Pride of Performance Awards (2020–2029)

The Pride of Performance is a civil award presented annually on independence day (14 August) by the president to the Pakistani citizens and foreign people in recognition of their contribution to the art, sports, literature, science and education. It also seeks to recognize the "meritorious contribution" to the national interest of Pakistan.[1] It is the highest literary award bestowed by Pakistan.[2]

Pride of Performance
Awarded by

Government of Pakistan
TypeLiterary award
EstablishedMarch 19, 1957
CountryPakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Awarded for"meritorious contribution to the field of literature, arts, sports, medicine and science".
StatusActive
Statistics
First induction1958
Last induction2020


Pride of Performance award recipients
Category Number of recipients (2020)
Arts
17
Science
12
Literature
6
Sports
3
Education
3
Social work
1
Other
1

2020

In 2020, the government of Pakistan presented forty-three Pride of Performance awards to the people working in different fields as described by its eligibility criteria.

Key
   # Indicates a posthumous honour
Awardee[3][4] Field Category Country/Province
Waris Baig[5] Film playback singing Singing Punjab
Kiran Iqbal Science Chemistry Sindh
Taj Joyo[lower-alpha 1] Literature Poet
Shakeel Abbas Rofi Science Engineering (nuclear)
Zahid Noor Peracha Science Engineering (electronics)
Humayun Saeed Arts Acting
Sakina Samo Arts Acting
Mohammed Ali Shehki Arts Singing
Salman Hashmi Arts Formatting & Scanning
Zulfiqar Ali Lund Arts Instrumentalist
Abdul Qudoos Arif alias (A. Q. Arif) Arts Painting
Mahtab Mahboob Literature Writer
Hina Nasrullah Arts Sufi Singer/ Naat Khuwan Punjab
Ali Zafar Arts Singing
Muhammad Aslam Ansari Literature Poet/writer
Resham Arts Acting
Krishan Gee Arts Singing
Khalid Masud Gondal Education academic and physician
Saleem Akhtar Science Engineering (mechanical)
Amir Shahzad Science Engineering
Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal Science Engineering (chemical)
Umar Asghar Science Engineering (electrical)
Munir Ahmed Science Engineering (process control and aging management)
Inam Ur Rehman Science Engineering (nuclear)
Liaqat Ali Science (Laser and Optics)
Muhammad Baqir Arts Fresco Painting
Shafique Farooqi Arts Painting/Calligraphy
Asif Ali Khan Arts Qawwali singer
Indu Mariam Mitha Arts Choreography
Mirza Athar Baig Literature Writer
Tariq Jamil Religion Islamic scholar
Muhammad Irfan Sports Kabaddi
Haider Ali Sports Paralympic Athlete
Muhammad Fuzail Science Chemistry Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Qurrat-ul-Ain Science Plasma Physics
Raisa Begum Gul Education Nursing
Naimatullah alias Naimat Sarhadi Education Nursing
Soraiya Khan alias Mahjabeen Qazalbash Arts Singing
Muhammad Faheem Arts Wood Lacque
Abaseen Yousufzai Literature Writer
Farhan Mehboob Sports Squash
Abdul Majid Qureshi Social work Activist
Daryan Khan Arts Musical instruments maker Balochistan
Muhammad Yousuf alias Yousuf Gichki Literature Writer
Sarmad Sehbai Arts Playwright/poet Islamabad
Ruth Wenny Lekardal Service to Pakistan Sweden

See also

References

  1. "Pride of Performance Award". DAWN.COM. 24 August 2019.
  2. "Explained: What is the row over Pakistani film Zindagi Tamasha?". 26 July 2020.
  3. APP (14 August 2020). "President confers civil awards to 184 Pakistanis, foreigners for excellence, services". The Nation. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. "President confers civil awards to 184 Pakistanis, foreigners for excellence, services". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. Conferment of Pakistan Civil Awards The News International (newspaper), Published 14 August 2019, Retrieved 29 September 2022
  6. "Here's why Taj Joyo declined his Pride of Performance Award". Samaa TV. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  1. declined to receive the award [6]
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