Tamgha-e-Imtiaz

For Ottoman military medal, see Imtiaz Medal.

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: تمغۂِ امتیاز, lit. 'Medal of Excellence'), 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.

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz تمغۂِ امتیاز
Obverse Medals for Up: Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) Down: Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Awarded by Government of Pakistan
Type	Award
Established	19 March 1957[1]
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Ribbon	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Eligibility	Pakistanis and foreign citizens
Awarded for	Service to the state, and for services to international diplomacy.
Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
First induction	19 March 1957[1]
Precedence
Next (higher)	Sitara-e-Imtiaz

Grades of the Order of Imtiaz

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; Urdu: نشانِ امتیاز)
2. Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence; Urdu: ہلالِ امتیاز)
3. Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence; Urdu: ستارہ امتیاز)
4. Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence; Urdu: تمغۂِ امتیاز).^[2]

ORDER OF IMTIAZ (CIVILIAN)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz	Hilal-e-Imtiaz	Sitara-e-Imtiaz	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz

ORDER OF IMTIAZ (MILITARY)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz	Hilal-e-Imtiaz	Sitara-e-Imtiaz	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz

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	Ref.
—	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	Abul Rauf Seemab	Art	Peshawar, Pakistan	[citation needed]
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	[citation needed]
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	Football (Sports)	Karachi, Sindh	[15]
1992	Dr. Maj. Farkhanda Sadiq	Amry Medical Corps	Lahore, Punjab
1998	Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary	Science	Karachi, Sindh	[16]
1998	Mohini Hameed		Lahore, Punjab	[10]
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	[citation needed]
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	[39]
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
Lt.Col Munazzam Jah (Retd)	Pakistan Army	Balochistan, 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	[46]
2	Dr. Ghazala Shaheen (Martyr)	Medicine (COVID-19)	[46]
3	Mr. Abdul Hafeez Khan	Philanthropy	[46]
4	Mr. Asad Ullah Khalid	Gallantry	[46]
5	Dr. Mohammad Al-Arabi Bouazizi	Services to Pakistan	[46]
6	Dr. Javaid Ahmed Sheikh	Services to Pakistan	[46]
7	Mr. Salman Ilyas Khan	Services to Pakistan	[46]
8	Dr. Shaukat Saeed	Science (Materials Chemistry)	[46]
9	Prof. Dr. Sardar Khan	Science (Environmental Science)	[46]
10	Prof. Dr. Abdul Naeem Khan	Science (Chemistry)	[46]
11	Dr. Haider Abbas	Science	[46]
12	Mr. Abdul Aleem Haider	Science (Physics)	[46]
13	Dr. Muhammad Usman Akram	Engineering	[46]
14	Dr. Tahir Masood	Engineering	[46]
15	Dr. Salman Raza Naqvi	Engineering	[46]
16	Dr. Hammad Omer	Engineering	[46]
17	Mr. Murli Dhar	Engineering (Architect)	[46]
18	Syed Sabahat Hussain	Mechanical Engineering	[46]
19	Mr. Muhammad Amin Warraich	Project Management	[46]
20	Mr. Asif Iqbal	Mechanical Engineering	[46]
21	Dr. Manzoor Ikram	Science (Physics)	[46]
22	Dr. Muhammad Zamurad Shah	Electrical Engineering	[46]
