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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.
In 2009, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred by the President of Pakistan on Pakistan Day (23 March 2010).[ 1]
Name
Field
Specialization
Territory/Country
Sattar Shabbir
Social science
Economist/policy maker
Punjab
Atta Muhammad Kakar
Sports
Sports
Balochistan
Ayaz Ayub
Science
Electrical engineering
Punjab
Muhammad Javed Akhtar
Mining engineering
Punjab
Muhammad Saleem Khan (Saleem Raz)
Literature
Poetry
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Inam-ul-Haq Javeid
Literature
Poetry
Punjab
Muhammad Azam Azam
Literature
Literature
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rabia Zuberi
Art
Education and sculpture
Sindh
Riaz Alam Khan
Science
Aerospace engineering
Sindh
On 14 August 2010, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred by the President of Pakistan on Pakistan Day (23 March 2011). It consisted of 46 Pakistanis and one Canadian of Pakistani origin.[ 2]
Name
Field
Specialization
Territory/Country
Ahmad Saleem (Muhammad Saleem Khawaja)
Literature
Punjab
Aleem Dar [ 3] Sports
Cricket umpiring
Punjab
Amjad Pervez
Science
Laser optics
Punjab
Anwar Saleem Ahmad
Literature
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Ashfaq Hussain [ 3] Literature
Canada
Khalida Inayat Noor [ 3] Science
Mathematics
Punjab
Mubashir Ahmed Sheikh
Science
Metallurgical engineering
Punjab
Muhammad Arshad
Science
Nuclear engineering
Punjab
Muhammad Nazar
Science
Physics
Punjab
Shafqat Karim
Science
Physics
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Shahzad Mahmood
Science
Plasma physics
Punjab
Sumeera Ikram
Science
Chemistry
Punjab
Syed Tajammal Hussain
Science
Nano technology
Islamabad
Ghani Parwaz
Literature
Balochistan
Goshpi Byram Avari [ 3] Sports
Sailing/yachting
Sindh
Gulzar Ahmed Sheikh
Science
Underground mining engineering
Punjab
Habib [ 3] Art
Film and TV actor
Punjab
Hashim Nadeem Khan
Literature
Medical
Balochistan
Iqbal Javed Khan
Science
Experimental aerodynamics engineering
Punjab
Ishan Ullah Qazi
Science
Chemistry
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Javaid Ahsan Bhatti
Science
Vacuum science and technology
Punjab
Khalid Ahmad [ 3] Literature
Punjab
Khan Tehsil
Art
Folk singing
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Manzoor Akhter (Tehsin Firaqi)
Literature
Punjab
Muhammad Afzal Arain
Science
Agriculture
Sindh
Muhammad Ahmed
Science
Electronics engineering
Sindh
Muhammad Aslam
Science
Mechanical engineering
Punjab
Muhammad Khalid Zahid
Science
Electrical engineering
Balochistan
Naseem Hameed [ 3] Sports
Athletics
Sindh
Abdul Rahim Nagori
Art
Painting
Sindh
Muhammad Nawaz
Science
Pharmacokinetics
Punjab
Muhammad Rasul Jan
Science
Chemistry
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
S. Amjad Bukhari
Art
TV producer
Islamabad
S. B. John [ 3] Art
Film playback singing
Sindh
S.H. Qasim Jalali
Art
TV drama production
Sindh
Saif-ur-Rehman Saifi
Literature
Poetry
Punjab
Saleem Akram Ansari
Science
Nuclear Engineering
Punjab
Samina Ahmed [ 3] Art
TV drama acting
Punjab
Shahid Pervaiz Butt
Sports
Wrestling
Punjab
