DAWN / NEWS International, Karachi 14 August 1998 Friday 20 Rabi-us-Saani 1419 Struggle to continue:Altaf KARACHI: The freedom of the nation has been snatched by a few feudal lords and Waderas but despite all the adversities the pious struggle for the rights of people will continue. This was stated by MQM Chief Altaf Husain in his message on the Independence Day of Pakistan. He said: "The day reminds us of the sacrifices our forefathers gave for the creation of Pakistan. Even after 51 years the privileged class comprising only two % people continues to deprive 98 % people of their rights and the MQM has launched the pious struggle against these exploitative forces." ---------------------------------- Three more shot dead in Karachi violence KARACHI, Aug 13: Three more political activists were killed on Thursday at two separate places, bringing the total death toll to 19 in two days of fresh violence in Karachi. Another four people, including policemen, were killed in a shootout in Gadap on Super Highway. Two Mohajir Qaumi Movement workers were gunned down at 9am by six unidentified assailants, who had come in car and on a motorcycle, at a bus stop near Allahwala Mills in Shah Faisal Colony No 4. Both died instantly. The victims were identified as Ali Ansar Rizvi, 35, a member of the MQM's central executive committee and an employee of the State Bank, and his friend, Athar Hussain Zaidi, 36, a sympathizer of the party. Sources said Mr Rizvi, who lived near Hussaini Imambargah in Shah Faisal Colony No 1, had left his residence with Mr Zaidi for the bank at 8.30am. They were waiting for the bank's bus when the assailants sprayed them with bullets and fled. The MQM workers rushed to the site and took their bodies to JPMC. Younus Khan, an MQM leader, told Dawn that Mr Rizvi was a senior party leader and had joined the party in 1984. Mr Zaidi was a sympathizer. Meanwhile, Mirza Afroz Baig, a sector committee member of Muttahida, who had been critically wounded in Wednesday's shooting in North Nazimabad, died in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Thursday, raising the death toll of Wednesday's blood-letting to 10. ENCOUNTER: Two policemen and two dacoits were killed and a police officer was wounded in the shootout in Gadap. A taxi driver had told the police that the alleged dacoits, involved in the killing of five policemen a few months back in Steel Town, had been hiding in Gadap. A police party, led by inspector Ghulam Subhan, SHO of Steel Town, raided the hideout. When the dacoits saw the raiding party, they opened fire. The police responded and during the shootout head constable Abdul Majeed, constable Mohiuddin, and suspects Behram Palari and Aijaz Palari were killed. The SHO was wounded. WOUNDED: Two persons were shot and wounded in the city late Thursday night. Mohammad Naeem, 30, sustained bullet injuries when three armed men opened fire at the gate of his house in Nazimabad. He was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. A 50-year-old man was wounded when an unidentified man fired at him near Garden Telephone Exchange and disappeared. He was taken to Civil Hospital where he was identified as Irfan. ---------------------------------- 12 Muttahida men buried: Altaf blames agencies' men for killings KARACHI, Aug 13: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders buried their 12 dead activists amid extremely tense situation on Thursday while the party chief, Altaf Hussain, accused "intelligence agencies and highly trained terrorists on their payroll" for the killing of the workers. The MQM also made it clear that if the killings of its workers and supporters were not stopped the party might reconsider its earlier decision of parting ways with the government at the federal and provincial levels. Twelve people, including nine workers of the Muttahida, were gunned down on Wednesday by unknown assailants in different parts of the city. The death toll has since risen to 19 as seven more people were killed on Thursday. Mr Hussain, who has called for a day of mourning on Aug 15, talked to Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif over the phone on Wednesday night and deplored the frequent statements made by him and his ministers on the Karachi situation in which they claimed that after delegation of more powers to rangers and security agencies the situation had come under control. "What type of control is this when the agencies