Nishan-e-Pakistan#Recipients of the Tamgha-e-Pakistan

{{Short description|Highest civilian award of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan}}

{{Infobox order

| name = Nishan-e-Pakistan

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{{nq|نشانِ پاکستان}}

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Government of Pakistan| type = National Civilian

|founded=1957| country = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan

|eligibility=Heads of State|criteria="rendered services of highest distinction" to the national interest of Pakistan.| grades = Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Member

|post-nominals=N.Pk| established = 19 March 1957

| first_induction = 1959

| last_induction = 2024

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Service Ribbon of the
Nishan-e-Pakistan

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| lower = Grand Officer of the Order of Pakistan

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Nishan-e-Pakistan ({{langx|ur|{{nq|نشانِ پاکستان}}||Grand Cross of the Order of Pakistan}}) is the highest civilian award of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.{{cite web | title=Pakistan confers highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince | website=The Hindu | date=2019-02-18 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-confers-highest-civilian-award-nishan-e-pakistan-on-saudi-crown-prince/article26303495.ece | access-date=2021-08-17}} 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, the highest military gallantry award.{{Cite web |url=https://cabinet.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/honour-and-award-policy.pdf |title=Honour & Awards Policy |website=cabinet.gov.pk |publisher=Cabinet Division |access-date=2021-08-17}} Established on 19 March 1975 under the Decorations Act, 1975,{{Cite web |url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1491974647_538.pdf |title=The Decorations Act, 1975 |website=na.gov.pk |publisher= National Assembly of Pakistan |access-date=2021-08-17}} the award is not correlated to the rank or status of a person.

This award, including other civilian awards, is announced on Independence Day (14 August) each year and its investiture takes place on the following Pakistan Resolution Day (23 March) by the president of Pakistan.{{Cite web |url=https://cabinet.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/Conferment%20of%20Civil%20Awards%202020.pdf |title=Conferment of Civil Awards 2020 |website=cabinet.gov.pk |publisher=Cabinet of Pakistan |access-date=2021-08-17}} This award can also be awarded posthumously,{{cite web | title=Pakistan is honouring late Cuban leader Fidel Castro with Nishan-e-Pakistan today – here's why | website=Latest News India | date=2018-03-23 | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/fidel-alejandro-castro-ruz-cuba-nishan-e-pakistan-civil-awards-asma-jahangir-president-pakistan-day-2005-kashmir-earthquake-mbbs-scholarships/210351 | access-date=2021-08-17}} 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

File:Full Box Set for the Current Nishan-e-Pakistan (3).jpg|The Nishan-e-Pakistan

File:Mohammad Khatami received Nishan-e-Pakistan by Pervez Musharraf- December 22, 2002.png|President Musharraf presenting the then Iranian President Mohammad Khatami with the Nishan-e-Pakistan

File:Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin conferred Nishan e Pakistan.jpg|link=|alt=President of Pakistan Arif Alvi conferred the Nishan e Pakistan on His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin in a special investiture ceremony in Aiwan e Sadr, Islamabad in recognition of the social services rendered by His Holiness for the development of Pakistan.|In 2023, President of Pakistan Arif Alvi conferred the Nishan e Pakistan on His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin in a special investiture ceremony in Aiwan e Sadr, Islamabad.{{Cite web |author=Web Desk |date=2023-12-05 |title=Bohra community leader conferred with Nishan-e-Pakistan |url=https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30343080 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Aaj English TV |language=en}}

