President institutes Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah and Shaheed BB awards

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President Asif Ali Zardari today formally instituted Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Award and Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah Award to be awarded to outstanding women for excellence in vocational and professional fields.

The Awards approved Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister will be called “President’s Medal -Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and “President’s Medal – Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah” to recognize the two as national leaders and internationally acclaimed icons for women rights, Presidential Spokesman said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.

The Awards and Medals have been divided into dozens of sub categories for which a financial allocation has also been made in this year’s Budget of the Ministry of Women Development.

The Decorations Act,1975 states that “The President may, by warrant, institute or create from time to time any decorations in recognition of “gallantry” meritorious service in the Armed Forces, academic distinction or distinction in the field of sports or nursing and prescribe the conditions under which a decoration may be awarded, conferred, withdrawal, forfeiture or annulment”.