in close coope-ration with the Haqiqi terrorists are carrying out genocide in a systematic manner," Mr Hussain said. He appealed to the traders, transporters, students, lawyers, doctors, engineers and workers to shut their businesses and stay indoors on Saturday to mourn the killings of the Muttahida's workers in North Nazimabad. Mian Nawaz Sharif promised punitive action and sent the minister for provincial coordination, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, to meet MQM leaders, who last month had decided to quit the alliance with Mr Sharif in protest against the siege and search operation mounted by the rangers. The decision has however been put in abeyance. Mr Sharif emphasised the need for joint efforts for controlling the worsening law and order situation in which there could be no foreign investment affecting the national economy. Mr Hussain recalled that in 1992, when Mr Sharif was in the government, an operation was launched against the MQM and at present a similar operation was under way. He told Mr Sharif that "atrocities and genocide has been let loose against the MQM to force us to say good bye to you which will be followed by your government's dismissal." The MQM chief deplored the attitude of Sindh government officials and said that pressure was mounting on him to come out of the government. Addressing a news conference at the MQM's headquarters Nine-Zero, Senator Aftab Shaikh, deputy chairman of the coordination committee, the main policy making body of the party, deplored the killings two days before the independence day celebrations. He said that since the induction in the government on Feb 3, 1997, over 200 MQM activists had been killed by terrorists. He regretted that the MQM was being penalised for taking a principled stand on issues. Senator Shaikh said that instead of avenging the killing of innocent Kashmiris by the Indian security forces along the Line of Control, "our government agencies are acting against unarmed civilians." ---------------------------------- PM asks Nisar to assess Karachi situation ISLAMABAD: While condemning the killing of people, including nine Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked Minister for Political Affairs Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to visit Karachi today (Friday). "The prime minister has asked him to proceed to Karachi and discuss the law and order situation there with Sindh chief minister and leaders of the MQM," said a senior official. It is learnt that the prime minister also talked to MQM chief Altaf Hussain on telephone and expressed concern over the renewed violence. The purpose of Nisar's visit to Karachi, the official said, is to restore normalcy as the latest killings may spark more violence in the country's commercial capital. In the past, the government in consultation with the provincial administration, tried different options to arrest the law and order in Karachi. However, these efforts failed to bring the desired results as terrorists continue to target people in different areas. "The fresh wave of violence is the most serious one as it has brought to naught all efforts of the Centre and the provincial government," said a top PML leader. It may be recalled that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had formed a three-member committee, comprising Chaudhry Nisar, Interior Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Kashmir Affairs Minister Majid Malik, to evolve a strategy for handling the Karachi situation and the committee has been working out a plan to that effect. Nisar, who had held talks with Altaf Hussain during his last trip to London, is learnt to have been assigned to assess the situation and make specific recommendations to the prime minister. The minister is expected to stay for some days in Karachi and hold extensive talks with the Sindh chief minister, members of the provincial cabinet, senior officials and the MQM leaders. ---------------------------------- Many areas closed to mourn killings KARACHI, Aug 13: Almost all the trans-Lyari localities in the city wore a deserted look on Thursday amid fear and panic following the killing of 12 Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers on Wednesday. All shops and markets remained closed on Thursday in the entire districts of Central and East and in parts of South to mourn the Wednesday's killing. The educational institutions also remained closed in