorations of Pakistan
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz

External links

• 2020 Tamgha e Imtiaz awards
• 2021 Tamgha e Imtiaz awards
• https://cabinet.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/Conferment%20of%20Pakistan%20Civil%20Awards%202023.pdf

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