U.S. Humanitarian Mortenson Received Pakistan’s Highest Civil Award, Sitara-E-Pakistan (Star Of Pakistan), for Sixteen-Year Effort to Promote Rural Education and Literacy for Girls

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - On Monday, March 23rd, 2009, humanitarian Greg Mortenson receives
Pakistan’s highest civil award, Sitara-e-Pakistan (”Star of Pakistan”) for
his sixteen-year effort to promote peace through rural girls’ education and
literacy, in an official ceremony in Islamabad.