Pride of the Nation Gold Medal Awards

Pride of the Nation Gold Medal پرائڈ آف دی نیشن گولڈ میڈل
Awarded for	Excellence in literature, Science, Technology, Invention, linguistics achievements
Country	Pakistan
Presented by	Journalist Foundation Pakistan
First awarded	25 December 2014
Official website	Journalist Foundation

Journalist Foundation Gold Medal

The Pride of the Nation Gold Medal Awards (Urdu: پرائڈ آف دی نیشن گولڈ میڈل ایوارڈز‎) are the annual awards of Journalist Foundation Pakistan and are one of the best awards to honour the distinguished personalities of Pakistan .^[1] The awards were first introduced in 2004 by Mr Zulfiqar Ali Malik, President Journalist Foundation Pakistan, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who worked for Pakistan. The first award distribution ceremony was held on 7 December 2004 at Islamabad. Since then, the awards were presented annually.^[2]

Pride of the Nation Gold Medals are Journalist organized honour of Pakistan.^[3] It is the highest journalistic decoration given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. The award is limited to the citizens of Pakistan who have done great services to Pakistan.^[4]

List of Recipients

1. Anwar Zaib
2. Arshad Gill
3. Farooq Ahmed
4. Inam Ali Syedain
5. Khalid Mehmood Choudhry
6. Muhammad Irfan Siddiq
7. Mumtaz Ahmed Bhatti
8. Nasir Mehmood Malik
9. Rafaqat Hussain
10. Rafey Baloch
11. Raja Ateeq ur Rehman
12. Rooma Syedain
13. Sajid Kiani
14. Rehmat Aziz Chitrali
15. Sania Syedain
16. Subhan Ali Syedain
17. Syed Kashif Ali
18. Tahir Jaffri
19. Waqas Shafiq Minhas
20. Ziaullah Mirza

See also

• Civil decorations of Pakistan

References

Pakistan honours and military decorations
Gallantry awards	Nishan-i-Haider Medal (Sign of the Lion; 1st highest award) Hilal-i-Jur'at Medal (Cresent of Courage; 2nd highest award) Sitara-i-Jur'at Medal (Star of Courage; 3rd highest award) Tamgha-i-Jur'at (Medal of Courage; 4th highest award) Imtiazi Sanad Medal (Mention in Despatches; 5th highest award)
Non-operational awards (outwith enemy engagement)	Sitara-e-Basalat (Star of Good Conduct) Tamgha-e-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class I) (Medal of Service; military) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class II) (Medal of Service; military) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class III) (Medal of Service; military)
Civilian military awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence; civilian) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence; civilian) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence; civilian) Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Medal of Service; civilian)

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