Nishan-e-Pakistan

The Nishan-e-Pakistan is the highest of civil awards and decorations given by the Government of Pakistan for the highest degree of service to the country and nation of Pakistan. The award was established on March 19, 1957.

The Nishan-e-Pakistan, unlike other honours, is a highly restricted and most prestigious award and is only conferred for the merit and distinguished services to the country, international community, and foreign relations. This award, like other civilian awards, is announced on August 14 each year and its investiture takes place on following March 23. Recipients are entitled to the post-nominal NPk.

Foreign Recipients of Nishan-e-Pakistan

Year	Name	Field	Country
1960	HM Queen Elizabeth II		United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms
January 13 1961	Josip Broz Tito		Yugoslavia
	Dwight Eisenhower		United States
August 1 1969	Richard Nixon		United States
March 23, 1983	His Highness Sayyid Karīm al-Hussaynī		France
May 19 1990	Morarji Desai		India
October 3 1992	Nelson Mandela		South Africa
April 10 1999	Li Peng		People's Republic of China
1999	Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani		Qatar
April 21 2001	Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said		Oman
February 1 2006	King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud		Saudi Arabia
November 24 2006	Hu Jintao		People's Republic of China
October 26 2009	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan		Turkey
March 31 2010	Abdullah Gül		Turkey

Recipients of the Hilal-e-Pakistan

Hilal-e-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan), stands second in hierarchy of civilian awards after the Nishan-E-Pakistan.

Year	Name	Field	Country
1958	Haile Selassie I		Ethiopia

Recipients of the Sitara-e-Pakistan

Sitara-e-Pakistan (Star of Pakistan), stands third in hierarchy of civilian awards after the Nishan-e-Pakistan and the Hilal-e-Pakistan.

Year	Name	Field	Province	Country
1958	Farida Akhter			Pakistan
1958	Aslam Khattak	politician/chairman, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan		Pakistan
1959	Dr. Abdus Salam	scientist and Science Advisor to the Government		Pakistan
1965	Air Commodore Dr. Władysław Turowicz	military scientist and engineer		Pakistan and Poland
1965	Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan	Naval intelligence officer and Chief of Naval Staff		Pakistan
1966	A G N Kazi	Chairman Water and Power Development Authority		Pakistan
1971	Rear Admiral Leslie Mungavin	Naval Officer		Pakistan
1972	Chief Justice Bashiruddin Ahmed Khan	Judge		Pakistan
	Akhtar Hameed Khan	Social scientist, he pioneered microcredit, microfinance, and rural development initiatives		Pakistan
	Sandy Gall	journalist		Great Britain
	Habibullah Khan Khattak	for action in Burma during World War II		Pakistan
	Bronte Clucas Quayle, CB, OBE, QC,	for his services in drafting the Constitution of Pakistan.
1991	Dr. James M. Shera MBE	politician, Head of the International Curriculum Support Services, Education Department		Great Britain
2006	Dr Grace Warren	surgeon, leprosy expert		Australia
2009	Greg Mortenson	humanitarian, Central Asia Institute - for promoting girls' literacy and education, and establishing schools in Pakistan		United States
2009	An Qiguang	Former Counsel General of China in Karachi for his notable services in strengthening the relations between Pakistan and China		China

Recipients of the Tamgha-e-Pakistan

Tamgha-e-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan), stands fourth in hierarchy of civilian awards after the Nishan-e-Pakistan, Hial-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Pakistan.

Year	Name	Field	Province	Country
1959	Sartaj Aziz	Economics	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Pakistan
1967	Hermanegild Marcos Antonio Drago	Community	Sindh	Pakistan
1971	Ahmed Hussain A Kazi	Public Service	Sindh	Pakistan

See also

• Civil decorations of Pakistan

External links

• Decorations and Medals of Pakistan