23	Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bhatti	Electrical Engineering	[46]
24	Dr. Nasir Mehmood	Mechanical Engineering	[46]
25	Dr. Nadia Jamil	Genetics	[46]
26	Dr. Sajid Yaqub	Engineering (Mechanical)	[46]
27	Mr. Imran Sarwar	Satellite Communications	[46]
28	Dr. Muhammad Imran Afzal	Engineering (Mechanical)	[46]
29	Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yar	Education (Chemistry)	[46]
30	Prof. Dr. Aamer Saeed Bhatti	Education (Chemistry)	[46]
31	Prof. Dr. Shahid Munir	Education	[46]
32	Dr. Waseem Azhar (USA)	Education	[46]
33	Dr. Talat Mehmood (Germany)	Education	[46]
34	Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Sawand (Shaheed)	Education (I.T. & Higher Management)	[46]
35	Prof. Dr. Zia ul Haq	Education	[46]
36	Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad	Education	[46]
37	Dr. Hassan Imran Afridi	Education	[46]
38	Mr. Anwar Amjad	Education	[46]
39	Dr. Syed Mehmood Raza	Education	[46]
40	Dr. Shagufta Jabeen	Medicine	[46]
41	Prof Sajjad Naseer	Education	[46]
42	Ms. Kanwal Ameen	Education	[46]
43	Dr. Shahid Hamid	Medicine	[46]
44	Dr. Rashid Siddiqui	Medicine	[46]
45	Dr. Shaukat Yousaf Khan	Medicine	[46]
46	Mr. Muhammad Arshad Chohan	Medicine	[46]
47	Prof. Rizwan Taj	Medicine (Psychiatry, Medical Education)	[46]
48	Dr. Nadeem Qamar	Medicine (Cardiologist)	[46]
49	Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Afridi	Medicine (Psychiatry)	[46]
50	Dr. Umraz Khan	Medicine (Plastic Surgery)	[46]
51	Mr. Khalid Waheed	Medicine	[46]
52	Dr. Rizwan Jamil Rahman	Medicine	[46]
53	Prof. Dr. Irfan Manzoor Bakhshi	Medicine	[46]
54	Mr. Moquit Usman	Medicine	[46]
55	Dr. Ghulam Abbas	Medicine	[46]
56	Prof. Dr. Ali Raza Hashmi	Medicine	[46]
57	Dr. Yasir Arafat Gabol	Medicine	[46]
58	Dr. Awais Ahmed Lakhair	Medicine	[46]
59	Qari Waseem Ullah Amin	Arts (Qira'at)	[46]
60	Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz Qamar	Arts (Naat Khawani)	[46]
61	Ms. Sajal Ali	Arts (Acting)	[46]
62	Syeda Mehrbano Kazim (Alias Juggan Kazim)	Arts (Anchoring/Acting)	[46]
63	Mr. Abdul Batin Farooqi	Arts (Acting)	[46]
64	Mr. Almas Khan Khalil	Arts (Folk Pashto Singing)	[46]
65	Mr. Fazal Wahab Dard	Arts (Singing)	[46]
66	Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan	Arts (Classical Singing)	[46]
67	Mr. Imran Aziz Mian	Arts (Qawwali)	[46]
68	Mr. Arbab Khan Khoso	Arts (Alghoza Playing)	[46]
69	Mr. Jehanzeb Malik	Arts (Painting)	[46]
70	Mr. Jamil Ahmed Baloch	Arts (Painting, Sculpturing)	[46]
71	Mr. Gulraiz Ghouri	Arts (Photography)	[46]
72	Prof. Dr. Gul Rahim Khan	Arts (Archaeology & Numismatics)	[46]
73	Dr. Asma Ibrahim	Arts (Archeology)	[46]
74	Syed Ghalib Baqar	Arts (Painting)	[46]
75	Mr. Ghulam Abbas Khaskheli	Arts (Egg Shell Painting)	[46]
76	Mr. Mushtaque Ali Lashari	Arts (Painting)	[46]
77	Mr. Bandah Ali	Arts (Folk Artist/Painting)	[46]
78	Mr. Rahmatullah Khan	Arts (Photography)	[46]
79	Dr. Khalid Bin Shaheen	ActingProduction	[46]
80	Mr. Shahzad Rafique	Arts (Film Direction)	[46]
81	Mr. Khan Shahnawaz Malhi	Arts (Painting)	[46]
82	Mr. Muhammad Waseem	Arts (Calligraphy)	[46]
83	Mr. A.S Rind	Arts (PaintingCalligraphy)	[46]
84	Ms. Fizza Ali Meerza	Arts (ProductionScreen Writing)	[46]
85	Mr. Amjad Sheikh	Arts (Film Production Distribution)	[46]
86	Mr. Abdul Wasay Chaudhary	Arts (FilmDrama Acting)	[46]
87	Mr. Farooq Hassan	Arts (Host)	[46]
88	Mr. Misbah Uddin Qazi	Arts (Visual Arts)	[46]
89	Dr. Aqeel Abbas Jafri	Literature (Poetry & Linguistics)	[46]