Recipients

Year ! Image ! Name ! Field ! Country
class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
1958 \|File:Haile Selassie in full dress (cropped).jpg	Haile Selassie I{{cite book \|last1=ከበደ \|first1=በሪሁን \|title=የአፄ ኃይለሥላሴ ታሪክ \|date=September 21, 1993 \|publisher=አርቲስቲክ ማተሚያ ቤት \|location=Addis Ababa \|page=1077}}	Emperor of Ethiopia	{{flag\|Ethiopia}}
1960 \|File:Hussein of Jordan 1997.jpg	Hussein bin Talal	King of Jordan	{{flag\|Jordan}}
9 November 1959 \|File:Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1973.jpg	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Shah of Iran	{{flag\|Imperial State of Iran}}
1960 \|File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg	Queen Elizabeth II	Queen of the United Kingdom	{{flag\|United Kingdom}}
13 January 1961 \|File:Josip Broz Tito uniform portrait.jpg	Josip Broz Tito	President of Yugoslavia	{{flag\|Yugoslavia}}
1962 \| File:Aankomst Koning Bhumibol en Koningin Sirikit te Den Haag, Koning Bhumibol, Bestanddeelnr 911-6993 (cropped).jpg	Bhumibol Adulyadej	King of Thailand	{{flag\|Thailand}}
7 December 1957 \|File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg	Dwight D. Eisenhower	President of the United States	{{flag\|USA}}
1 August 1969 \|File:Richard Nixon presidential portrait.jpg	Richard Nixon{{cite web \|author=Richard Nixon \|author-link=Richard Nixon \|date=1 August 1969 \|title=Remarks on Accepting the Nishan-e-Pakistan \|via=The American Presidency Project, U.C. Santa Barbara \|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-accepting-the-nishan-e-pakistan \|access-date=28 May 2016}}	President of the United States	{{flag\|USA}}
1982 \|File:President Suharto, 1993.jpg \|Suharto{{Cite web \|title=Soeharto ODM \|url=https://gmic.co.uk/topic/50166-soeharto-odm/ \|access-date=2022-07-30 \|website=Gentleman's Military Interest Club \|language=en-GB}} \|President of Indonesia \|{{flag\|Indonesia}}
1983 \|File:Birendra Bir Bikram Shah c. 1967 (restoration).jpg	King Birendra	King of Nepal	{{flag\|Nepal}}
23 March 1983 \|File:His Highness the Aga Khan (15760993697).jpg	Aga Khan IV{{cite web \|date=23 March 1983 \|title=Mowlana Hazar Imam Receives Pakistan Award \|url=http://www.ismaili.net/news/830323a.html \|publisher=Heritage Society \|access-date=28 May 2016}}	Leader of Ismaili Muslims	{{flag\|United Kingdom}}
19 May 1990 \|File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg \|Morarji Desai{{cite news \|author=Shyam Bhatia \|date=11 July 2001 \|title=When India and Pakistan almost made peace \|publisher=Rediff \|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/11spec.htm \|access-date=28 May 2016}} \|Prime Minister of India \|{{flag\|India}}
18 September 1992 \|File:Hassanal Bolkiah at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan of Brunei Darussalam	{{flag\|Brunei}}
3 October 1992 \|File:Nelson Mandela 1994.jpg	Nelson Mandela{{cite news \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mandela-in-pakistan-1555096.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mandela-in-pakistan-1555096.html \|archive-date=21 June 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Mandela in Pakistan \|work=The Independent \|location=UK \|date=1992-10-03 \|access-date=28 May 2016}}	President of South Africa	{{flag\|South Africa}}
March 8, 1997 \|File:Ramos Pentagon.jpg	Fidel Ramos	President of the Philippines	{{flag\|Philippines}}
10 April 1999 \|File:Lipeng.jpg	Li Peng	Premier of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
6 April 1999 \|File:5th Global Forum Vienna 2013 (8512954534) (cropped).jpg	Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani	Emir of Qatar	{{flag\|Qatar}}
21 April 2001 \|File:QaboosBinSaidAlSaid (cropped).jpg	Qaboos bin Said{{cite web \| title=Mamnoon confers top civil award on President Xi \| website=DAWN.COM \| date=2015-04-22 \| url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1177460 \| access-date=2020-08-16}}	Sultan of Oman	{{flag\|Oman}}
1 February 2006 \|File:King Abdullah bin Abdul al-Saud January 2007.jpg	King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud{{cite web \|date=1 February 2006 \|title=King Abdullah ends Asian tour with state visit to Pakistan \|publisher=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, D.C. \|url=http://www.saudiembassy.net/2006News/News/RelDetail.asp?cIndex=5929 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618081036/http://www.saudiembassy.net/2006News/News/RelDetail.asp?cIndex=5929 \|archive-date=2008-06-18 }}	King of Saudi Arabia	{{flag\|Saudi Arabia}}
