PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Friday, on behalf of the President Mamnoon Hussain, honoured one personality of the province with Sitara-I-Imtiaz, three with Presidential Pride of Performance Award and one with Tamgha-I-Imtiaz in recognition of their illustrious achievements in their respective disciplines at the ceremony held at the Governor’s House, Peshawar on Friday.
The police officials of the province were also graced with Quaid-e Azam Police Medals and President’s Police Medals in the function. Besides, Inspector General of Police Salahuddin Mehsud, members of the provincial cabinet, Parliamentarians both from the Province and FATA, Senior Civil and Military officials and the relatives of the recipients of the awards also attended the ceremony.
Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari, got Sitara-I-Imtiaz in acknowledgement of his extraordinary services in the field of Bio Technology. Dr Bashir Khan in the field of Bio Technology, Dr Abul Samad in the field of Archeology and Kahlid Noor in Martial Arts got the President’s Award for Pride of Performance. Dr Asifullah in the field of Computer Science was also awarded with Tamgha-I-Imtiaz for his remarkable achievements in their respective fields.
Bunir District Police Officer (DPO) Khalid Mehmood Hamdan, Inspector Hameed Khan, Constable Waheedullah were awarded with Quaid-e-Azam Police medals while the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Sajad Khan, Deputy Superintendent Police Izhar Shah, Sub Inspector (SI) Haroon Khan, SI Haider Ali Shah and Constable Shahid Hussain were awarded President’s Police Medal.
Fazal Mehmood, (brother of Shaheed SI Sultan Mehmood), Muhammad Riaz, (brother of Constable Shaheed Munir Ahmed), Muhammad Nawaz, (brother of Shaheed Tahir Nawaz), Noman Khan (brother of Shaheed Adnan Aslam), Muhammad Ramzan (father of Shaheed Abdul Qayyum) Mir, (father of Shaheed Constable Jehnazeb), Akbar Nawaz (father of Shaheed Constable
Sabir Nawaz) and Professor Asmatullah (brother of Shaheed Inspector Najeebullah) received Quaid-e-Azam Police Medals. Saira Bibi (wife of Shaheed Constable Muhammad Tariq) Haji Sadiq (father of Shaheed Constable Khurram Shahzad) and Naseer Khan father of Shaheed Constable Sajeed Khan) received President’s Police Medals.
Laptops were announced for the children of Shuhada, Kashish (daughter of Shaheed Amir Nawaz, Uzma Amin (daughter of Shaheed Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Iqrar Amin), Muhammad Faisal (son of Shaheed Inspector Khalil ur Rehman) Sunbal (daughter of Shaheed Inspector Tahir Mehmood) Muskan (daughter of Shaheed Sub-Inspector Muhammad Akbar, Sada Bibi (daughter of Shaheed Constable Bakht Rasheed) Muhammad Jalal Khan (son of Muhammad Iqbal Marwat).
On the occasion, the governor congratulated the recipients of the National Awards and also paid tributes to the martyrs of the Pakistan Movement.