district Central while there was thin attendance in schools located in other districts of the city. A number of parents who had sent their children to schools had come to schools as early as 10 in the morning to escort them back to their homes. Besides, very thin traffic was witnessed on all the main roads throughout the city, including Sharea Faisal. On Wednesday, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement appealed to the general people to observe a day of mourning on Saturday against the Wednesday's killing of its 10 workers in North Nazimabad. However, the shopkeepers and traders in the affected areas on their own preferred to close their businesses on Thursday to avoid any mishap. Hundreds of Muttahida workers on Thursday morning converged on the Jinnah Ground near Nine-Zero, party's Headquarters, in Azizabad, to finalise the arrangements for the joint funeral prayers of the party workers. Touching scenes were witnessed as women and elderly people wailed over the bodies of their near and dear ones. In a statement, the Muttahida said several thousands mourners, party workers, legislators and supporters attended the funeral prayers of 11 party workers killed on Wednesday. The largest gathering was witnessed at Jinnah Ground, Azizabad, where thousands of mourners attended the funeral prayers of Asad Jamal, joint sector in charge, Mirza Afroz Baig, Mohammad Ali and Mohsin Nawab. All the four were buried in Azizabad graveyard. The bodies of other Muttahida workers were buried at Sakhi Hasan and Orangi Town graveyards. The Muttahida announced that Qurankhawani for the departed souls would be held on Friday at Khursheed Begum Memorial Hall in Azizabad. There was a complete shutdown in Shah Faisal Colony and the other Mohajir Qaumi Movement dominated areas in protest against the killing of their two workers who were shot dead on Thursday morning, in the localities. The early morning killing of the two MQM workers caused a day-long shut down in the area. However, no act of violence was reported from Shah Faisal Colony. A bus and a minibus were set on fire by unknown protesters in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Saudabad. A group of protesting youth on Thursday set ablaze a minibus (JE-1114) of route U-4, in Block-22, Gulshan-i-Iqbal. However, the fire brigade drew a blank on it. A contract bus (0770) was torched by unidentified youths at 6pm near Lal Masjid on Begum Khursheed 6pm in Saudabad. All sorts of business activity remained suspended in Nazimabad North Nazimabad, Federal. B. Area, Liaquatabbad, Gulberg, North Karachi, Jamia Cloth Market on M. A. Jinnah Road, Shoe Market, Tariq Road and Shah Faisal Colony since Thursday morning. The vehicular traffic in these areas was thin and a majority of the people could not reach their places of work. The general commuters also faced hardship owing to non-availability of the transport. Heavy firing in Sharifabad, Gharibabad, parts of Liaquatabad and North Nazimabad in the aftermath of Wednesday's killings created panic in theses areas. The personnel of the law enforcing agencies also combed some places in North Nazimabad to arrest the suspects involved in the Wednesday's killing. The police and rangers also picked up some suspects in C-1 Area, Liaquatabad, where firing between rival groups continued till late in the night. ---------------------------------- Two abducted minors recovered, three held KARACHI: A joint team of Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC), Special Branch, Anti-Terrorists Wing (ATW) of Sindh police and District East police recovered an abducted child from PIB Colony on Thursday. The police also recovered an abducted girl and arrested three members of a family, including a woman, in this connection. This was disclosed at a press conference jointly addressed by SSP East Ramzan Channa, SP Special Branch Dost Ali Baloch, CPLC East officials and the family members of the abducted children, at the SSP East Office on Thursday. Farzana, the mother of abducted girl Sana (7), told newsmen that two women and two youths came to her house (No 698/1) in Sharifabad on August 10 posing as the "guests" of her husband Saif-ur-Rehman, who is an employee of United Bank Limited and who was not present at the house at that time. Soon after entering the drawing room, the "guests" took out their weapons and asked Farzana to hand them over all the cash and valuables. When she told them