Shams Malik
Literature
Journalism
Punjab
Suhail Akram (Suhail Ahmed)[ 3] Art
TV drama acting
Punjab
Tajdar Alam
Art
Film/TV Direction
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu[ 3]
Art
Classical music singer
Punjab
Ustad Muhammad Alam
Art
Blue pottery
Punjab
Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan [ 3]
Art
Classical singing (oldest son of Salamat Ali Khan )
Punjab
Wazir Afzal[ 3]
Art
Film music composer
Punjab
Zafar Kazmi
Art
Painting and sculpture
Sindh
Moin Akhter
Art
TV artist/comedian
Sindh
On 14 August 2011, the following list of recipients was announced for awards to be actually conferred on 23 March 2012. It consists of 43 individuals.[ 4] [ 5]
Name
Field
Specialization
Territory/Country
Raja Shahid Nazir
Science
Mechanical engineering
Punjab
Abdul Hamid
Science
Physics
Punjab
Sajjad Ahmad Mehmood
Science
Chemical engineering
Punjab
Ghulam Hussain
Science
Mechanical engineering
Punjab
Mirza Zafarul Islam
Science
Geology
Punjab
Muhammad Aqil-ur-Rahman
Science
Physics
Punjab
Sameeullah Khan
Science
Mechanical engineering
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rashid Ahmed Alvi
Science
Chemistry
Punjab
Muhammad Ibrahim
Science
Physics
Punjab
Muhammad Zaman
Science
Telecommunication engineering
Punjab
Muhammad Amjad Siddique Almas
Geo-spatial technologies
Military applications
Punjab
Tariq Aziz Khan
Science
Electronics engineering
Sindh
Irfan Ahmad
Science
Electrical engineering
Punjab
Muhammad Imran
Science
Microwave science
Punjab
Tasleem Baig
Science
Aerospace engineering
Punjab
Shakeel Zahid
Science
Aerospace engineering (satellite technology)
Punjab
Waqas Masood
Science
Physics
Punjab
Waqas Umer
Science
Electroninc engineering
Punjab
Mehboob-ur-Rehman
Science
Plant breeding and genetics
Punjab
Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din
Science
Mathematics/physical sciences
Punjab
Farzana Suleman
Education
Sindh
Muhammad Sharif Tahir
Education
Punjab
Gulzar Alam [ 6] Music (singer)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ejaz Hussain Hazarvi
Music
Performing arts
Punjab
Shigeyuki Ataka
Arts and literature
Japan
Sahira Kazmi [ 6] Art
TV drama director
Pakistan
Mohsin Gillani
Art
TV drama actor
Pakistan
Noman Ijaz [ 5] Art
TV drama actor
Pakistan
Saba Hameed [ 5] Art
TV drama actress
Pakistan
Meera [ 5] Art
Film actress
Pakistan
Kazim Pasha
Art
TV director/producer
Pakistan
Javed Sheikh [ 5] Art
Film actor/director
Pakistan
Rahat Naveed Masud
Art
Fine arts
Punjab
Azhar Javed
Literature
Punjab
Tariq Khurshid Malik
Literature
Punjab
Lutfullah Khan [ 6] Literature/music archives
Large Music Archives Library
Sindh
Muhammad Aman (Sarshar Siddiqui)
Literature
Sindh
Zahida Hina
Literature
Journalism
Sindh
Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya
Literature
Punjab
Mohammad Yousuf [ 5] Sports
Cricket
Pakistan
Qasim Zia [ 6] Sports
Hockey
Punjab
Muhammad Khamis
Public service
Pakistan
Zahoor Ahmed Awan
Public service
Pakistan
Engineer Arif Naseem
Art
Sculpture
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
On 13 August 2012, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2013).[ 7]
Name
Field
Specialization
Territory/Country
Tahira Syed
