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appropriate level in a befitting manner before. Many of such persons were
now deceased, or had taken up residence in other cities of Pakistan. A
decision was therefore made not only to locate all such persons but also to
bring them back home once again and acknowledge their services through
conferment of awards. An Awards Nomination Committee was therefore
constituted comprising the Principal, Government Post Graduate College
(Boys), Principal Government Degree College for Women, Muzaffargarh, a
historian/representative of the civil society, Mr Khair Muhammad Budh, and
the District Information Officer, Muzaffargarh. While the Principal,
Government Post Graduate College (Boys) was declared the chair of the
committee, District Information Officer was to act as the secretary. Not only
the committee itself undertook extensive research and consultation but
invited proposals from the general public through media too. The names of
the persons so selected, as well as the recommendation of the category of
award, was then forwarded to the District Administration, which then
reached out to all such nominees – even in the other parts of Pakistan –
invited them to come over to Muzaffargarh to receive their awards, and made
logistic and other arrangements accordingly. In case a person had died, his
next of kin was located, reached out and requested to receive the award. The
ceremony of Shan-e-Muzaffargarh Awards was held on August 31, 2019 in
the Jinnah Hall, which was also inaugurated the same day. Never before
such a galaxy had assembled under one roof in the history of Muzaffargarh;
nor had the residents of Muzaffargarh seen such a well-organized, well-
rehearsed and colourful ceremony at such a scale before. It was vowed that
the Shan-e-Muzaffargarh Awards would be made an annual feature not only
to acknowledge those who could not be given awards in the first ceremony
but also to encourage those who would win laurels for the city in future.

The list of the recipients of awards, along with the category/level of the award
conferred, is as follows:

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