that she did not have any cash, they snatched her earrings and took her daughter Sana with them. Later, they contacted the family and demanded Rs one million ransom for her release. The family informed the police which mounted a strong vigil near their house. When the suspects felt themselves being trapped in the police net, they took the girl at the Liaquat National Hospital and informed her family members to take Sana from the hospital. Finally the police reached the hospital and recovered the minor girl. Later, the same gang kidnapped four-year-old Faisal Khursheed, a resident of house (436/15) in Federal B Area, from his school situated in Jauharabad police limits on Wednesday last.Neelofer, Faisal's aunty, told newsmen that the child's father was abroad for his job, and she was living with Faisal and his mother. The kidnappers demanded Rs 300,000 in ransom, she said adding that the suspects directed her to take a blue handkerchief in her hands and come to the Liaquat National Hospital for paying ransom money and obtaining Faisal's release. The police were informed and consequently a joint team raided a hideout in PIB Colony and arrested one Aziz-ul-Hasan, his son Asim Aziz, and his daughter Nasreen after a brief shootout. They also recovered Faisal from there. The accused were later handed over to the New Town police.Later, accused Aziz-ul-Hasan told this scribe at the New Town police station, that he was a retired employee of KESC and he was unaware that his son or daughter were involved in the kidnapping. Nasreen w/o Muhammad Asif said that she was informed by her brother (accused Asim) that their father had called her at his residence in PIB Colony. On this she went to her father and the police raided their home. Accused Asim said that the child was handed over to him by his sister and he did not know further details in this connection. He, however, told newsmen that he had rung up the family and demanded Rs 3,00,000 as ransom. Further investigations were underway. ---------------------------------- Cash, jewellery looted; 30 vehicles snatched KARACHI: Armed men looted thousands of rupees, gold ornaments, electrical appliances and snatched 30 vehicles from different parts of the city on Thursday.Bandits looted Rs 63,469 from Waqar Ahmed in Civil Lines; cash, jewellery and valuables from the residence of Yawar Abbas in Gulistan-e-Jauhar; cash, National Defence Certificates, gold ornaments and electrical appliances from the residence of Naseem Ishrat in Gulshan-e-Iqbal; Rs 80,000 from Riasat Ali in Korangi Industrial Area; cash, jewellery and other valuables from the residence of Sajid Siddiqui in Buffer Zone; Rs 19,435 from Naihaluddin and Rs 23,510 from Asim Iqbal in Jauharabad; Rs 15,000 from Muhammad Zahid in Baldia Town; a truck loaded with goods from Muhammad Ayaz Khan in Mochko; Rs 100,000 from Mushtaq Ahmed in Airport; cash, gold ornaments and electrical appliances from a residence in Gizri and cash, jewellery and other valuables from a residence in Al-Falah area. ---------------------------------- Sarohi, Chandio clans clash SUKKUR: Three persons of Sarohi clan were injured and an Autaq of rival clan Chandio was set abalze in village Noor Shah Bhat near Sukkur on Thursday. A dispute over the possession of a government land triggered the armed clash between Sarohis and Chandios. As a result of the clash, three persons of Sarohi clan: Nawaz Ali, Arbab and Qasim received bullet injuries while the Autaq (drawing room) of Allah Yar belonging to the Chandio clan was set ablaze. ---------------------------------- Kasur-bound train looted by five men KASUR, Aug 13: Five dacoits robbed the passengers of a Kasur-bound train near Usmanwala railway station early Thursday morning. The victims protested in front of the railways police office, and delayed the train for about an hour, after which it resumed its journey to Kasur. The train from coming from Pakpattan to Lahore made a stop near the Kul Mokal station, from where the dacoits reportedly boarded it, and started looting the passengers. They tortured the victims who put up resistance. They snatched jewellery from the women, said witnesses, who claimed that the armed men calmly committed the offence and then got off the train. Railway police got registered a case on the statements of passengers, many of whom alleged that the driver purposely stopped the train and enabled the dacoits to board the train.