Pride of Performance Awards (1990–1999)

Pride of Performance (Urdu: تمغۂ حسنِ کارکردگی) Award 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. Civil awards in Pakistan are announced on Independence Day (14 August) each year and then conferred on Yom-e-Pakistan (23 March) the next year.

## 1990

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Saleem Nasir | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan
Daud Kamal[1] | Literature | Poetry | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan
Abdullah Jan Jamaldini[2] | Literature | Linguistics | Baluchistan | Pakistan
Khalid Hameed | Arts | Newscaster | Punjab | Pakistan
Shaukat Ali[3] | Arts | Folk music | Punjab | Pakistan
Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando | Arts | Music | Punjab | Pakistan
Ustad Hameed Ali Khan | Arts | Music | Sindh | Pakistan
Fateh Ali Khan | Arts | Music (classical music Gwalior gharana) | Sindh | Pakistan
Khatoon Zarsanga |  |  |  | Pakistan
Ahmed Nabi Khan | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Parveen Shakir | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan
Iftikhar Arif[4] | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan
Taj Muhammad Sahrai | Literature | Writing | Sindh | Pakistan
Dhol Faqeer | Arts | Music | Sindh | Pakistan
Ahmed Saeed Nagi | Arts | Painting | Sindh | Pakistan
Mansoor Ahmed Shah |  |  |  | Pakistan
Mubeena Kubra Sheikh |  |  |  | Pakistan
Qari Mohammad Fida | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis | Sports | Athletics | Punjab | Pakistan
Arif Khan | Sports | Table tennis | Punjab | Pakistan
Nazo Anwar Miandad | Sports | Table tennis | Punjab | Pakistan
Mohammad Shehnaz Sheikh | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Ibrahim Jalees[5] | Journalist and humorist | Newspaper columnist | Sindh | Pakistan

## 1991

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Ataul Haq Qasmi | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Bashir Hussain Nazim | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Qaisar Farooq | Arts | TV Director of PTV drama series 'Aangan Terha' | Sindh | Pakistan
Khayyam Sarhadi[6] | Arts | Acting | Punjab | Pakistan
Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi | Arts | Music | Punjab | Pakistan
Aftab Ahmed |  |  |  | Pakistan
Khalid Amin |  |  |  | Pakistan
Mohammad Arif |  |  |  | Pakistan
Azhar Mehmood Qureshi |  |  |  | Pakistan
Noor Mohammad Butt | Science | Mathematician | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan
Hafeez Qureshi | Science | Nuclear science | Sindh | Pakistan
Jafar Naqvi | Science | Nephrology | Sindh | Pakistan
Jamiluddin Aali[7] | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan

## 1992

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Raza Hamdani | Science | Gastroenterology | Punjab | Pakistan
Muneer Niazi[8] | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Naseem Hijazi | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan
Nayyar Ali Dada | Arts | Architect | Punjab | Pakistan
Atta-ur-Rahman | Arts | Educationist | Sindh | Pakistan
Mushtaq Gazdar | Arts | Film producer/director, Cinematographer and Film historian | Sindh | Pakistan
Ahmed Nabi Khan | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Mustansar Hussain Tarar[9] | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan
Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan
Noor Mohammad Lashari | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan
Tariq Aziz | Arts | TV artist | Punjab | Pakistan
Pervez Malik | Arts | Film director | Punjab | Pakistan
Jawed Iqbal | Arts | Cartoonist | Punjab | Pakistan
Wasim Akram | Sports | Cricket | Punjab | Pakistan
Shahbaz Ahmed | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan[10]
Mian Ijazul Hasan | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan
Ghulam Abbas | Sports | Athletics | Punjab | Pakistan
Taimur Hasan | Sports | Golf | Punjab | Pakistan
Shahid Ali Khan | Sports | Hockey | Sindh | Pakistan[11]
Khursheed Alam Gohar Qalam | Arts | Calligraphy | Punjab | Pakistan

## 1993

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Waheed Qureshi | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Mushfiq Khwaja | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Saeed Akhtar[12] | Arts | Painter Artist | Punjab | Pakistan
Aksi Mufti | Arts | Folk music | Sindh | Pakistan
Agha Nasir[13] | Literature | Playwright, Dramatist, Pioneer of PTV and Pakistan Television Corporation Executive | Sindh | Pakistan
Ismail Shahid | Arts | TV artist | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan
Ali Ejaz | Arts | Acting | Punjab | Pakistan
S.H. Hashmi[14] | Arts | Advertising | Sindh | Pakistan
Hassan Rizvi | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Jamal Abro | Literature | Writer | Sindh | Pakistan
Atique Zafar Sheikh | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Qazi Muhibur Rehman | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Syed Manzoorul Kaunain | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Laeeq Ahmed | Arts | PTV news anchorperson |  | Pakistan
Rajab Shah | Sports | Mountaineering | Gilgit Baltistan | Pakistan
Farooq Qaiser[15] | Arts | Puppeteering and TV comedian | Punjab | Pakistan

