Pride of Performance Awards (2010–2019)


The Pride of Performance 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.

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In 2009, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards were actually conferred by the President of Pakistan on Pakistan Day.
NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/Country
Sattar ShabbirSocial scienceEconomist/policy makerPunjab
Atta Muhammad KakarSportsSportsBalochistan
Ayaz AyubScienceElectrical engineeringPunjab
Muhammad Javed AkhtarMining engineeringPunjab
Muhammad Saleem Khan LiteraturePoetryKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Inam-ul-Haq JaveidLiteraturePoetryPunjab
Muhammad Azam AzamLiteratureLiteratureKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rabia ZuberiArtEducation and sculptureSindh
Riaz Alam KhanScienceAerospace engineeringSindh

2011

On 14 August 2010, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards were actually conferred by the President of Pakistan on Pakistan Day. The recipients included 46 resident Pakistanis and one Canadian of Pakistani origin.
NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/Country
Ahmad Saleem LiteraturePunjab
Aleem DarSportsCricket umpiringPunjab
Amjad PervezScienceLaser opticsPunjab
Anwar Saleem AhmadLiteratureAzad Jammu and Kashmir
Ashfaq HussainLiteratureCanada
Khalida Inayat NoorScienceMathematicsPunjab
Mubashir Ahmed SheikhScienceMetallurgical engineeringPunjab
Muhammad ArshadScienceNuclear engineeringPunjab
Muhammad NazarSciencePhysicsPunjab
Shafqat KarimSciencePhysicsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Shahzad MahmoodSciencePlasma physicsPunjab
Sumeera IkramScienceChemistryPunjab
Syed Tajammal HussainScienceNano technologyIslamabad
Ghani ParwazLiteraturePoet/authorBalochistan
Goshpi Byram AvariSportsSailing/yachtingSindh
Gulzar Ahmed SheikhScienceUnderground mining engineeringPunjab
HabibArtFilm and TV actorPunjab
Hashim NadeemLiteratureMedicalBalochistan
Iqbal Javed KhanScienceExperimental aerodynamics engineeringPunjab
Ishan Ullah QaziScienceChemistryKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Javaid Ahsan BhattiScienceVacuum science and technologyPunjab
Khalid AhmadLiteraturePunjab
Khan TehsilArtFolk singingKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Manzoor Akhter LiteraturePunjab
Muhammad Afzal ArainScienceAgricultureSindh
Muhammad AhmedScienceElectronics engineeringSindh
Muhammad AslamScienceMechanical engineeringPunjab
Muhammad Khalid ZahidScienceElectrical engineeringBalochistan
Naseem HameedSportsAthleticsSindh
Abdul Rahim NagoriArtPaintingSindh
Muhammad NawazSciencePharmacokineticsPunjab
Muhammad Rasul JanScienceChemistryKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
S. Amjad BukhariArtTV producerIslamabad
S. B. JohnArtFilm playback singingSindh
S.H. Qasim JalaliArtTV drama productionSindh
Saif-ur-Rehman SaifiLiteraturePoetryPunjab
Saleem Akram AnsariScienceNuclear EngineeringPunjab
Samina AhmedArtTV drama actingPunjab
Shahid Pervaiz ButtSportsWrestlingPunjab
Shams MalikLiteratureJournalismPunjab
Suhail Akram ArtTV drama actingPunjab
Tajdar AlamArtFilm/TV DirectionKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ustad Hussain Bukhsh GulluArtClassical music singerPunjab
Ustad Muhammad AlamArtBlue potteryPunjab
Ustad Sharafat Ali KhanArtClassical singing Punjab
Wazir AfzalArtFilm music composerPunjab
Zafar KazmiArtPainting and sculptureSindh
Moin AkhterArtTV artist/comedianSindh

2012

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.
NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/Country
Raja Shahid NazirScienceMechanical engineeringPunjab
Abdul HamidSciencePhysicsPunjab
Sajjad Ahmad MehmoodScienceChemical engineeringPunjab
Ghulam HussainScienceMechanical engineeringPunjab
Mirza Zafarul IslamScienceGeologyPunjab
Muhammad Aqil-ur-RahmanSciencePhysicsPunjab
Sameeullah KhanScienceMechanical engineeringKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rashid Ahmed AlviScienceChemistryPunjab
Muhammad IbrahimSciencePhysicsPunjab
Muhammad ZamanScienceTelecommunication engineeringPunjab
Muhammad Amjad Siddique AlmasGeo-spatial technologiesMilitary applicationsPunjab
Tariq Aziz KhanScienceElectronics engineeringSindh
Irfan AhmadScienceElectrical engineeringPunjab
Muhammad ImranScienceMicrowave sciencePunjab
Tasleem BaigScienceAerospace engineeringPunjab
Shakeel ZahidScienceAerospace engineering Punjab
Waqas MasoodSciencePhysicsPunjab
Waqas UmerScienceElectroninc engineeringPunjab
Mehboob-ur-RehmanSciencePlant breeding and geneticsPunjab
Syed Tauseef Mohyud-DinScienceMathematics/physical sciencesPunjab
Farzana SulemanEducationSindh
Muhammad Sharif TahirEducationPunjab
Gulzar AlamMusic Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ejaz Hussain HazarviMusicPerforming artsPunjab
Shigeyuki AtakaArts and literatureJapan
Sahira KazmiArtTV drama directorPakistan
Mohsin GillaniArtTV drama actorPakistan
Noman IjazArtTV drama actorPakistan
Saba HameedArtTV drama actressPakistan
MeeraArtFilm actressPakistan
Kazim PashaArtTV director/producerPakistan
Javed SheikhArtFilm actor/directorPakistan
Rahat Naveed MasudArtFine artsPunjab
Azhar JavedLiteraturePunjab
Tariq Khurshid MalikLiteraturePunjab
Lutfullah KhanLiterature/music archivesLarge Music Archives LibrarySindh
Muhammad Aman LiteratureSindh
Zahida HinaLiteratureJournalismSindh
Khawaja Muhammad ZakariyaLiteraturePunjab
Mohammad YousufSportsCricketPakistan
Qasim ZiaSportsHockeyPunjab
Muhammad KhamisPublic servicePakistan
Zahoor Ahmed AwanPublic servicePakistan
Engineer Arif NaseemArtSculptureKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