-APP ---------------------------------- 13 killed as Taleban jets pound Bamiyan ISLAMABAD: At least 13 people were killed and many injured Thursday as Taleban jets launched massive air raids on a key opposition stronghold in central Afghanistan, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported. Taleban jets repeatedly bombarded Bamiyan city, held by the Hezb-i-Wahdat faction, the Pakistan-based private news service said. Quoting Wahdat official Qari Sher, it said the bombs were dropped from high altitude and hit residential areas. He said the exact toll was still not known but victims included women and children, AIP said. Independent confirmation of the losses was not immediately available. Rasul Talib a top leader of Hezb-i-Wahdat said the Taleban jets carried out four raids on Bamiyan Thursday. "The bombings caused casualties among the civilian population and also damaged the property," he told AFP by telephone from Peshawar. He made no comment on the AIP report saying that the exact details were not yet available. Meanwhile, Taleban spokesman Wakil Ahmed Mutawakkil said he was not aware of the bombing. However, AIP said Taleban jets were Thursday seen flying from Kabul's Khawaja Rwaish airport. Earlier the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported that the air raids on Bamiyan were massive. "The whole town is in flames," the news agency said from Tehran quoting witnesses. It said the air raids caused many casualties. Meanwhile, a senior Russian diplomat has accused Pakistan of sending troops and combat aircraft to help the Taleban movement crush its opponents in northern Afghanistan. The Taleban military success has become possible because of the "active involvement of Pakistan's army units and air force," Deputy Foreign Minister Boris Pastukhov said at a news conference. Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov expressed concern on Thursday over fighting in Afghanistan and said it posed a threat to neighbouring former Soviet republics, the Kremlin said. They made their comments during a telephone conversation following the Taleban movement's capture of the key opposition stronghold of Mazar-i-Sharif and several other towns near the ex-Soviet frontier. "The two presidents expressed deep concern about the events in northern Afghanistan which are a real threat to the southern borders of the Commonwealth of Independent States," a Kremlin statement said. "CIS states must agree on a series of questions on strengthening the Commonwealth's southern limits," the statement added. The spokesman said the two leaders were convinced that recent events showed they had been right to set up a "troika" this year with Uzbekistan to resist the spread of Islamic fundamentalism. Rahimullah Yusufzai adds from Peshawar: The Taleban made their intentions known by bombing the Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan inhabited by the Hazaras on Thursday while former defence minister Ahmad Shah Masood's men blew up a gorge at Farkhar to deny access to the Taleban to reach Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan. Taleban sources claimed two of their jet-fighters twice bombed Bamiyan airport and runway and hit four military installations of the Shiite Hezb-i-Wahdat. A Hezb-i-Wahdat spokesman in Peshawar said three persons were killed and four injured in the air raids. Afghan sources said the air raids disrupted plans to fly out aid workers from Bamiyan to Pakistan. About 40 aid workers, including Westerners and Afghans, were still stranded in Bamiyan while another 34 were flown out. The evacuation was planned due to fears of a Taleban military offensive on Bamiyan, which has become a sanctuary for political and military officials of the anti-Taleban Northern Alliance following their defeat in northern Afghanistan. There were also reports of people leaving Bamiyan town for safer places because they know that Taleban bombing raids are often a prelude to ground attacks. In the past, the Hezb-i-Wahdat gave a tough fight to the Taleban, who are all Sunni, and stopped them at Shibar linking Ghorband valley with Bamiyan. The Hezb-i-Wahdat, which has split into factions led by Karim Khalili and Ustad Akbari, also twice resisted the Taleban attacks on Mazar-i-Sharif last year and its fighters earned a grudging praise for their fighting skills. Meanwhile, the Peshawar-based Sahar news agency reported Thursday that troops loyal to Masood dynamited