Pride of Performance (Urdu: تمغۂ حسنِ کارکردگی) is a civil award given by the Government of Pakistan to Pakistani citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports, medicine, or science for civilians
1974 Iqbal Bano (ghazal and film singer)
1976 Parveen ShakirParveen Shakir's Pride of Performance Award info on urdupoetry.com website Retrieved 1 July 2018
1977 Salamat Ali Khan (classical musician of Sham Chaurasia gharana)
1978 Name Field Specialization Province CountryMolvi Ahmed MallahLiteraturePoetSindhPakistanIbn-e-InshaLiteraturePoet and WriterPunjabPakistanAhmed ParvezArtsPaintingPunjabPakistanUstad Manzoor Ali KhanSingingClassical MusicSindhPakistanSabri BrothersArtsSufi Qawwali GroupSindhPakistanAmeer Hamza ShinwariLiteraturePoetryKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanMunir SarhadiSingingMusicKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanAmeer Hamza ShinwariLiteraturePoetryKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan
1979 Name Field Specialization Province CountryFaiz Mohammad BalochArtsFolk SingerBalochistanPakistanKhamiso KhanArtsMusicSindhPakistanKishwar SultanArtsMusicKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan Hakim Mohammad Yusuf HasanLiteratureWriting Punjab PakistanNabi Bakhsh Khan BalochNabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch's award info on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 7 April 2011, Retrieved 9 July 2019LiteratureWritingSindhPakistanAshfaq AhmadLiteratureWritingPunjabPakistanQalandar MomandLiteratureWritingKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanGhulam AliArtsSingingPunjabPakistanAlam LoharAlam Lohar's Pride of Performance Award info on samaa.tv website Retrieved 1 July 2018ArtsMusicPunjabPakistanMureed BulediArtsMusicBalochistanPakistanMisri Khan JamaliMisri Khan Jamali's award info on tareekhepakistan.com website Retrieved 9 June 2020ArtsMusicSindhPakistanPathane KhanPathanay Khan's award info on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 9 March 2016, Retrieved 9 July 2019ArtsMusicPunjabPakistanMohammad Azam ChishtiArtNaat RecitingPunjabPakistan
1980 Name Field Specialization Province CountryMohammad Qavi KhanArtsFilm and TV ActorPunjabPakistanUstad Khyal MuhammadArtsSingingKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanAllan FaqirAllan Faqir's Pride of Performance Award info listed on The News International newspaper, Published 4 July 2016, Retrieved 22 August 2017ArtsSufi music and folk singerSindhPakistanSohail RanaArtsMusic composerSindhPakistanAzar ZubiArtsPainter ArtistSindhPakistanMuhammad JumanUstad Juman - a legend of Sindhi music (includes his awards info) The Nation (newspaper), Published 10 April 2009, Retrieved 22 July 2019ArtsFolk music singerSindhPakistanMalika PukhrajArtsFolk music singerPunjabPakistan Khalid Iqbal ArtsPainter ArtistPunjabPakistan
1981 Name Field Specialization Province CountryMirza AdeebLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistanNasir JahanArtsNaat, Hamd & Noha Reciting on TVSindhPakistanMir Mitha Khan MarriLiteratureWriterBalochistanPakistanQari Shakir QasmiArtsQuran Recitor SindhPakistan Mansoor TabishArtsNaat Reciting on TVPunjabPakistanQari Syed Ali Sharfuddin YemniArtsNaat Reciting PakistanUstad Imam Deen Salehi PakistanNanhe Ali KhanArtsMusicPunjabPakistanRoohi BanoArtsTV ActressSindhPakistanMai BhagiMai Bhagi's award info on Samaa TV News website Published 7 July 2011, Retrieved 9 May 2020ArtsFolk SingerSindhPakistanMajid JahangirArtsActor - TV comedianSindhPakistan
1982 Name Field Specialization Province CountryUzma Gillani ArtsTV actressSindhPakistanQari Ubaidur RehmanArtsNaat Reciting on TVPunjabPakistanTalat HussainArtsTV and film actorSindhPakistanTufail NiaziArtsFolk singerPunjabPakistanIslahuddin SiddiqueSportsHockeySindhPakistanJahangir KhanSportsSquash playerSindhPakistanByram D. AvariSportsSailingSindhPakistanSheikh InayatullahLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistanNazir Ahmed SabirSportsMountaineeringGilgit-BaltistanPakistanAshraf AmanSportsMountaineeringGilgit-BaltistanPakistan
1983 Name Field Specialization Province CountryImran KhanSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistanAkhtar RasoolSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistanSamiullah KhanSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistanArsh MuneerArtsTV ActressSindhPakistanUstad Nazar HussainArtsMusic Composer on PTVPunjabPakistanMalcolm Stevenson ForbesSportsBallooningNew Jersey StateUnited StatesAtta Shad LiteraturePoetryBalochistanPakistan