Arts
Singing
Pakistan
Shahida Latif
Literature
Literature/poetry
Punjab
Rafaqat Ali Mughal
Science
Mechanical engineering
Pakistan
Saadia Chaudhary
Science
Applied mathematics
Pakistan
Zahid Ahmad
Science
Mechanical engineering
Pakistan
Muhammad Aleem Mirza
Science
Electronic engineering
Pakistan
Abdul Manan
Science
Aerospace engineering
Pakistan
Wajih Anwar
Science
Mechanical engineering
Pakistan
Muhammad Imran Akram
Science
Avionics engineering
Pakistan
Asif Hameed
Science
Wireless communication engineering
Pakistan
Muhammad Iftikhar Ahmad
Science
Chemistry
Pakistan
Zia-Ullah
Science
Physics
Pakistan
Amer Sarfraz Ahmad
Science
Satellite technology engineering
Pakistan
Muhammad Iqbal Rao
Science
Space technology
Pakistan
Sikandar Majid Mirza
Science
Physics
Pakistan
Javaid Bashir
Science
Physics
Pakistan
Sardar Mehmood Ahmed Khan
Education
Medical
Pakistan
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
Education
Teaching and research
Punjab
Muhammad Rafiullah Khan
Education
Pakistan
Muhammad Ajmal Khan
Arts
Music (tabla playing)
Punjab
Alamgir
Arts
TV pop singer
Sindh
Shahida Mini
Arts
Singing
Pakistan
Naghma
Arts
Pashto singer
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dur Muhammad Kassi
Literature
Literature/documentary
Pakistan
Maria Toorpakey Wazir
Sports
Squash
Pakistan
On 14 August 2013, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2014)[ 8]
Name
Field
Specialization
Territory/Country
Syed Tauqir Ashraf
Science
Physics
Sindh
Khalil-ur-Rehman
Science
Physics
Punjab
Wali Khan Babar
Education
Journalism
Sindh
Muhammad Arif Chaudhry
Science
Chemistry
Punjab
Farooq Ahmed Bhatti
Science
Analytical physics
Punjab
Ghulam Rasool Akhtar
Science
Computational physics
Punjab
Malik Murid Hussain
Science
Chemical engineering
Punjab
Munir Ahmad
Science
Civil engineering
Punjab
Tariq Hameed
Science
Nuclear engineering
Punjab
Tariq Ikram ul Haq
Science
Avionics engineering
Sindh
Jehanzaib Khan Lodhi
Science
Aerospace engineering
Punjab
Hamid Saleem
Science
Plasma physics
Punjab
Mohammad Mujahid
Science
Material engineering
Punjab
Mohammad Yousuf Khan
Science
Electronics and communication engineering
FATA
Brigadier Masood Raza
Science
Artificial intelligence (military application)
Punjab
Hyder Ali Palijo
Science
Project management
Sindh
Hasan Shahnawaz Zaidi
Education
Art and design
Punjab
Cecil Chaudhry [ 9] Education
Academic and human rights activism
Punjab
Mehreen Afzal
Science
Cryptography (military application)
Punjab
Shahid Abdullah
Arts
Art and design
Sindh
Ustad Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan
Arts
Calligraphy
Sindh
Tabbasum Kashmiri
Literature
Literature
Punjab
Agha Saleem
Literature
Literature
Sindh
Wali Muhammad Khan Siyal Kakar
Literature
Literature
Balochistan
Younus Javaid
Literature
Literature/scholar
Punjab
Ali Muhammadi Khorasani
Literature
Literature
Tajikistan
Syed Irshad Hussain Rashid (Late)
Education
Journalism
Pakistan
Khalid Ahmad
Education
Journalism
Punjab
Nazir Leghari [ 10] Education
Journalism
Punjab
Azhar Hussain Jafri
Education
Photo-journalism
Punjab
Munir Hussain (late)
Education
Journalism/cricket commentary
Sindh
Misbah-ul-Haq
Sports
Cricketer
Punjab