24 November 2006 \|File:Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2011.jpg	Hu Jintao{{cite news\|last1=Subramanian\|first1=Nirupama\|title=Hu Jintao awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/hu-jintao-awarded-nishanepakistan/article3052482.ece \|newspaper=The Hindu (newspaper) \|date=25 November 2006 \|access-date=9 January 2017}}	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party President of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
26 October 2009 \|File:Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine.jpg	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan{{cite web \|title=Pakistan, Turkey can together bring peace to region: Erdogan \|date=26 October 2009 \|publisher=Associated Press of Pakistan \|url=http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88433&Itemid=1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304115422/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88433&Itemid=1 \|archive-date=2012-03-04}}{{cite news \|title=Erdogan conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan \|url=https://nation.com.pk/27-Oct-2009/erdogan-conferred-nishanepakistan \|agency=APP \|newspaper=The Nation \|date=27 October 2009 \|access-date=9 January 2017}}	Prime Minister of Turkey	{{flag\|Turkey}}
2009 \|File:Emperor Akihito (2016).jpg	Emperor Akihito{{cite web \| website=The News Teller \| date=21 April 2015 \| url=https://www.thenewsteller.com/pakistan/chinese-president-xi-jinping-awarded-with-nishan-e-pakistan/13377/ \| access-date=18 April 2020\| title=Chinese President 'Xi Jinping' awarded with Nishan-e-Pakistan }}	Emperor of Japan	{{flag\|Japan}}
31 March 2010 \|File:Abdullah Gül Senate of Poland.JPG	Abdullah Gul{{cite news\|title=Nawaz thanks Gul for supporting Pakistan in hard times\|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/229938-nawaz-thanks-gul-for-supporting-pakistan-in-hard-times \|newspaper=The News International \|date=2 April 2010 \|ref=Nawaz congratulated President Gul on conferment of Pakistan's highest civil award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, on him. \|access-date=10 January 2017}}{{cite news \|title=Turkish President arrives on four-day visit \|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/23686-Turkish-President-arrives-on-fourday-visit \|newspaper=Dunya News \|date=March 30, 2010 \|access-date=10 January 2017 \|ref=At a special ceremony, President Zardari will confer Nishan-e-Pakistan on President Gul. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226093735/http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/23686-Turkish-President-arrives-on-fourday-visit \|archive-date=26 December 2018 \|url-status=dead }}	President of Turkey	{{flag\|Turkey}}
22 May 2013 \|File:Pedro Sánchez and Li Keqiang at the 12th Asia-Europe Summit (1) (cropped).jpg	Li Keqiang{{cite news \|title=Chinese PM awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan on arrival in Islamabad \|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/552781/chinese-pm-lands-in-pakistan/ \|newspaper=The Express Tribune \|date=22 May 2013 \|agency=AFP and Reuters \|access-date=9 January 2017\|ref=Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang was awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan by President Asif Ali Zardari on his arrival in Islamabad for a two-day trip, reported Express News on Wednesday.}}	Premier of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
21 April 2015 \|File:Xi Jinping (2023-04-06).jpg	Xi Jinping{{cite news\|title=Nishan-e-Pakistan award conferred on Xi Jinping \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nishanepakistan-award-conferred-on-xi-jinping/article7126148.ece \|agency=PTI \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=21 April 2015 \|access-date=9 January 2017}}	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party President of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
23 May 2018 \|File:Fidel Castro 1950s.jpg	Fidel Castro{{cite news \|date=23 March 2018 \|publisher=Times Now \|title=Pakistan is honouring late Cuban leader Fidel Castro with Nishan-e-Pakistan today – here's why \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/fidel-alejandro-castro-ruz-cuba-nishan-e-pakistan-civil-awards-asma-jahangir-president-pakistan-day-2005-kashmir-earthquake-mbbs-scholarships/210351 \|access-date=6 April 2018}}	former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba former President of the Council of State of Cuba	{{flag\|Cuba}}
19 November 2018 \|File:Haris Silajdžić 1995.jpg \|Haris Silajdžić \|Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosna and Herzegovina \|{{flag\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