1984 Name Field Specialization Province CountryRais AmrohviLiteraturePoetrySindhPakistanZameer JafriLiteraturePoetPunjabPakistanSamandar Khan SamandarLiteraturePoetKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanQari Waheed Zafar QasmiArtsTV Naat RecitingPunjabPakistanManzoor Hussain JuniorSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistanHasan SardarSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistanKaleemullah KhanSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistanHanif KhanSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistanQamar ZamanQamar Zaman's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 8 September 2020SportsSquash playerBalochistanPakistanBegum Khursheed MirzaArtsTV ActressPunjabPakistanAbida ParveenArtsSufi music and folk singerSindhPakistanMohammad Ali ArtsFilm ActorPunjabPakistan
1985 Name Field Specialization Province CountrySayed Nafees al-Hussaini ArtCalligraphyPunjabPakistan Chhote Ghulam Ali KhanArtsMusicPunjabPakistanMehdi HassanArtsFilm and TV SingerSindhPakistanQari Ghulam RasoolArtsRecitation of Quranic VersesPunjabPakistanSiddiq IsmailArtsNaat Reciting on TVPunjabPakistanAbid AliArtsTV ActorPunjabPakistanMahmood AliArtist Mahmood Ali is no more Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 July 2008, Retrieved 8 May 2020ArtsTV ActorSindhPakistanMajor Mohammad Sher KhanSportsMountaineeringPunjabPakistanMian Shaukat HussainArts Tabla player PunjabPakistan
1986 Name Field Specialization Province CountryIntezar HussainLiteratureWriterSindhPakistanSabiha KhanumLegendary film actress Sabiha Khanum passes away Geo TV News website, Published 14 June 2020, Retrieved 26 June 2020ArtsFilm ActressPunjabPakistanShahzad KhalilArtsTelevision DirectorSindhPakistanGhulam RasulHockey playerPunjabPakistanSuraiya MultanikarArtsFolk SingerPunjabPakistanFirdous JamalArtsTV ActorKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanFaiz BakhshapuriLiteraturePoetrySindhPakistanRiaz BatalviLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistanNusrat Fateh Ali KhanArtsQawwali SingerPunjabPakistanAzhar LodhiArtsTV NewscasterPunjabPakistanJaved MiandadSportsCricket playerSindhPakistanZaheer AbbasSportsCricket playerSindhPakistanAbdul Jabbar BhattiSportsMountaineeringPunjabPakistanMohammad AliSportsMountaineeringPunjabPakistan
1987 Name Field Specialization Province CountryUstad Abdul Majeed DehlviArtsCalligraphySindhPakistanLieutenant Commander Muneer SadiqSportsSailingPunjabPakistanLieutenant Mohammad ZakaullahSportsSailingPunjabPakistanHaseena MoinArtsTV Dramatist and writerSindhPakistanAdil SalahuddinArtsPostage Stamp designerPunjabPakistanQazi MullaArts Pashto Drama Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PakistanSain Akhtar HussainArtsFolk music singerPunjabPakistanQari Izhar Ahmed ThanviArtsReciting of Quranic versesPunjabPakistanAmjad Islam AmjadLiteratureTV Dramatist and poetPunjabPakistanAbdul Majeed MaruwalaSportsWrestlingPunjabPakistan
1988 Name Field Specialization Province CountryJansher KhanSportsSquash Legend Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanShaista ZaidArtsTV NewscasterPunjabPakistanAbdul Qadir JunejoLiteratureWritingSindhPakistanMustafa QureshiArtsFilm ActorSindhPakistanQazi WajidQazi Wajid's Pride of Performance Award info on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 11 February 2018, Retrieved 19 March 2019ArtsFilm/Drama ActorPunjabPakistanMuzaffar WarsiLiteraturePoet and Naat ReciterPunjabPakistanMushfiq KhwajaLiteraturePoet, Researcher and TranslatorPunjab, PakistanPakistanFayyaz Ahmed PakistanA.J. Khan PakistanMohammad Rafiq Ahmed Pakistan Akhtar Hussain AwanAcademic PunjabPakistanShah JehanSportsMountaineeringGilgit-BaltistanPakistanZia MahmoodSportsBridge Pakistan Abul Wafa PakistanIntikhab AlamSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistanAbdul QadirSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistanNasir AliSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistanGhulam Hassan ShagganArtsClassical Music singerPunjabPakistan Most of the nomination process of the Pride of Performance Awards was cancelled due to the change of Government in 1989.
