Civil Awards: 41 names sent from Sindh

KARACHI: Forty-one names of people belonging to different walks of life have been sent to the Federal Government for conferment of Civil Awards 2012.

Names of former MNA Fauzia Wahab (late) and Secretary General, People's Party Sindh Taj Hyder are included in the list for potential recipients of the Civil Awards.

The list dispatched to the Cabinet Division contains names of the people belonging to various professions and walks of life including research & education, social services, trade, sports, literature and art.

The names of Fauzia Wahab and Dr Aftab Qureshi have been recommended for posthumous Sitara-i-Imtiaz while late TV artist Kamal Shah for Pride of Performance.

After approval, the Federal Government will confer the Civil Awards for 2012 on August 14.