18 February 2019 \|File:Mohammad bin Salman October 2019 (cropped).jpg \|Mohammad bin Salman{{cite news\|title=President Alvi confers Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman\|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1912961/1-saudi-crown-prince-meet-president-coas/ \|newspaper=The Express Tribune \|date=18 February 2019 \|access-date=18 February 2019\|ref=President Alvi confers Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman}}{{cite web \| author=PTI \| title=Pakistan confers highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince \| website=The Hindu \| date=18 February 2019 \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-confers-highest-civilian-award-nishan-e-pakistan-on-saudi-crown-prince/article26303495.ece \| access-date=2 May 2020}}	Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia	{{flag\|Saudi Arabia}}
22 March 2019 \|File:Mahathir Mohamad 13112018 (cropped).jpg	Mahathir Mohamad{{cite news \|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/03/20/pakistan-to-confer-highest-civilian-award-on-dr-m/1734753\|date=20 March 2019 \|newspaper=Malay Mail \|title=Pakistan to confer highest civilian award on Dr M \|access-date=21 March 2019}}	Prime Minister of Malaysia	{{flag\|Malaysia}}
26 May 2019 \|File:Wang Qishan at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg	Wang Qishan{{cite news \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/476660-chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-bestowed-with-nishan-e-pakistan-by-president-arif-alvi\|date=26 May 2019 \|newspaper=The News International \|title=Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan bestowed with Nishan-e-Pakistan by President Arif Alvi \|access-date=6 May 2019}}	Vice President of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
23 June 2019 \|File:تميم بن حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني (49759678641) (cropped).jpg	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani{{cite news \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/476660-Emir-Of-Qatar-Tamim-bin-Hamad-Al-Thani-with-nishan-e-pakistan-by-president-arif-alvi\|date=26 May 2019 \|newspaper=The News International\|title=Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan bestowed with Nishan-e-Pakistan by President Arif Alvi \|access-date=22 June 2019}}	Emir of Qatar	{{flag\|Qatar}}
23 March 2020 \|File:DARREN SAMMY.jpg	Daren Sammy{{cite web\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28755939/darren-sammy-become-honorary-citizen-pakistan-march-23 \|title=Darren Sammy to become honorary citizen of Pakistan \|work=ESPN Cricinfo \|access-date=22 February 2020}}	West Indies cricketer	{{flag\|Saint Lucia}}
14 August 2020 \|File:Syedaligeelani (cropped).jpg	Syed Ali Shah Geelani{{cite web \| last=Bhat \| first=Tariq \| title=Pakistan confers highest civilian award on Syed Ali Shah Geelani \| website=The Week \| date=2020-08-14 \| url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/08/14/pakistan-confers-highest-civilian-award-on-syed-ali-shah-geelani.html \| access-date=2020-08-16}}	Hurriyat Leader	{{flag\|India}}
5 November 2020 \|File:EU-Western Balkans meeting (2022) (cropped).jpg	Šefik Džaferović{{cite tweet\| user=PresOfPakistan \|number=1324392426627309568 \|title=President Dr. Arif Alvi conferring the award of Nishan-e-Pakistan on Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sefik Dzaferovic, at Aiwan-e-Sadr. \|date= 5 November 2020}}	Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina	{{flag\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
5 December 2023 \| 148x164px \|His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin \|Leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community \|{{flag\|India}}
23 March 2024 \|138x148px \|Khalid bin Salman{{ cite web \| title=Pakistan confers the highest civilian award on Prince Khalid bin Salman \| url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2481486/%7B%7B \| newspaper=Arab News \| date=23 March 2024 \| access-date=23 March 2024}} \|Minister of Defence Saudi Arabia	{{flag\|Saudi Arabia}}
3 October 2024 \|138x168px \|Anwar Ibrahim{{cite news \|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/10/04/pakistan-honours-anwar-with-top-civilian-award-nishan-e-pakistan-for-strengthening-bilateral-ties/152514\|date=4 October 2024 \|newspaper=Malay Mail \|title=Pakistan honours Anwar with top civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan for strengthening bilateral ties\|access-date=4 October 2024}}	Prime Minister of Malaysia	{{flag\|Malaysia}}
23 March 2025 \| 138x158px \|Zulfikar Ali Bhutto{{cite news \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1899962/za-bhutto-posthumously-awarded-top-civilian-honour\|date=24 March 2025\|newspaper=Dawn_(newspaper) \|title=Zulfikar Ali Bhutto posthumously awarded top civilian honour\|access-date=24 March 2025}} \|Prime Minister of Pakistan	{{flag\|Pakistan}}

