Nishan-e-Pakistan () is the highest civilian award of the

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. It is awarded to "those who have rendered services of highest distinction" to the national interest of Pakistan. Nishan is awarded to government officials and civilians, including citizens of Pakistan and foreign nationals. In the Pakistan honours system, Nishan-e-Pakistan is equivalent to

Nishan-e-Haider Nishan-e-Haider (NH; or 'Emblem of the Lion') is the highest military gallantry award of Pakistan. The Nishan-e-Haider is awarded only to members of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It recognises the highest acts of extraordinary bravery in the f ...

, the highest military gallantry award. Established on 19 March 1975 under the

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, the award is not correlated to the rank or status of a person. This award, including other civilian awards, is announced on

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(14 August) each year and its investiture takes place on the following Pakistan Resolution Day (23 March) by the

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. This award can also be awarded posthumously, and all the recipients are entitled to the post-nominal NPk.

Grades

* (Nishan) ** Grand Cross with Collar ** Grand Cross * Grand Officer (Hilal) * Commander (Sitara) * Member (Tamgha)

Insignia

* Collar (Nishan) * Sash (Nishan) * Star (Nishan and Hilal) * Badge (Nishan, Hilal, Sitara and Tamgha) * Necklet/Bow (Hilal and Sitara) * Medal (Nishan, Hilal, Sitara and Tamgha)

Gallery

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President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan () is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

Arif Alvi Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi () is a Pakistani politician who served as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office from 2018 to 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. ...

conferred the Nishan e Pakistan on His Holiness Syedna

Mufaddal Saifuddin Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin () is the spiritual leader, the 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of more than one million Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup of the Tayyibi, Musta'li, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. He is the second son of the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq, M ...

in a special investiture ceremony in Aiwan e Sadr,

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

Recipients

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