## 1994

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Parto Rohilla | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan
Bashir Mirza | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan
Mohammad Yousuf | Sports | Snooker | Punjab | Pakistan
Saleh Mohammad Baloch |  |  |  | Pakistan
Murad Ali Mirza | Literature | Writer | Sindh | Pakistan
Moosa Kaleem | Science | Chemistry | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan
Athar Masood | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan
Mohsin Naqvi | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Shahid Jalal | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan
Tufail Hoshiarpuri | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Qari Mohammad Younus | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Nisar Bazmi | Arts | Music composer | Sindh | Pakistan
Hamid Ali Bela | Arts | Folk music | Punjab | Pakistan
Zareena Baloch | Arts | Folk music | Sindh | Pakistan
Abdus Salam | Arts | Newscaster |  | Pakistan
Laeeq Ahmed | Arts | TV Broadcast Journalist | Punjab | Pakistan
Nahid Siddiqui | Arts | Classical dance | Punjab | Pakistan
Shujaat Hashmi | Arts | Acting | Punjab | Pakistan
Anwar Maqsood | Literature | Dramatist | Sindh | Pakistan
Mehr Abdul Haq | Literature | Linguist | Punjab | Pakistan
Qateel Shifai | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Yousuf Shaheen |  |  |  | Pakistan
Farigh Bukhari | Literature | Poetry | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan
Azhar Suhail[16] | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan
Zamir Niazi | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan
Ahmad Bashir | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan
Mohibullah Khan Junior | Sports | Squash | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan
Khwaja Mohammad Junaid | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Abdul Rashid | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Muhammad Saeed Khan | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Mansoor Ahmed | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Ahmed Alam | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Tahir Zaman | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Muhammad Shahbaz | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Muhammad Shafqat | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Irfan Mehmood | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Naveed Alam | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Asif Bajwa | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Muhammad Danish Kaleem | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Muhammad Usman | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Kamran Ashraf | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Rahim Khan | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Rana Mujahid Ali | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan
Waseem Feroze | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan

## 1995

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Name  | Field  | Specialization Literature  | Province  | Country

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Ustad Allah Rakha (sarangi) | Arts | Music (sarangi player) | Punjab | Pakistan
Ustad Talib Hussain Khan | Arts | Music | Punjab | Pakistan
Colin David | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan
Shoaib Hashmi | Arts | Dramatist | Punjab | Pakistan
Begum Khursheed Shahid | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan
Hajra Masroor[17] | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan
Zaheer Kashmiri | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Aliya Rasheed | Sports | Tennis | Punjab | Pakistan
Fareed Sehrai |  |  |  | Pakistan
Waqar Younis | Sports | Cricket | Punjab | Pakistan
Ali Nawaz Baloch | Sports | Football | Sindh | Pakistan
Rauf Khalid[18] | TV playwright | Television and Films | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan
Mohammad Sarwar | Sports | Wrestling | Punjab | Pakistan
Azhar Suhail | Arts | Journalist | Punjab | Pakistan
Laila Shahzada | Arts | Painter Artist | Punjab | Pakistan
Professor Faiz Mahmood Khan | Science | Medicine | Sindh | Pakistan

## 1996

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Ahmad Ali Khan | Arts | Journalism - newspaper editor of Dawn newspaper | Sindh | Pakistan
Mashooq Sultan | Arts | Singing | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan
Lehri | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan
Ejaz Anwar |  |  |  | Pakistan
Qari Noor Mohammad | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Khursheed Ahmad[19] | Arts | Naat reciting | Sindh | Pakistan
Rubina Khalid | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Fatima Surayya Bajia | Literature | Writer | Sindh | Pakistan
Sitar Tahir | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan
Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon)[20] | Medical | Surgery | Karachi | Pakistan
Sehba Akhtar[21] | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan
Zaitoon Bano | Literature | Poetry | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa | Arts | Writer, Novelist | Punjab | Pakistan
Anis Khurshid |  |  |  | Pakistan
Zahoor Ahmed |  |  |  | Pakistan
Asghar Ali Changezi | Sports | Boxing | Sindh | Pakistan
Professor Kaleemuddin Aziz | Science | Cardiology | Sindh | Pakistan
Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi | Sports | Polo | Gilgit Baltistan | Pakistan
Ghulam Noorani Khan | Sports | Athletics | Punjab | Pakistan

## 1997

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Nadeem Baig[22] | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan
Abdul Hameed | Arts | writer, playwright of TV dramas | Punjab | Pakistan
Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla[23] | Arts | Musician (composed music for Pakistan's National Anthem) | Sindh | Pakistan
Ahmad Rahi[24] | Arts | Poet of both Urdu and Punjabi languages
Film songs lyricist | Punjab | Pakistan

## 1998

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Mumtaz Mirza[25] | Arts | Painter Artist | Sindh | Pakistan
Akhtar Chanal Zahri[26] | Arts | Folk singer | Balochistan | Pakistan

## 1999

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Name  | Field  | Specialization  | Province  | Country