90	Mr. Ali Dost Aajiz	Literature (Poetry/Writing)	[46]
91	Mr. Anwer Sen Roy	Literature (Poetry/Writing)	[46]
92	Dr. Mushtaq Ali Leghari	Literature (Poetry/Writing)	[46]
93	Mr. Shams ul Qamar (Late)	Literature (Poetry/Writing)	[46]
94	Dr. Muhammad Ismail	Literature (Writing)	[46]
95	Prof. Dr. Abdul Saboor Baloch	Literature (Writing)	[46]
96	Mr. Ahmed Ataullah	Literature (Poetry)	[46]
97	Mr. Aziz Ijaz	Literature (Poetry)	[46]
98	Mr. Ghulam Qadir Buzdar (Late)	Literature (Poetry)	[46]
99	Mr. Muhammad Salim Shahzad	Literature	[46]
100	Mr. Amjad Aziz Malik	Journalism	[46]
101	Mr. Fahad Saleem Malik	Journalism (Media/Technology)	[46]
102	Syed Naqi Haider Naqvi	Journalism	[46]
103	Ms. Shama Junejo	Journalism	[46]
104	Mr. Waqar Satti	Journalism	[46]
105	Mr. Farooq Adil	Journalism	[46]
106	Mr. Fahad Hussain	Journalism	[46]
107	Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed	Journalism	[46]
108	Mr. Usman Tajwar	Sports (Boxing)	[46]
109	Ms. Ushna Sohail	Sports (Lawn Tennis)	[46]
110	Mr. Danish Atlas	Sports (Squash)	[46]
111	Ms. Farzana Shoaib	Social Services	[46]
112	Syed FerozAlam Shah	Social Services	[46]
113	Ms. Fadia Kashif	Social Services	[46]
114	Molana Muhammad Maaz	Religious Scholar	[46]
115	Moulana Khabeer Azad	Religious Scholar	[46]
116	Lt. Col. Syed Maozzam Ali (Retd)	Public Service	[46]
117	Syeda Arooba Bilal Hussain Gillani	Public Service	[46]
118	Dr. Muhammad Salim Habib	Public Service	[46]
119	Dr. Syed Saif ur Rehman	Public Service	[46]
120	Mr. Fazal Karim Dadabhoy	Public Service	[46]
121	Syed Zafar Abbas Jafri	Public Service	[46]
122	Dr. Muhammad Quraish Khan	Public Service	[46]
123	Mr. Abdul Rauf Baloch	Public Service	[46]
124	Mr. Bashir Ahmed Bangulzai	Public Service	[46]
125	Mr. Muhammad Imtiaz Buzdar	Public Service	[46]
126	Mr. Amjad Hussain	Public Service	[46]
127	Mr. Irfan Saleem	Public Service	[46]
128	Mr. Saqib Sultan Al Mehmood	Public Service	[46]
129	Mr. Ijaz Shafi Gillani	Public Service	[46]
130	Mr. Musaddaq Zulqarnain	Public Service	[46]
131	Mr. Muhammad Asif Jameel	Public Service	[46]
132	Syed Murtaza Ali Shah	Public Service	[46]
133	Mr. Muhammad Mushtaq	Public Service	[46]
134	Mr. Farooq Mehboob	Public Service	[46]
135	Ms. Aisha Khan	Public Service	[46]
136	Mr. Basharat Mehmood Shehzad	Public Service	[46]
137	Syed Rizwan Mahboob	Public Service	[46]
138	Mr. Ali Tauqeer Shaikh	Public Service	[46]
139	Mr. Afaq Ahmed Qureshi	Public Service	[46]
140	Dr. Inayat Hussain	Public Service	[46]
141	Mr. Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh	Public Service	[46]
142	Mr. Rashid Mahmood Langrial	Public Service	[46]
143	Mr. Zulfiqar Younas	Public Service	[46]
144	Mr. Tanvir Butt	Public Service	[46]
145	Mr. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad	Public Service	[46]
146	Mr. Bilal Siddique Kamyana	Public Service	[46]
147	Mr. Shamim Ashraf Khawaja	Public Service	[46]
148	Mrs. Abida Malik	Public Service	[46]
149	Mr. Zubair Ali	Public Service	[46]
150	Haji Masood Parekh	Public Service	[46]
151	Mr. Maqsood Ahmad	Public Service (Heritage Management)	[46]
152	Ms. Sarah Ahmad	Public Service (Child Protection)	[46]
153	Dr. Mimpal Singh	Public Service (Inter-faith harmony)	[46]
154	Dr. Saud Anwar	Services to Pakistan	[46]
155	Dr. Mukhayo Abdurakhmonova	Services to Pakistan	[46]
156	Dr. Rizwana Chaudhary	Health (Gynecologist)	[46]

See also

• Civil decorations of Pakistan
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz