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.
2000 Saeed Anwar (sports - cricketer) Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry (education) Hameed ul Haq (tennis - sports) Shareef Kunjahi (Punjabi-language writer) Amjad Parvez (Pakistani music critic and singer) Shamsher-ul-Hyderi (Pakistani Sindhi and Urdu journalist, TV anchorperson, poet and writer) Jaun Elia (Pakistani poet and linguist)
2001 Ather Shah Khan Jaidi (arts, literature, writer, poet, director, actor) Mahar Muhammad Iqbal Marath Kamaluddin Ahmed (nuclear physicist)CIIT holds conference in honour of late Prof. Kamaluddin Ahmed COMSATS Institute of Information Technology website, Published 19 August 2014, Retrieved 18 December 2020 Kajjan Begum (classical music singer, mother of singer Mehnaz Begum)
2002 Awards were given on 23 March 2002.
Himayat Ali Shair (poet and film songs lyricist) Jilani Kamran Ali Haider Joshi Ghaos Bakhsh Sabir Afzaal Ahmed Anwar Muzaffar Jan Nisar Rashid Ahmad Shafiqullah Aasim Fasih Khan Abdul Qadeer Malik Abdul Majeed Maj Imran Basit Ghulam Mustafa Mohsin Agha Mohammad Naeem Mushtaq Ahmed Khalid Aftab Deena M. MistriEducationist Deena Mistri passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 27 January 2011, Retrieved 6 November 2021 Asghari Maqsood Sabz Ali Syed Moosa Hasany Shoaib Ahmad Shagufta Khaliq Sabira Begum Aisha Mohyuddin Asif Satar s/o late Abdus Sattar Umar Sardar Mohammad Ajmal Khan (sciences, botany) Mohammad Aslam Malik Mohammad Akram Mohammad Imran Mohammad Farooque Akhtar Viqar Azim Askari Mian Irani Shoaib Mansoor (film and TV producer/director) Shaukat Mahmood (Maxim) Farooq Zamir Ghory Kanwal Naseer Mohammad Jamil (late TV actor professionally known as Jamil Fakhri) Nazia Hasan (arts, singing)
2003 On 14 August 2002, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 32 individuals. The award were received by the winners on 23 March 2003.Awards for investiture on 23 March 2003 NameFieldSpecializationCountryProvinceAkhtar Hussain Jafari (Late)LiteraturePakistanAda JafriAda Jafri's Pride of Performance Award listed on Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 August 2002, Retrieved 26 September 2017LiteraturePakistanSindhSyed Imdad HussainiLiteraturePakistanSindhSyed Zahoor Shah Hashmi (late)LiteraturePakistanSindhShahbaz Malik LiteraturePakistanPunjab Mohammad Nawaz TairLiteraturePakistan Muhammad Ali SiddiquiTransitions: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, literary critic, is no more. (Muhammad Ali Siddiqui's Pride of Performance Award info listed on The Express Tribune newspaper), Published 10 Jan 2013, Retrieved 26 September 2017LiteratureNewspaper columnistPakistanSindhKhalid ShamimScienceEngineeringPakistanBrigadier Khalid LatifScienceEngineeringPakistanRana Abdul QayyumScienceEngineeringPakistanBrig Imran RehmanScienceEngineeringPakistanMohammad Khan ChaudhryScienceEngineeringPakistanMohammad Riaz KhanScienceEngineeringPakistan Nadeem EhsanScienceEngineeringPakistanMaqsood AliScienceMiningPakistanMalik Abdul QadirScience FarmingPakistanBarkat Ali ChaudhryScienceHealthPakistanBashir AhmadSciencePhysicsPakistanSyed Shabbir HussainSciencePhysicsPakistan Sher Hassan ScienceAgricultural researchPakistan Ghulam Ali Qureshi ScienceBiochemistryPakistanMohammad Arif NiazSciencePhysicsPakistan Mohammad Khurshid ScienceHealth PakistanIftikhar Ahmed ArtCricket commentaryPakistanSyed Afzal HussainArtSound recording PakistanSyed Munawar SaeedArtActorPakistanAbdul Aziz BalochArtFolk musicPakistanGhulam MustafaArtPaintingPakistanMajeed KhanArtSarangi playingPakistanMuneeza Hashmi, daughter of renowned poet Faiz Ahmad FaizArtPTV producerPakistanHaider AliSportsBoxingPakistanRozi Ali SportsMountaineeringPakistanMohammad Irfan IslamSportsWeight-liftingPakistan
