Pakistan president honours Ugandan doctor
Aug 17, 2009
A Ugandan doctor, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, is one of the over 20 foreign personalities who were on Friday honoured by the Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari, for their outstanding contributions.
By Vision Reporter
A Ugandan doctor, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, is one of the over 20 foreign personalities who were on Friday honoured by the Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari, for their outstanding contributions.
Ahmad, who runs one of Kampala city’s oldest clinics on Entebbe Road, was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz under the ‘Order of Excellence’ category for his humanitarian services in Uganda.
Ahmad saved the lives of Pakistani citizens and other foreign nationals when he made arrangements for a train to transport them to the Kenya border during the 1979 war that ousted Idi Amin.
He was also a personal doctor to a number of Buganda and Tooro kingdom royals.
The awards were announced on Friday in Islamabad during Pakistan’s independence anniversary celebrations.
The Pakistan president conferred 11 civil awards on 189 Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for excellence in various fields, according to the Pakistani media.
In Uganda, the celebrations were marked with a flag-raising ceremony and reception at the residence of Bonny Katatumba, the Honorary Consul of Pakistan, on Friday.
Foreign personalities honoured included US Senator John Kerry, General Liang Guanglie of China and Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Organisation of Islamic Conference secretary general, for their services to Pakistan.
“I am extremely thrilled about this award because it came on the Pakistan National Day,†Ahmad told The New Vision over the weekend.
“This covers the full spectrum of my medical, social and humanitarian services in the last 50 years,†he added.
A Ugandan doctor, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, is one of the over 20 foreign personalities who were on Friday honoured by the Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari, for their outstanding contributions.
Ahmad, who runs one of Kampala city’s oldest clinics on Entebbe Road, was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz under the ‘Order of Excellence’ category for his humanitarian services in Uganda.
Ahmad saved the lives of Pakistani citizens and other foreign nationals when he made arrangements for a train to transport them to the Kenya border during the 1979 war that ousted Idi Amin.
He was also a personal doctor to a number of Buganda and Tooro kingdom royals.
The awards were announced on Friday in Islamabad during Pakistan’s independence anniversary celebrations.
The Pakistan president conferred 11 civil awards on 189 Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for excellence in various fields, according to the Pakistani media.
In Uganda, the celebrations were marked with a flag-raising ceremony and reception at the residence of Bonny Katatumba, the Honorary Consul of Pakistan, on Friday.
Foreign personalities honoured included US Senator John Kerry, General Liang Guanglie of China and Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Organisation of Islamic Conference secretary general, for their services to Pakistan.
“I am extremely thrilled about this award because it came on the Pakistan National Day,†Ahmad told The New Vision over the weekend.
“This covers the full spectrum of my medical, social and humanitarian services in the last 50 years,†he added.