References

External links

[http://www.medals.pl/pk/pk1.htm Decorations and Medals of Pakistan]

Category:Nishan-e-Pakistan

Category:Civil awards and decorations of Pakistan

Category:Awards established in 1957

Category:1957 establishments in Pakistan

Year ! Image ! Name ! Field ! Country
class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
1958 \|File:Haile Selassie in full dress (cropped).jpg	Haile Selassie I{{cite book \|last1=ከበደ \|first1=በሪሁን \|title=የአፄ ኃይለሥላሴ ታሪክ \|date=September 21, 1993 \|publisher=አርቲስቲክ ማተሚያ ቤት \|location=Addis Ababa \|page=1077}}	Emperor of Ethiopia	{{flag\|Ethiopia}}
1960 \|File:Hussein of Jordan 1997.jpg	Hussein bin Talal	King of Jordan	{{flag\|Jordan}}
9 November 1959 \|File:Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1973.jpg	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Shah of Iran	{{flag\|Imperial State of Iran}}
1960 \|File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg	Queen Elizabeth II	Queen of the United Kingdom	{{flag\|United Kingdom}}
13 January 1961 \|File:Josip Broz Tito uniform portrait.jpg	Josip Broz Tito	President of Yugoslavia	{{flag\|Yugoslavia}}
1962 \| File:Aankomst Koning Bhumibol en Koningin Sirikit te Den Haag, Koning Bhumibol, Bestanddeelnr 911-6993 (cropped).jpg	Bhumibol Adulyadej	King of Thailand	{{flag\|Thailand}}
7 December 1957 \|File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg	Dwight D. Eisenhower	President of the United States	{{flag\|USA}}
1 August 1969 \|File:Richard Nixon presidential portrait.jpg	Richard Nixon{{cite web \|author=Richard Nixon \|author-link=Richard Nixon \|date=1 August 1969 \|title=Remarks on Accepting the Nishan-e-Pakistan \|via=The American Presidency Project, U.C. Santa Barbara \|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-accepting-the-nishan-e-pakistan \|access-date=28 May 2016}}	President of the United States	{{flag\|USA}}
1982 \|File:President Suharto, 1993.jpg \|Suharto{{Cite web \|title=Soeharto ODM \|url=https://gmic.co.uk/topic/50166-soeharto-odm/ \|access-date=2022-07-30 \|website=Gentleman's Military Interest Club \|language=en-GB}} \|President of Indonesia \|{{flag\|Indonesia}}
1983 \|File:Birendra Bir Bikram Shah c. 1967 (restoration).jpg	King Birendra	King of Nepal	{{flag\|Nepal}}
23 March 1983 \|File:His Highness the Aga Khan (15760993697).jpg	Aga Khan IV{{cite web \|date=23 March 1983 \|title=Mowlana Hazar Imam Receives Pakistan Award \|url=http://www.ismaili.net/news/830323a.html \|publisher=Heritage Society \|access-date=28 May 2016}}	Leader of Ismaili Muslims	{{flag\|United Kingdom}}
19 May 1990 \|File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg \|Morarji Desai{{cite news \|author=Shyam Bhatia \|date=11 July 2001 \|title=When India and Pakistan almost made peace \|publisher=Rediff \|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/11spec.htm \|access-date=28 May 2016}} \|Prime Minister of India \|{{flag\|India}}
18 September 1992 \|File:Hassanal Bolkiah at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan of Brunei Darussalam	{{flag\|Brunei}}
3 October 1992 \|File:Nelson Mandela 1994.jpg	Nelson Mandela{{cite news \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mandela-in-pakistan-1555096.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mandela-in-pakistan-1555096.html \|archive-date=21 June 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Mandela in Pakistan \|work=The Independent \|location=UK \|date=1992-10-03 \|access-date=28 May 2016}}	President of South Africa	{{flag\|South Africa}}
March 8, 1997 \|File:Ramos Pentagon.jpg	Fidel Ramos	President of the Philippines	{{flag\|Philippines}}
10 April 1999 \|File:Lipeng.jpg	Li Peng	Premier of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
6 April 1999 \|File:5th Global Forum Vienna 2013 (8512954534) (cropped).jpg	Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani	Emir of Qatar	{{flag\|Qatar}}
21 April 2001 \|File:QaboosBinSaidAlSaid (cropped).jpg	Qaboos bin Said{{cite web \| title=Mamnoon confers top civil award on President Xi \| website=DAWN.COM \| date=2015-04-22 \| url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1177460 \| access-date=2020-08-16}}	Sultan of Oman	{{flag\|Oman}}
1 February 2006 \|File:King Abdullah bin Abdul al-Saud January 2007.jpg	King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud{{cite web \|date=1 February 2006 \|title=King Abdullah ends Asian tour with state visit to Pakistan \|publisher=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, D.C. \|url=http://www.saudiembassy.net/2006News/News/RelDetail.asp?cIndex=5929 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618081036/http://www.saudiembassy.net/2006News/News/RelDetail.asp?cIndex=5929 \|archive-date=2008-06-18 }}	King of Saudi Arabia	{{flag\|Saudi Arabia}}
