Tamga e Imtiaz

 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: تمغہ امتیاز‎; transl. Award 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
Awarded by Government of Pakistan
Type	Award
Established	19 March 1957[1]
Country	Republic of Pakistan
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
Ribbon: military (only)

RecipientsEdit

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Year	Recipient	Field / Occupation	State / Country	Ref.
N/A	Ishrat Fatima	Newsreader	Islamabad	[2]
N/A	Laiq Zada Laiq	Literature	Madyan, Pakistan	[3]
N/A	Fakeera Fakeero	Art	Pakistan	[citation needed]
N/A	Shoaib Hashmi	Art	Pakistan	[4]
1962	Shaukat Thanvi	Journalism	Lahore, Punjab	[5]
1962	Nabi Bakhsh Baloch	Education	Sindh	[6]
1963	Tariq Mustafa	Science	Faisalabad, Punjab	[citation needed]
1965	Mohini Hameed		Lahore, Punjab	[7]
1966	Noor Jehan	Art	Karachi, Sindh	[8]
1969	Muslehuddin	Art	East Pakistan	[9]
1986	Jilani Kamran	Literature	Lahore, Punjab	[10]
1998	Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary	Science	Karachi, Sindh	[11]
1998	Mohini Hameed		Lahore, Punjab	[7]
2000	Muhammad Asif Khan	Science	Chakwal, Punjab	[12]
2002	A. S. Nathaniel	Health care	Lahore, Punjab	[13]
2003	Anwar Khokhar	Philanthropy	Larkana, Sindh	[14]
2004	Mian Muhammad Latif	Industrialist	Toba Tek Singh, Punjab	[15]
2004	Rahimullah Yusufzai	Journalism	Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	[14]
2005	Abrar-ul-Haq	Philanthropy, Art	Faisalabad, Punjab	[16]
2005	Manzoor Niazi Qawwal	Art	Karachi, Sindh	[17]
2006	Hadiqa Kiani	Art	Rawalpindi, Punjab	[18]
2007	Junaid Jamshed	Art	Karachi, Sindh	[19]
2007	Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez Malik	Art	Lahore, Punjab	[20]
2008	Atif Aslam	Art	Wazirabad, Punjab	[21]
2009	Kanwal Feroze	Literature	Punjab	[22]
2010	Qamar Shahbaz	Literature	Pakistan	[23]
2011	Farrukh Nadeem	Navy	Pakistan	[24]
2011	Nasreen Anjum Bhatti	Art	Sindh	[25]
2012	Noman Abid Lakhani	Businessman	Karachi, Sindh	[26]
2012	Raihan Merchant	Businessman	Karachi, Sindh	[27]
2012	Saba Qamar	Art	Hyderabad, Sindh	[28]
2012	Sami Khan	Art	Lahore, Punjab	[29]
2013	Faisal Mushtaq	Education	Kharian, Punjab	[30]
2013	Khalid Masud Gondal	Health, Education	Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab	[31]
2014	Mohammad Tahir Shah	Geology	Sirikot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	[citation needed]
2014	Nauman Niaz	Journalism	Lahore, Punjab	[32]
2014	Saadat Saeed	Literature	Lahore, Punjab	[33]
2014	Shakil Auj	Education	Karachi, Sindh	[34]
2014	Colonel Nadeem Khalid	Military	Pakistan	[35]
2015	Abdul Bari Khan	Health	Karachi, Sindh	[36]
2015	Zahid Ur Rashdi	Education	Gujranwala, Punjab	[34]
2016	Haji Daraz Khan	Social service	Pakistan	[37]
2016	Mohammad Hameed Shahid	Literature	Punjab	[38]
2016	Dadi Leela	Education	Hyderabad, Sindh	[39]
2017	Naweed Syed	Neurology	Punjab	[40]
2018	Dr. Nadeem Jan	Healthcare	Pakistan	[41]
2019	Mehwish Hayat	Art	Karachi, Sindh	[42]
2019	Syed Sabihuddin Rehmani	Art	Karachi, Sindh