Zeeshan Abbasi
Sports
Cricketer
Punjab
Aurangzeb Leghari
Arts
Acting
Punjab
Ayub Khawar
Arts
TV Director
Punjab
Bakht Jamal
Science
Health professional
Pakistan
Muhammad Naeem
Science
Health professional
Pakistan
Ahad Khan Cheema
Civil services
Pakistan
Hanif Khan
Sports
Field hockey
Sindh
Name
Field
Sultan Muhammad Sukoon
Literature (Urdu poetry/First ever Hindko dictionary)
Syed Muhammad Qaisar Abbas Naqvi
Arts (drama acting)
Asif Ali Khan
Arts (film actor)
Ata-ur-Rehman
Journalism
Amir Khan
Sports (boxing)
Muhammad Baksh Alias Bakshan Mehranvi
Literature (Poetry)
Samina Baig
Sports (mountaineering)
Jamal Nasir
Social work
Mir Mohammad Ali
TV comedian (mimicry artist)
Saleem Kausar
Poet
Asim Bukhari
TV actor
Abdul Rauf Tahir
Journalist
Ayesha Haroon [ 11] Journalist
Muhammad Asif [ 11] Snooker player
Gulab Chandio [ 12] Wajahat Masood (Journalist)[ 13] [ 14] Wasif Nagi (Journalist)[ 14]
Ehsan Akbar (Literature)[ 14] [ 15]
Nisar Qadri (Film and TV actor)[ 14] [ 15] Sabz Ali (Music - Tabla Playing)
Abdul Ghaffar (Public Service)
Najam Ahmed Shah (Public Service)
Captain (R) Zahid Saeed (Public Service)
Umar Draz Khan (Public Service)
Professor Abida Taherani (Education)
Ahmad Saeed (Industrialist)[ 13] [ 14] Munir Ahmed Munir (Journalist)
Masood Akhtar [ 15] Khalid Butt [ 15] Waseem Abbas (TV and Film actor)[ 13] [ 14] Ustad Nathoo Khan (Music - Sarangi Player), posthumously awarded[ 15] Agha Nasir [ 15] Saba Qamar (TV and Film actress)Awards to be conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2017)[ 16]
Name
Field
Specialization
Country
Khalid Sharif
Science
Medicine
Pakistan
Muhammad Qasim Bughio
Arts
Literature
Pakistan
Shakir Shuja Abadi Arts
Poetry (Saraiki language poetry)
Pakistan
Sarfraz Shahid Arts
Literature
Pakistan
Khurshid Ahmad Nadeem
Arts
Journalism
Pakistan
Alamgir Anwar Shaikh
Sports
Snooker player
Pakistan
Rashid Ahmed Aslam
Arts
Public Service
Pakistan
Humaira Channa Arts (Music, Film, Television)
Playback singer
Pakistan
Ghazi Salahuddin Arts
Writer, Journalist
Pakistan
On 4 July 2017, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif awarded the Presidential Pride of Performance award to the team management, players and officials of the Pakistan cricket team, for their outstanding performance as the winners of ICC Champions Trophy 2017. Four former senior players were also awarded the Presidential Pride of Performance award [ 17]
Name
Field
Specialization
Territory/Country
Hamid Mahmood
Punjab
Mohammad Saeedur Rehman
Punjab
Mohammad Shahid Saleem
Punjab
Arshad Ali
Punjab
Dr Salma Khanam
Punjab
Vaqar Akhtar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Raza Ellahi
KP
Waqar uz Zaman
KP
Mohammad Hasan
Sindh
Nasir Mahmood Khan
Punjab
Sarosh Hashmat Lodhi
Sindh
Umbreen Javaid
Punjab
Shabbir Jan
Sindh[ 21]
Iftikhar Thakur
Punjab
Ishrat Fatima
Islamabad[ 22]
Siyani Khatoon
Sindh
Bashir Ahmad
KPK
Reema Khan
Punjab
Nasir Adeeb
Arts
Film script writing
Taj Baloch
Sindh
Sofia Yazdani
Sindh
Arshad Sharif
Punjab
Inam Butt
Punjab
Luqman Ali Afzal
Sanaullah Ghuman
Mohammad Ashraf Ali (late)
Gilgit-Baltistan
asheed Masood Khan
Balochistan
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