24 November 2006 \|File:Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2011.jpg	Hu Jintao{{cite news\|last1=Subramanian\|first1=Nirupama\|title=Hu Jintao awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/hu-jintao-awarded-nishanepakistan/article3052482.ece \|newspaper=The Hindu (newspaper) \|date=25 November 2006 \|access-date=9 January 2017}}	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party President of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
26 October 2009 \|File:Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine.jpg	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan{{cite web \|title=Pakistan, Turkey can together bring peace to region: Erdogan \|date=26 October 2009 \|publisher=Associated Press of Pakistan \|url=http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88433&Itemid=1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304115422/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88433&Itemid=1 \|archive-date=2012-03-04}}{{cite news \|title=Erdogan conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan \|url=https://nation.com.pk/27-Oct-2009/erdogan-conferred-nishanepakistan \|agency=APP \|newspaper=The Nation \|date=27 October 2009 \|access-date=9 January 2017}}	Prime Minister of Turkey	{{flag\|Turkey}}
2009 \|File:Emperor Akihito (2016).jpg	Emperor Akihito{{cite web \| website=The News Teller \| date=21 April 2015 \| url=https://www.thenewsteller.com/pakistan/chinese-president-xi-jinping-awarded-with-nishan-e-pakistan/13377/ \| access-date=18 April 2020\| title=Chinese President 'Xi Jinping' awarded with Nishan-e-Pakistan }}	Emperor of Japan	{{flag\|Japan}}
31 March 2010 \|File:Abdullah Gül Senate of Poland.JPG	Abdullah Gul{{cite news\|title=Nawaz thanks Gul for supporting Pakistan in hard times\|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/229938-nawaz-thanks-gul-for-supporting-pakistan-in-hard-times \|newspaper=The News International \|date=2 April 2010 \|ref=Nawaz congratulated President Gul on conferment of Pakistan's highest civil award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, on him. \|access-date=10 January 2017}}{{cite news \|title=Turkish President arrives on four-day visit \|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/23686-Turkish-President-arrives-on-fourday-visit \|newspaper=Dunya News \|date=March 30, 2010 \|access-date=10 January 2017 \|ref=At a special ceremony, President Zardari will confer Nishan-e-Pakistan on President Gul. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226093735/http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/23686-Turkish-President-arrives-on-fourday-visit \|archive-date=26 December 2018 \|url-status=dead }}	President of Turkey	{{flag\|Turkey}}
22 May 2013 \|File:Pedro Sánchez and Li Keqiang at the 12th Asia-Europe Summit (1) (cropped).jpg	Li Keqiang{{cite news \|title=Chinese PM awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan on arrival in Islamabad \|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/552781/chinese-pm-lands-in-pakistan/ \|newspaper=The Express Tribune \|date=22 May 2013 \|agency=AFP and Reuters \|access-date=9 January 2017\|ref=Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang was awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan by President Asif Ali Zardari on his arrival in Islamabad for a two-day trip, reported Express News on Wednesday.}}	Premier of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
21 April 2015 \|File:Xi Jinping (2023-04-06).jpg	Xi Jinping{{cite news\|title=Nishan-e-Pakistan award conferred on Xi Jinping \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nishanepakistan-award-conferred-on-xi-jinping/article7126148.ece \|agency=PTI \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=21 April 2015 \|access-date=9 January 2017}}	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party President of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
23 May 2018 \|File:Fidel Castro 1950s.jpg	Fidel Castro{{cite news \|date=23 March 2018 \|publisher=Times Now \|title=Pakistan is honouring late Cuban leader Fidel Castro with Nishan-e-Pakistan today – here's why \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/fidel-alejandro-castro-ruz-cuba-nishan-e-pakistan-civil-awards-asma-jahangir-president-pakistan-day-2005-kashmir-earthquake-mbbs-scholarships/210351 \|access-date=6 April 2018}}	former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba former President of the Council of State of Cuba	{{flag\|Cuba}}
19 November 2018 \|File:Haris Silajdžić 1995.jpg \|Haris Silajdžić \|Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosna and Herzegovina \|{{flag\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