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Nazir Ahmed | Education | Education | Sindh | Pakistan
Bashir Ahmad | Medicine | neurosurgery | Punjab | Pakistan
Anwar Masood | literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Anita Ghulam Ali | Education | Education | Sindh | Pakistan
Khatir Ghaznavi | Literature | Poetry | NWFP | Pakistan
Qari Abdul Majid Noor | Arts | Quran reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Marghoob Ahmad Hamdani | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Zahoori | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan
Amjad Parvez | Arts | Music critic, Newspaper columnist | Punjab | Pakistan
Hamid ul Haq | Sports | Tennis | NWFP | Pakistan
Raza Mir | Arts | Film director, Cinematographer | Punjab | Pakistan
Subhani ba Yunus | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan
Faqir Husain Saga | Arts | Dance | Sindh | Pakistan
Rehmat Ali Razi | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan
Zafar Iqbal (poet)[27] | Literature | Urdu poetry | Punjab | Pakistan
Mashkoor Hussain Yaad | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan
Dilawar Figar | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan
Suhrab Faqir | Arts | Folk Music | Sindh | Pakistan
Jameel ur Rehman | Literature | Journalism | Islamabad | Pakistan
Zulqurnain Haider | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan
Khalid Abbas Dar | Arts | TV Comedian | Punjab | Pakistan
Salima Hashmi[28] | Arts | educationist | Punjab | Pakistan
Mujahid Kamran | Science | Physics | Punjab | Pakistan
Mohammed Naseer Khan | Science  | Physics  | NWFP  | Pakistan

## References

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1. ^ Daud Kamal's award info on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 5 December 2013, Retrieved 22 June 2019
2. ^ "Abdullah Jamaldini (صدارتی تمغہ برائے حسن کارکردگی۔ عبداللہ جمال دینی)". Tareekh e Pakistan. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
3. ^ Shaukat Ali the indisputable Punjabi folk singer (includes his award info) Daily Times (newspaper), Published 6 October 2017, Retrieved 11 July 2019
4. ^ Pride of Performance Award info for Iftikhar Arif on poemhunter.com website Retrieved 26 April 2019
5. ^ Ibrahim Jalees profile and award info on goodreads.com website Retrieved 14 April 2019
6. ^ Khayyam Sarhadi's profile and Pride of Performance Award info on Dawn (newspaper) Published 13 Feb 2011, Retrieved 26 April 2019
7. ^ "Jamiluddin Aali's profile and awards info". Dawn (newspaper). 5 June 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
8. ^ Ninth death anniversary of Munir Niazi today ARY TV News website, Published 26 December 2015, Retrieved 5 August 2019
9. ^ Mustansar Hussain Tarar award info on Dawn (newspaper) Published 19 February 2009, Retrieved 26 April 2019
10. ^ Shahbaz Ahmed's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 7 September 2020
11. ^ Shahid Ali Khan's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 7 September 2020
12. ^ Saeed Akhtar's Pride of Performance Award info listed on cliftonartgallery.com website Retrieved 26 April 2019
13. ^ Broadcaster Agha Nasir dies (Agha Nasir's Pride of Performance Award info listed on Dawn (newspaper) Published 13 July 2016, Retrieved 26 April 2019
14. ^ S. H. Hashmi's Pride of Performance Award in 1993 on Dawn (newspaper) Published 21 March 2006, Retrieved 26 April 2019
15. ^ Farooq Qaiser's Pride of Performance award info listed on Dawn (newspaper) Published 4 Dec 2010, Retrieved 26 April 2019
16. ^ Pakistan civil awards: investiture ceremony, 23rd March, 1995. Cabinet Division. 1995. p. 146\. OCLC 39883670.
17. ^ Remembering those who left us this year The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 31 December 2012, Accessed 15 November 2019
18. ^ Remembering an artist (Rauf Khalid) The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 30 March 2012, Retrieved 2 January 2020
19. ^ "Profile and interview of Khursheed Ahmad" (PDF). Nooremadinah.net website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
20. ^ Heller, Richard; Oborne, Peter (30 June 2016). White on Green: A Portrait of Pakistan Cricket. Simon & Schuster UK. ISBN 978-1-4711-5643-4.
21. ^ Sehba Akhtar's 'Pride of Performance' Award info listed on rekhta.org website Retrieved 26 April 2019
22. ^ Nadeem Baig (actor)'s Pride of Performance award info listed on Daily Pakistan newspaper Published 19 July 2016, Retrieved 26 April 2019
23. ^ National anthem's composer (Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla's award info) Dawn newspaper, Published 3 May 2018, Retrieved 5 August 2019
24. ^ "Ahmad Rahi - birth and award info". Tareekh-e-Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
25. ^ Mumtaz Mirza's 'Pride of Performance Award' info listed on google.com website Retrieved 26 April 2019
26. ^ "Profile and award info for Akhtar Chanal Zahri". Coke Studio (Pakistan) website. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
27. ^ Zafar Iqbal speaks out on Poetry (his Pride of Performance Award info listed also) on Dawn (newspaper) Published 2 April 2009, Retrieved 26 February 2018
28. ^ Pride of Performance Award info for Salima Hashmi on Jazbah Magazine website Retrieved 26 April 2019