2004 On 14 August 2003, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 37 individuals. The award was received by the winners on 23 March 2004.Awards for civilians announced for 2004, Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 August 2003, Retrieved 26 September 2017 NameFieldSpecializationCountryProvinceYousuf KhanArtActingPakistanPunjabMahtab RashdiArtTV hosting/social workPakistanSindh Chishty Bin Subh-o-MujahidArtCricket commentaryPakistanSindh Navid ShahzadArtDrama artist/writerPakistanPunjab SalahuddinArtDrama artistPakistanKhyber PakhtunkhwaS. M. NaqiArtHockey commentaryPakistanSindhHaji Atta MuhammadArtLacquer artPakistanPunjabMoin Niazi (late)ArtMusicPakistanAzad Jammu and KashmirShahida Parveen (late)ArtClassical musicPakistanPunjabTina SaniArtMusicPakistanSindhNiaz AhmedArtMusic composing for TV programsPakistanSindhSamiur RahmanArtPhotographyPakistanPunjab Najma NajamArtEducationPakistanPunjabKhalid Hussain HashmiScience EngineeringPakistanPunjabSyed Nayyar AliScienceEngineeringPakistanPunjabTariq RahmanTariq Rahman profile and Pride of Performance Award listed on Quaid-i-Azam University website Retrieved 27 September 2017ArtsEducationPakistanPunjabZiaul Hasan SiddiquiScienceEngineeringPakistanPunjab Zia AftabScienceElectronics engineeringPakistanPunjab Sohail Mazhar ScienceMechanical engineeringPakistanPunjabAbdul Aziz Mazhar ScienceMetallurgy engineeringPakistanPunjab Iftikhar-us-SalamScienceMetallurgy engineeringPakistanPunjabAgha Khalid SaleemArts LiteraturePakistanSindh Bashir Ahmad BalochArtsLiteraturePakistanBalochistan Dawar Khan DaudArtsLiteraturePakistanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Farkhanda LodhiArtsLiteraturePakistanPunjabLaeeq Ahmed Babree (late)ArtsLiteraturePakistanPunjab Muhammad Usman Diplai ArtsLiteraturePakistanSindhSyed Shaukat Ali ShahArtsLiterary ArtPakistanPunjabSyed Sibit-ul-HasnainScienceMedicinePakistanPunjab Muhammad Javed Iqbal ScienceMedicine (cardiology)PakistanPunjab Muhammad IqbalSciencePakistanPunjab Tariq PervezSciencePakistanPunjab Asif IqbalScienceMathematicsPakistanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Aslam HayatSciencePhysicsPakistanPunjabMuhammad Ashraf Tai SportsMartial artsPakistanSindh Zakir Hussain Syed SportsAdministration & managementPakistanPunjab Mehrullah SportsBoxingPakistanSindh
2005 On 14 August 2004, the following list of recipients was announced. The awards were received by the winners on 23 March 2005.Awards for investiture on 23 March 2005 NameFieldSpecializationCountryProvinceMuhammad Mansha YaadArtsFiction writer and novelistPunjabPakistanAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi SportsTennis playerPunjabPakistanArif LoharArtsfolk musicPunjabPakistanShabnam ShakeelArtsUrdu LiteraturePunjabPakistanRais KhanArtsSitar playerSindhPakistanAbdul Rauf RufiArtsNaat KhawnPunjabPakistan Zafar-uz-Zaman (Chemistry) Rizwan Hussain (Chemistry) M. Salahuddin (Science) Khawaja Moiz-ud-Din (Engineering) Pervez Ahmed (Engineering) Rehan Bashir (Mechanical Engineering) Tariq Jawaid (Mechanical Engineering) Salim-ud-Din Zahir (Aerospace Engineering) M. Sadiq Kalim (Education) Saeed Khan Rangeela (Actor) Ayub Khoso (TV actor) Tarannum Naz (Singer) Khawaja Najmul Hassan (PTV producer) Tariq Rahman (Literature) Fahmida Hussain (Literarture) Sohail Abbas (Hockey player)
