Pakistan to confer civil award to Jack Ma for his philanthropic services
China’s continued support to Pakistan, extended on government and private-level to fight COVID-19, is a testimony of bilateral strategic cooperative partnership. The government of Pakistan has decided to confer civil awards on four Chinese nationals including Jack Ma, a philanthropist and founder of Ali Baba, for continued support to Pakistan amid the outbreak of COVID-19. Jack Ma had donated a substantial amount of medical supplies to help Pakistan tackle the menace of COVID-19.
Pakistan will confer civil awards on four Chinese nationals including philanthropist and founder of e-commerce giant Ali Baba, Jack Ma, for their services towards the country.
The cabinet secretariat on Friday released the names of 184 Pakistani and foreign nationals who will be conferred civil awards for showing excellence and courage in their respective fields, which included the Chinese billionaire.
Jack Ma had donated face masks, test kits, protective gear and forehead thermometers to Pakistan earlier this year to support the country’s fight against the coronavirus.
According to a handout, the president granted Nishan-i-Imtiaz to seven persons; Hilal-i-Imtiaz to two persons; Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to four; Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to one; Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam to six; Sitara-i-Pakistan to two; Sitara-i-Shuja’at to 24; Sitara-i-Imtiaz to 27; President’s Award For Pride Of Performance to 44; Sitara-i-Khidmat to one; Tamgha-i-Pakistan to one; Tamgha-i-Shuja’at to 23; Tamgha-i-Imtiaz to 46 and Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam to one person.
Noted artist Saqiquen Naqvi, Ahmed Faraz, Zahoor ul Haq, Muhammad Jameel Khan, Dr Jameel Jalbi, folk singer Abida Parveen and Zahoor ul Haq will be awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz.
Religious scholar and preacher Maulana Tariq Jameel will be awarded President’s Award of Price of Performance.
Actress Bushra Ansari, Talat Hussain, Farooq Qaiser, Naeem Bukhari and cricketer Abdul Qadir (late) will be conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
Sakeena Samon, Naimat Sarhadi, Humayun Saeed, Ali Zafar and Pashto singer Mahjabin Qazalbash are among those selected for President’s Award of Price of Performance.
The investitures ceremony for the said awards would be held on March 23, 2021.
Following is the list of the awards and the would-be recipients along with the fields they served in.
Nishan-i-Imtiaz
Sadeqain Naqvi Arts (Painting/Sculpture)
Prof. Shakir Ali Arts (Painting)
Zahoor ul Haq (Late) Arts (Painting/ Sculpture)
Ms. Abida Parveen Arts (Singing)
Dr. Jameel Jalibi
Muhammad Jameel Khan (Late) (Sindh) Literature (Critic/Historian)
Ahmad Faraz (Late) (KP) Literature (Poetry)
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Prof. Dr. Anwar ul Hassan Gillani (Sindh) Science (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Dr Asif Mahmood Jah (Punjab) Public Service
Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam
Jack Ma (China) Services to Pakistan
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