BEIJING: Two officers of Pakistan Embassy Beijing were conferred upon Tamgha-e-Imtiaz at a special investiture ceremony held at the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing, here on Tuesday.
Pakistan Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque, on behalf of the President of Pakistan, conferred the civil award upon Second Secretary Muhammad Junaid Raza and Education Attaché, Muhammad Suleman Mahsud in recognition of their outstanding services for Pakistani students and community stranded in Wuhan during the lockdown imposed in wake of COVID-19 pandemic in early last year.
The two officers led a special solidarity mission to the epicenter of pandemic and spent 53 days in the locked down in Hubei province. They provided support and reassurance to the members of Pakistani community particularly students during the lockdown.
During their stay in Wuhan, the two officers maintained a close contact with the Embassy and Chinese local authorities concerned to provide immediate assistance to Pakistanis in need, thereby renewing the confidence of overseas Pakistanis in the Pakistan government through realizing the policy of according top priority to expatriate countrymen.
Speaking on the occasion, Pakistan Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque called the two officers as unsung heroes of Pakistan who served the Pakistani community in a very difficult situation.
He mentioned that two officers maintained the close collaboration between city officials, emergency institutions, and the students in different universities of Hubei province, enabling them to go through the challenge when everybody wanted to leave to city. –PR
