Nishan-e-Imtiaz

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Nishan-e-Imtiaz
نشانِ امتیاز
Hilal-e-Imtiaz

Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Civilian)

Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)

The Nishan-e-Imtiaz (

Heads of States
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The Nishan-e-Imtiaz was established on 19 March 1957, following the proclamation of Pakistan as a parliamentary republic, by the 1956 Constitution. The award is the top decoration in the country, given to a person who has accomplished duty beyond what is assigned to them. The person has to show eminence and be outstanding in providing excellent service in a significant field of activity.

The award may be bestowed posthumously

Nishan-i-Imtiaz is an honour given by the Government of Pakistan to both the military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces
and civilians who have outstanding contributions that prompted world recognition of Pakistan. For civilians, it is awarded for distinguished merit, honouring their excellence in their respective fields of literature, arts, sports, medicine, or science. The award is usually given to individuals not groups because the purpose of the award is to recognise individual excellence.

For those in the military it is given after distinguished service and is also the highest award that can be awarded to those at the rank of

Coast Guard, and Marines
.

Prime minister of Pakistan. On the advice of the Prime Minister, the President
organizes a ceremony that is telecast and broadcast nationally.

This award ceremony is held once in a year, nominees are announced on Independence Day and the ceremony takes place on Pakistan Day in the Presidential Palace. Nishan-i-Imtiaz is awarded to the nominees by the President of Pakistan in a public ceremony.

The badge of the Nishan-e-Imtiaz is in the form of a pure golden star with light-white enamel, with well polished green emerald circumference to the inside the golden star. Written in gold words around the green emerald, it reads as نشان امتیاز. A golden Jasminum stands between the point of the star. It is worn around the neck with a yellow, bright yellow and white ribbon (for civilians) or bright green and white ribbon (for military officers) with white edge stripes.

A special grade of the award has a larger execution of the same medal design worn as a star on the left chest. In addition, it is worn as a sash on the right shoulder, with its rosette (yellow with white (for civilians) or/ green (Military officers only) with white and yellow edge, bearing the disc of the medal at its center, resting on the left hip. At the ceremony, both medals can be worn at the same time.

For military officers, the medal is accompanied by a ribbon bar for wearing on military uniform, a miniature medal pendant for wearing on mess uniform, and a lapel badge for wearing on civilian clothes.

Recipients

Main article: List of Nishan-e-Imtiaz recipients

Gallery

  • Karunanidhi overlooks as Dilip Kumar greets Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan at Meenambakkam Airport, Chennai (c. 1960). Kumar was the only Indian recipient of Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz.[3]
    Meenambakkam Airport, Chennai (c. 1960). Kumar was the only Indian recipient of Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ It is usually given all together. Only Military officers from Pakistan Defence Forces are awarded the ribbon which is attached to their respected uniform.

References

  1. ^ a b Honour and Awards Policy, Government of Pakistan, archived from the original on 2 March 2007
  2. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (15 August 2020). "Posthumous Nishan-i-Imtiaz for Sadequain, Ahmad Faraz". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ "When Dilip Kumar was honoured with Pakistan's highest civil award". The Express Tribune. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

External links

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