Rohail Hyatt (2021) Dr. Qamar Mehboob (2021) Tahir Ikram (2021) Jamshed Azim Hashmi (2021) Kishwar Naheed (2021)[3] Dr.Asif Mahmood Jah (2021)[4] Lieutenant General Mohammad Asad Durrani (Director General Inter-Services Intelligence) Abdul Bari Khan (2019)[5] Zaheer Ayub Baig (2019)[6] Ghulam Asghar (2019)[6] Tasawar Hayat (2019)[6] Wasim Akram (2019)[6] Waqar Younis (2019)[6] Recep Akdag (Turkey-2019)[6] Dr Michael Jansen (Germany-2019)[6] Hussain Dawood (Business and Philanthropy) (2018)[7] Rear Admiral Moazzam Ilyas (2015) Anwar Maqsood (Scriptwriter) (2013) Abida Parveen (musician and Sufi music performer) (2013)[8] Josh Malihabadi (1894–1982) Urdu poet (2013)[8] Abdul Hafeez Kardar (1925–1996) former Pakistan Cricket Team captain (2013)[8] Ansar Burney (Human and civil rights activist) (2013)[9] Zia Mohyeddin (actor, television anchor and broadcaster) (2013)[9] Azhar Abbas (journalist) (2013)[9] Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary (Organic chemist) (2007) Iftikhar Arif (poet, scholar and literary critic) (2006)[10] Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004) (writer, playwright and television broadcaster) (2006)[10] Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi (writer) (2002) Jansher Khan (Squash Legend) (1997)[11] Prime minister Imran Khan (Sports) 1992 Dr. A. Q. Khan (Nuclear scientist) 1989 Munir Ahmad Khan (Nuclear Science) 1989 Major General Mukhtar Hussain Shah (Military) 1988 Major General Muhammad Ikram Cheema (Military) 1987 Hamoodur Rahman (academic) 1984 Ruth Pfau (Humanitarian) 1979[12] Major General S A Nawab (Military) 1979 Admiral Mohammad Shariff (Military) 1979 General Zia ul Haq (Military) 1976