| Foreign recipients of Nishan-e-Pakistan: | ||||
| No. | Year | Name | Field | Country |
| 27 | 14-Aug-20 | Syed Ali Shah Geelani | former Kashmiri separatist leader | India |
| 26 | 23-Jun-19 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Emir of Qatar | Qatar |
| 25 | 26-May-19 | Wang Qishan | Vice President of China | China |
| 24 | 22-Mar-19 | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister of Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 23 | 18-Feb-19 | Mohammad bin Salman | Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| 22 | 23-May-18 | Fidel Castro | President of Cuba | Cuba |
| 21 | 21-Apr-15 | Xi Jinping | President of the People’s Republic of China | China |
| 20 | 22-May-13 | Li Keqiang | Premier of the People’s Republic of China | China |
| 19 | 31-Mar-10 | Abdullah Gul | President of Turkey | Turkey |
| 18 | 2009 | Emperor Akihito | Emperor of Japan | Japan |
| 17 | 26-Oct-09 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan[ | Prime Minister of Turkey | Turkey |
| 16 | 24-Nov-06 | Hu Jintao | President of the People’s Republic of China | China |
| 15 | 1-Feb-06 | King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud | King of Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| 14 | 21-Apr-01 | Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said | Sultan of Oman | Oman |
| 13 | 6-Apr-99 | Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani | Emir of Qatar | Qatar |
| 12 | 10-Apr-99 | Li Peng | Premier of the People’s Republic of China | China |
| 11 | 3-Oct-92 | Nelson Mandela | President of South Africa | South Africa |
| 10 | 18-Sep-92 | Hassanal Bolkiah | Sultan of Brunei Darussalam | Brunei |
| 9 | 19-May-90 | Morarji Desai | Prime Minister of India | India |
| 8 | 23-Mar-83 | Aga Khan IV | Leader of Ismaili Muslims | United Kingdom |
| 7 | 1983 | King Birendra | King of Nepal | Nepal |
| 6 | 1-Aug-69 | Richard Nixon | President of the United States | United States |
| 5 | 7-Dec-57 | Dwight Eisenhower | President of the United States | United States |
| 4 | 1962 | Bhumibol Adulyadej | King of Thailand | Thailand |
| 3 | 13-Jan-61 | Josip Broz Tito | President of Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia |
| 2 | 1960 | Queen Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom (Former Queen of Pakistan) | United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms |
| 1 | 9-Nov-59 | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Shah of Iran | Iran Imperial State of Iran |