{"id":50352,"date":"2022-07-02T22:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=50352"},"modified":"2022-07-02T15:55:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T10:55:22","slug":"the-highest-us-civil-award-announced-for-pakistan-born-us-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/the-highest-us-civil-award-announced-for-pakistan-born-us-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"The highest US civil award announced for Pakistan born US citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, JULY 02 (Online): Top US civil award has been announced for a Pakistan born US citizen Khizr Moazzam Khan. :<\/p>\n<p>Khizr Moazzam Khan, is father of US soldier Capt Humayun Khan who earned the fame  in 2016 for challenging Trump\u2019s knowledge of the US Constitution and died during the Iraq war will get  America\u2019s highest civilian award \u2013 the Presidential Medal of Freedom \u2013 from President Joe Biden on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the Center for Constitutional Literacy and National Integration is among 17 individuals from across the US who will receive the award this year.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u2018Gold Star Parents\u2019 is used for those whose children die while fighting for America. . Khizr Moazzam Khan and Ghazala Khan are the parents of Captain Humayun Khan of the US Army, who was killed in 2004 during the Iraq War.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor awarded to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to America\u2019s prosperity, values or security, world peace, or other significant social, public or private endeavours,\u201d the White House said. announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhizr Khan is a leading advocate of the rule of law and religious freedom and served on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom under President Biden,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Khan who was born in Gujranwala was moved to the US in 1980, is the first Pakistani American to receive the award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, JULY 02 (Online): Top US civil award has been announced for a Pakistan born US citizen Khizr Moazzam Khan. : Khizr Moazzam Khan, is father of US 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