18 February 2019 \|File:Mohammad bin Salman October 2019 (cropped).jpg \|Mohammad bin Salman{{cite news\|title=President Alvi confers Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman\|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1912961/1-saudi-crown-prince-meet-president-coas/ \|newspaper=The Express Tribune \|date=18 February 2019 \|access-date=18 February 2019\|ref=President Alvi confers Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman}}{{cite web \| author=PTI \| title=Pakistan confers highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince \| website=The Hindu \| date=18 February 2019 \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-confers-highest-civilian-award-nishan-e-pakistan-on-saudi-crown-prince/article26303495.ece \| access-date=2 May 2020}}	Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia	{{flag\|Saudi Arabia}}
22 March 2019 \|File:Mahathir Mohamad 13112018 (cropped).jpg	Mahathir Mohamad{{cite news \|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/03/20/pakistan-to-confer-highest-civilian-award-on-dr-m/1734753\|date=20 March 2019 \|newspaper=Malay Mail \|title=Pakistan to confer highest civilian award on Dr M \|access-date=21 March 2019}}	Prime Minister of Malaysia	{{flag\|Malaysia}}
26 May 2019 \|File:Wang Qishan at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg	Wang Qishan{{cite news \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/476660-chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-bestowed-with-nishan-e-pakistan-by-president-arif-alvi\|date=26 May 2019 \|newspaper=The News International \|title=Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan bestowed with Nishan-e-Pakistan by President Arif Alvi \|access-date=6 May 2019}}	Vice President of the People's Republic of China	{{flag\|China}}
23 June 2019 \|File:تميم بن حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني (49759678641) (cropped).jpg	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani{{cite news \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/476660-Emir-Of-Qatar-Tamim-bin-Hamad-Al-Thani-with-nishan-e-pakistan-by-president-arif-alvi\|date=26 May 2019 \|newspaper=The News International\|title=Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan bestowed with Nishan-e-Pakistan by President Arif Alvi \|access-date=22 June 2019}}	Emir of Qatar	{{flag\|Qatar}}
23 March 2020 \|File:DARREN SAMMY.jpg	Daren Sammy{{cite web\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28755939/darren-sammy-become-honorary-citizen-pakistan-march-23 \|title=Darren Sammy to become honorary citizen of Pakistan \|work=ESPN Cricinfo \|access-date=22 February 2020}}	West Indies cricketer	{{flag\|Saint Lucia}}
14 August 2020 \|File:Syedaligeelani (cropped).jpg	Syed Ali Shah Geelani{{cite web \| last=Bhat \| first=Tariq \| title=Pakistan confers highest civilian award on Syed Ali Shah Geelani \| website=The Week \| date=2020-08-14 \| url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/08/14/pakistan-confers-highest-civilian-award-on-syed-ali-shah-geelani.html \| access-date=2020-08-16}}	Hurriyat Leader	{{flag\|India}}
5 November 2020 \|File:EU-Western Balkans meeting (2022) (cropped).jpg	Šefik Džaferović{{cite tweet\| user=PresOfPakistan \|number=1324392426627309568 \|title=President Dr. Arif Alvi conferring the award of Nishan-e-Pakistan on Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sefik Dzaferovic, at Aiwan-e-Sadr. \|date= 5 November 2020}}	Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina	{{flag\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
5 December 2023 \| 148x164px \|His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin \|Leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community \|{{flag\|India}}
23 March 2024 \|138x148px \|Khalid bin Salman{{ cite web \| title=Pakistan confers the highest civilian award on Prince Khalid bin Salman \| url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2481486/%7B%7B \| newspaper=Arab News \| date=23 March 2024 \| access-date=23 March 2024}} \|Minister of Defence Saudi Arabia	{{flag\|Saudi Arabia}}
3 October 2024 \|138x168px \|Anwar Ibrahim{{cite news \|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/10/04/pakistan-honours-anwar-with-top-civilian-award-nishan-e-pakistan-for-strengthening-bilateral-ties/152514\|date=4 October 2024 \|newspaper=Malay Mail \|title=Pakistan honours Anwar with top civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan for strengthening bilateral ties\|access-date=4 October 2024}}	Prime Minister of Malaysia	{{flag\|Malaysia}}
23 March 2025 \| 138x158px \|Zulfikar Ali Bhutto{{cite news \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1899962/za-bhutto-posthumously-awarded-top-civilian-honour\|date=24 March 2025\|newspaper=Dawn_(newspaper) \|title=Zulfikar Ali Bhutto posthumously awarded top civilian honour\|access-date=24 March 2025}} \|Prime Minister of Pakistan	{{flag\|Pakistan}}