2006 On 14 August 2005, the following list of recipients was announced. The award was formally received by the winners on 23 March 2006. Name Field Specialization Country Province/territory Abdul Rehman BrahviLiteratureWriterPakistanBalochistan Hayatullah Khan Durrani Mountaineering / caving adventure Mountaineer, cave explorer, environmentalist Pakistan Balochistan Khalida Hussain LiteratureWriterPakistanIslamabadArfa KarimArfa Karim's Pride of Performance Award on Dawn newspaper Published 14 Jan 2012, Retrieved 27 February 2018ArtsComputer sciencePunjabPakistan Shafqat Tanvir Mirza LiteratureWriterPakistanPunjabTassawar Khanum Arts Film and TV Singer Pakistan PunjabNayyara Noor ArtsFilm and TV Singer Pakistan Punjab Ustad Badar uz Zaman Arts Classical music vocalistPakistan Punjab Ustad Qamar uz Zaman Arts Classical music vocalistPakistan Punjab Zehra Nigah Arts writer Pakistan Sindh Asghar Nadeem Syed Arts TV playwright and professor Pakistan Punjab Amir Adnan Business Fashion designer Pakistan Sindh Ghazi Sial Literature Pashto Poet PakistanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Masood Akhtar Arts Actor Pakistan Punjab Aftab Iqbal Shamim Education Professor Pakistan Punjab
2007 On 14 August 2006, the following list of recipients was announced. The award was received by the winners on 24 March 2007. Name Field Specialization CountryRiaz MahmoodArtsBroadcasting PakistanShaanArtsActing PakistanAsad Amanat Ali KhanArtsSinging (classical music and ghazal singing)PakistanHamid Ali Khan Arts Singing (classical music and ghazal singing)PakistanNaheed AkhtarArtsSingingPakistanUstaad Bashir KhanArtsMusic (tabla player)PakistanFaakhir MehmoodArtsSingingPakistanMunnu BhaiNaheed Akhtar and Munnu Bhai's Pride of Performance Awards info on Dawn (newspaper) Karachi Published 24 March 2007, Retrieved 27 February 2018ArtsJournalismPakistan Mohsin Shirazi Acting Pakistan Fehmida FirdousPublic ServicesPakistan Mehwish Nadir BalochNursingPakistan Mubarak Ali KhanArtsSinging classical musicPakistan
2008 On 14 August 2007, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 39 individuals. The award was received by the winners on 23 March 2008. NameFieldSpecializationCountryProvinceJamaluddin AhmedScienceEngineeringPakistan Liaquat Ali KhanScienceNuclear engineeringPakistanGhulam MohyuddinScienceExperimental physicsPakistanSohail Ahmed ScienceEngineeringPakistanSyed Zia HasnainScienceNuclear engineering Pakistan Ziafat HussainSciencePakistan Muhammad ShahzadScienceEngineeringPakistanS Tauqeerul IslamScienceEngineeringPakistanMuhammad ArshadSciencePakistan Farhan SaifSciencePakistan Dr. Syed Abdul MujeebScienceMedicinePakistanSindh Muhammad Saeed KhokharScienceMedicinePakistanSyeda Anese Fatima Majid KhanEducationPakistanAllah BukhshArt Khussa making (shoe-making)PakistanMunni BegumArt SingingPakistanAkhtar MunirArtWood carvingPakistanGopal DasArtTie & dyePakistanSindhHaji Mehr Ali ArtQawwaliPakistanHaji Sher Ali ArtQawwaliPakistanNahid RazaArtVisual artsPakistanSindhGulbahar BanoArtsSingingPakistanSindhMujahid HussainArtsComposer - TV programs musicianPakistan Rasheed Malik ArtsMusicPakistanSultana SiddiquiArtsTV producer/media professionalPakistanSindhAbdul Karim BalouchArtsTV producer/drama writerPakistanSindhAbdul Qadir JunejoArtsDrama actingPakistanSindhM. Hanif RazaArtsPhotographyPakistanNasreen AskariArtsArt & culturePakistanShafqat Amanat Ali KhanArtsClassical music vocalistPakistanPunjabMansoor RahiArtsPaintingPakistanPunjabUstad Mubarak Ali KhanArtsClassical singingPakistanPunjabNoorul Huda ShahLiteraturePlaywrightPakistanSindh Saleem AkhtarLiteraturePakistanTanveer Abbasi LiteraturePoetryPakistanSindh Muhammad Taha Khan LiteraturePoetPakistanLt-Cdr Zahid Rauf SportYachtingPakistanNida Waseem SportTennisPakistanSindhZubair Ahmed Hundal SportKabaddiPakistanShahid RehmanSportJockeyPakistanTari KhanTari Khan's Pride of Performance Award on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Retrieved 27 February 2018ArtsTabla playingPakistanPunjab
2009 On 14 August 2008, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 58 individuals. The award was received by the winners on 23 March 2009.Ali Moeen Nawazish gets Pride of Performance Award, info on Dawn (newspaper) Published 23 March 2009, Retrieved 27 February 2018