1989 Name Field Specialization Province CountryUstad Kabir KhanArtsMusic - Sitar PlayingPunjabPakistanG.A. ChishtiArtsFilm Music ComposerPunjabPakistanMusarrat NazirArtsFilm ActressPunjabPakistanShafi Mohammad ShahArtsActorSindhPakistanKamal Ahmed RizviKamal Ahmed Rizvi's Pride of Performance Award info on The News International newspaper, Published 18 Dec 2015, Retrieved 22 August 2017ArtsTV Dramatist and TV actorSindhPakistanJameel BismilArtsTV ActorPunjabPakistanBushra AnsariArtsTV ActressSindhPakistanAmir KhanArtsRadio Drama ArtistPakistanAmjad HussainArts PakistanAziz MianArtsSufi music and Qawwali singerPunjabPakistanAgha TalishArtsFilm ActorPunjabPakistanMaharaj Ghulam Hussain KathakArtsDancingPunjabPakistanMudassar NazarSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistanAnwar SajjadLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistanKhawar Naeem HashmiArts TV Journalist PakistanIqbal Jafri PakistanNasir ZaidiWriter Journalist PunjabPakistanUstad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Arts Sufi music and Qawwali singer PunjabPakistanJamil Naqsh Arts Painter ArtistSindh Pakistan
1990 Name Field Specialization Province CountrySaleem NasirArtsActingSindhPakistanDaud KamalDaud Kamal's award info on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 5 December 2013, Retrieved 22 June 2019LiteraturePoetryKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistanAbdullah Jan JamaldiniLiteratureLinguisticsBaluchistanPakistanKhalid HameedArtsNewscasterPunjabPakistanShaukat AliShaukat Ali the indisputable Punjabi folk singer (includes his award info) Daily Times (newspaper), Published 6 October 2017, Retrieved 11 July 2019ArtsFolk musicPunjabPakistanUstad Sadiq Ali Khan MandoArtsMusicPunjabPakistanUstad Hameed Ali KhanArtsMusicSindhPakistan Fateh Ali KhanArtsMusic (classical music Gwalior gharana)SindhPakistanZarsangaArts Music NWFP PakistanAhmed Nabi KhanLiteratureWritingPunjabPakistanParveen ShakirLiteraturePoetrySindhPakistanIftikhar ArifPride of Performance Award info for Iftikhar Arif on poemhunter.com website Retrieved 26 April 2019LiteraturePoetrySindhPakistan Taj Muhammad SahraiLiteratureWritingSindhPakistanDhol FaqeerArtsMusicSindhPakistanAhmed Saeed NagiArtsPaintingSindhPakistanQari Mohammad FidaArtsQuran RecitingPunjabPakistanHonorary Lieutenant Muhammad YounisSportsAthleticsPunjabPakistanArif KhanSportsTable tennisPunjabPakistanNazo Anwar MiandadSportsTable tennisPunjabPakistanMohammad Shehnaz SheikhSportsHockeyPunjabPakistanIbrahim JaleesIbrahim Jalees profile and award info on goodreads.com website Retrieved 14 April 2019Journalist and humoristNewspaper columnistSindhPakistan
1991 Name Field Specialization Province CountryAtaul Haq QasmiLiteratureWritingPunjabPakistanBashir Hussain NazimLiteratureWritingPunjabPakistanQaisar FarooqArts TV Director of PTV drama series 'Aangan Terha' Sindh PakistanKhayyam SarhadiKhayyam Sarhadi's profile and Pride of Performance Award info on Dawn (newspaper) Published 13 Feb 2011, Retrieved 26 April 2019ArtsActingPunjabPakistanAttaullah Khan Essa KhailwiArtsMusicPunjabPakistan Noor Muhammad ButtScienceMathematicianKhyber PakhtunkwaPakistanHafeez QureshiScienceNuclear scienceSindhPakistan Jafar NaqviScienceNephrologySindhPakistan Jamiluddin AaliLiteraturePoetrySindhPakistan
1992