Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Thursday was conferred with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the country's third-highest civilian award, for his outstanding contributions in the field of cricket.
28-year-old Babar Azam is the youngest Pakistani to receive the award.
He is also the fourth Pakistani cricketer to be conferred with the honour after former skippers Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, and Shahid Afridi.
Babar took a short break from his official duties to attend the award ceremony held in Lahore today.
Babar has played 47 Tests, 95 ODIs and 99 T20Is for Pakistan since making his international debut in 2016. He has amassed 3696 runs in Tests, 4813 in ODIs and 3355 in T20I cricket.
Bismah Maroof honoured as well
Babar wasn't the only cricketer to be honoured at the ceremony as Pakistan women's team captain Bismah Maroof was awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz while blind cricketer Masood Jan received the Pride of Performance award for their contributions to the sport.