the Farkhar Tangi (gorge) to close down the only jeepable road to Badakhshan. This was the same strategy adopted by Masood last year when his men blew up the mouth of the Salang Tunnel and blocked access to northern Afghanistan to the Taleban. It may be added that the Taleban captured Takhar's provincial capital, Taloqan, a couple of days ago and were now poised to take the remaining parts of Takhar before heading for Badakhshan, which borders Tajikistan and Pakistan's Chitral district and is the last province still held by the remnants of the Northern Alliance. It is also the home province of deposed president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who along with Hezb-i-Islami chief Gulbadin Hekmatyar took refuge in Badakhshan's provincial capital, Faizabad, after fleeing Taloqan. The Sahar news agency also reported that pro-Taleban forces in Ghorband district of Parwan province Thursday attacked Masood's troops in the Pule Matak area on the road to Jabal-us-Siraj and captured six posts. The Taleban had to retreat from Ghorband late last year in the face of determined opposition onslaught but their supporters held on to the mountainous district and have now become emboldened to attack Masood's positions. Taleban sources, meanwhile, said their troops didn't launch any big new attack Thursday. Both Wali Naeemi, Afghan vice-consul in Peshawar, and Taleban spokesman in Kandahar, Mulla Abdul Hye Mutmain, said the Taleban spent Thursday trying to consolidate their military positions, conduct searches of suspects and set up the administrative machinery in newly-captured areas. ---------------------------------- 120 personalities get civil awards ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of Independence Day, President Rafiq Tarar has conferred the following civil awards on the citizens of Pakistan for excellence in various fields of activities. The investiture of the recipients of these awards will take place on Pakistan Day, March 23, 1999. I. Nishan-i-Imtiaz: 1. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan (Sindh) Engineering (Nuclear); 2. Dr Ishfaq Ahmad (Punjab) Science (Physics); 3. Late Dr Mahbubul Haq (Posthumous) Economist/Social Scientist; 4. Late Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Farooq (IHK) (Posthumous) Human Rights; 5. Late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali (Punjab) (Posthumous) Art (Qawwali); 6. Sharifuddin Pirzada (Sindh) Public Service; 7. Majeed Nizami (Punjab) Public Service; 8. Fida Muhammad Khan ( NWFP) Public Service; 9. Jamal Mian Farrangi Mahal Public Service II. Hilal-i-Imtiaz: 10. Dr Samar Mubarakmand (Punjab) Science (Physics); 11. Dr Mirza Mansoor Beg Science (Physics); 12. Dr Muhammad Masud Ahmad Science (Physics); 13. Dr Khalil Ahmad Qureshi (Punjab) Science (Metallurgy); 14. Dr Tariq Jamal Solaija Science (Physics); 15. Anwar Ali (Punjab) Science (Physics); 16. Dr Fakhar-ul-Hussain Hashmi (Sindh) Science (Nuclear); 17. Dr Javed Arshad Mirza Science (Nuclear); 18. Late Syed Jalil Andrabi (Posthumous) Human Rights; 19. Jameeluddin Aali (Sindh) Literature; 20. Altaf Gauhar (Punjab) Literature (Journalism) III Sitara-i-Imtiaz: 22. Dr. Zafar Ishaq Ansari (Sindh) Literature (Religious Scholarship); 23. Mst. Iqbal Bano (Punjab) Art (Singing); 24. Prof Anwar Chowdhry (Sindh) Sports; 25. Prof. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal (Punjab) Science (Chemistry); 26. Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Jan (NWFP) Science (Geology); 27. Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik (Punjab) Science (Microbiology); 28. Dr. Shamsh Kassim Lakha (Sindh) Education/health Care; 29. late Rafiq Inayat Mirza (Punjab) (Posthumous) Public Service; 30. Late Syed Sajid Gillani (Punjab) (Posthumous) Public Service; 31. Ata-Ul-Haq Qasmi Literature; 32. Prof. Dr. Mahmood Ahmad Chowdhry (Punjab) Medicine (Surgery); 33. Dr. Asghar Nizami Medicine (ENT);34. Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi Science (Chemistry); 35. Munir Niazi (Punjab) Literature (Poetry); 36. Amjad Islam Amjad (Punjab) Literature (Poetry/drama); 37. Ghulam Akbar Ghauri (Punjab) Science (Physics); 38. Muhammad Irfan Burney (Punjab) Chemical Engineering; 39. Ghulam Nabi Science (Physics); 40. Muhammad Hussain Chughtai Science (Geology); 41. Ghulam Asghar Science (Physics); 42. S. Bashiruddin Mahmood (Punjab) Engineering (Nuclear); 43. Dr. Syed Qasim Mehdi (Sindh) Science (Biomedical and Genetic); 44. Imtiaz Ahmad Bhatty (Islamabad) Public Service; 45. Hassan Wasim Afzal Pubic Service V. Presidents Award for Pride of Performance: 46. Syed Mohsin Ali (Sindh) Art (TV Production); 47. Raza Mir (Punjab) Art (Film Direction/Film Photography); 48. Iftikhar Ali (NWFP) Literature (Journalism); 49. Late Masroor Anwar (Punjab) (Posthumous) Literature (Poetry); 50. Prof. Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan (NWFP) Science (Physics); 51. Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran (Punjab) Science (Physics); 52. Dr. M. Zafar Iqbal (Islamabad) Science (Physics); 53. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Naseer Khan (NWFP) Science (Applied Physics); 54. Miss Naseem Akhtar Bhatti (Punjab) Computer Science; 55. Prof. Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad (Sindh) Science (Biology); 56. Prof. Mrs. Salima Hashmi (Punjab) Education(Fine Arts); 57. Miss IImiya Mughal (Sindh) Nursing; 58. Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain (NWFP) Medicine; 59. Ms. Mehnaz Begum (Sindh) Art (Light Music); 60. Group Capt. Syed Masood Akhtar Hussaini (Punjab) Art (Painting); 61. Dr. Shahzad Qaiser (Punjab) Literature; 62. Khalid Abbas Dar (Punjab) Art (TV Acting); 63. Iqbal Mehdi (Sindh) Art (Painting); 64. Ms. Nisar Aziz Butt (NWFP) Literature; 65. Kamran Khan (Sindh) Literature (Journalism); 66. M. Seed Chaudhry Science (Physics); 67. Dr. Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Najam Science (Physics); 68. Dr. Abdul Waheed Science (Physics); 69. Muhammad Arshad Science (Electronics); 70. Jawed Altaf (Punjab) Chemical Engineering; 71. Dr. Khawaja Yaldram (Punjab) Science (Physics); 72. Tayyeb Mohammad Ali (Sindh) Nuclear Engineering; 73. Nasrullah Khan (Punjab) Science (Electronics); 74. Dr. Abdul Majeed (Islamabad) Science (Radiation Safety); 75. Karim Ahmad (Sindh) Science (Digital System); 76. Syed Shaukat Hussain (Sindh) Science (Electronics); 77. Khalid Mahmood (Punjab) Science (Electronics) VI. Tamgha-i-Shuja'at: 78. Havaldar Hawas Khan (Northern Areas) Gallantry; 79. Hakim Khan (Punjab) Gallantry; 80. Late Syed Wajid Raza Zaidi (Islamabad) (Posthumous) Gallantry; 81. Moenuddin (Sindh) Gallantry; 82. Late Imtiaz Ahmad (Punjab) (Posthumous) Gallantry; 83. Late Muhammad Abbas Raja (Punjab) (Posthumous) Gallantry; 84. Late Gul Nawaz Raja (Punjab) (Posthumous) Gallantry; 85. Late Muhammad Nawaz Raja (Punjab) (Posthumous) Gallantry; 86. Ghulam Muhammad Khan (NWFP) Gallantry; 87. Aurangzeb Khan (NWFP) Gallantry; 88. Dr. Muhammad Akbar (Balochistan) Gallantry; 89. Capt Auzair Khan Pilot Gallantry; 90. Muhammad Faisal Co-pilot Gallantry VII. Tamgha-i-Imtiaz 91. Sachoo Khan (Balochistan) Art (Siroz Playing); 92. Abdul Haque Abro (Sindh) Art (Radio/TV Acting); 93. Syed Sardar Badshah (NWFP) Art (Radio/TV Acting); 94. Syed Akhtar Jafri (Raja Ji) (Punjab) Art (Radio Comparing); 95. Late Syed Iqbal Nabi Zafar (Punjab) (Posthumous) Art (Photography); 96. Shahid Sajjad (Sindh) Art (Sculpture); 97. Hasan Shahnawaz Zaidi (Punjab) Art (Painting); 98. Imdad Nizami (Balochistan) Art (Broadcasting); 99. Ms. Mohni Hameed (Aapa Shamim) (Punjab) Art (Broadcasting); 100. Pir Syed Sufaid Shah Hamdard (NWFP) Literature (Journalism); 101. Masoodul Hasan (Tabish Dehlvi) Sindh) Literature (Poetry); 102. Akhtar Hoshiarpur (Punjab) Literature (Poetry); 103. Late Ayaz Hussain Qadri (Sindh) (Posthumous) Literature; 104. Naseem Durrani (Sindh) Literature (Short Story Writing); 105. Prof. Muhammad Afzal Raza (NWFP) Literature; 106. Miss Shabana Akhtar (Punjab) Sports Athletics); 107. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary (Sindh) Science; 108. Prof. Mahboob Mohammad (Islamabad) Science; 109. Dr. Javaid R. Laghari (Sindh) Education (Electrical Engineering; 110. Dr. Mrs. Mashooda Hasan (Punjab) Education/scientific research; 111. Prof. Dr. Iqtidar Hamidi Bhatti (Punjab) Medicine (Neurosurgery); 112. Late Capt. (R) Ali Raza Khan (Punjab) (Posthumous) Public Service; 113. Nisar Qadri (Punjab) Art (TV Acting); 114. Dr. M. Anwar Khan (Sindh) Medicine (Ophthalmic Surgery); 115. Athar Tahir (Punjab) Literature; 116. Allah Ditta Lunewala (Punjab) Art (Folk Singing); 117. Amanat Ali (Punjab) Engineering (Mechanical); 118. Muhammad Siddique (Punjab) Engineering (Inspection); 119. Dr. Ahmad Hussain Qureshi Qilandari (Punjab) History; 120. Dr. Syed Muhammad Jaffar (Punjab) Public Service. ----------------------------------