2013

On 13 August 2012, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day.
NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/Country
Tahira SyedArtsSingingPakistan
Shahida LatifLiteratureLiterature/poetryPunjab
Rafaqat Ali MughalScienceMechanical engineeringPakistan
Saadia ChaudharyScienceApplied mathematicsPakistan
Zahid AhmadScienceMechanical engineeringPakistan
Muhammad Aleem MirzaScienceElectronic engineeringPakistan
Abdul MananScienceAerospace engineeringPakistan
Wajih AnwarScienceMechanical engineeringPakistan
Muhammad Imran AkramScienceAvionics engineeringPakistan
Asif HameedScienceWireless communication engineeringPakistan
Muhammad Iftikhar AhmadScienceChemistryPakistan
Zia-UllahSciencePhysicsPakistan
Amer Sarfraz AhmadScienceSatellite technology engineeringPakistan
Muhammad Iqbal RaoScienceSpace technologyPakistan
Sikandar Majid MirzaSciencePhysicsPakistan
Javaid BashirSciencePhysicsPakistan
Sardar Mehmood Ahmed KhanEducationMedicalPakistan
Pervaiz Iqbal CheemaEducationTeaching and researchPunjab
Muhammad Rafiullah KhanEducationPakistan
Muhammad Ajmal KhanArtsMusic Punjab
AlamgirArtsTV pop singerSindh
Shahida MiniArtsSingingPakistan
NaghmaArtsPashto singerKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dur Muhammad KassiLiteratureLiterature/documentaryPakistan
Maria Toorpakey WazirSportsSquashPakistan
Naseeruddin SaamiArtsSinging classical musicPakistan

2014

On 14 August 2013, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day
NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/Country
Syed Tauqir AshrafSciencePhysicsSindh
Khalil-ur-RehmanSciencePhysicsPunjab
Wali Khan BabarEducationJournalismSindh
Muhammad Arif ChaudhryScienceChemistryPunjab
Farooq Ahmed BhattiScienceAnalytical physicsPunjab
Ghulam Rasool AkhtarScienceComputational physicsPunjab
Malik Murid HussainScienceChemical engineeringPunjab
Munir AhmadScienceCivil engineeringPunjab
Tariq HameedScienceNuclear engineeringPunjab
Tariq Ikram ul HaqScienceAvionics engineeringSindh
Jehanzaib Khan LodhiScienceAerospace engineeringPunjab
Hamid SaleemSciencePlasma physicsPunjab
Mohammad MujahidScienceMaterial engineeringPunjab
Mohammad Yousuf KhanScienceElectronics and communication engineeringFATA
Brigadier Masood RazaScienceArtificial intelligence Punjab
Hyder Ali PalijoScienceProject managementSindh
Hasan Shahnawaz ZaidiEducationArt and designPunjab
Cecil ChaudhryEducationAcademic and human rights activismPunjab
Mehreen AfzalScienceCryptography Punjab
Shahid AbdullahArtsArt and designSindh
Ustad Shafiq-Uz-Zaman KhanArtsCalligraphySindh
Tabbasum KashmiriLiteratureLiteraturePunjab
Agha SaleemLiteratureLiteratureSindh
Wali Muhammad Khan Siyal KakarLiteratureLiteratureBalochistan
Younus JavaidLiteratureLiterature/scholarPunjab
Ali Muhammadi KhorasaniLiteratureLiteratureTajikistan
Syed Irshad Hussain Rashid EducationJournalismPakistan
Khalid AhmadEducationJournalismPunjab
Nazir LeghariEducationJournalismPunjab
Azhar Hussain JafriEducationPhoto-journalismPunjab
Munir Hussain EducationJournalism/cricket commentarySindh
Misbah-ul-HaqSportsCricketerPunjab
Zeeshan AbbasiSportsCricketerPunjab
Aurangzeb LeghariArtsActingPunjab
Ayub KhawarArtsTV DirectorPunjab
Bakht JamalScienceHealth professionalPakistan
Muhammad NaeemScienceHealth professionalPakistan
Ahad Khan CheemaCivil servicesPakistan
Hanif KhanSportsField hockeySindh

2016

  1. Gulab Chandio
  2. Wajahat Masood
  3. Wasif Nagi
  4. Ehsan Akbar
  5. Nisar Qadri
  6. Sabz Ali
  7. Abdul Ghaffar
  8. Najam Ahmed Shah
  9. Captain Zahid Saeed
  10. Umar Draz Khan
  11. Professor Abida Taherani
  12. Ahmad Saeed
  13. Munir Ahmed Munir
  14. Masood Akhtar
  15. Khalid Butt
  16. Waseem Abbas
  17. Ustad Nathoo Khan, posthumously awarded
  18. Agha Nasir
  19. Saba Qamar

2017

Awards to be conferred on Pakistan Day
NameFieldSpecializationCountry
Khalid SharifScienceMedicinePakistan
Muhammad Qasim BughioArtsLiteraturePakistan
Shakir Shuja AbadiArtsPoetry Pakistan
Sarfraz ShahidArtsLiteraturePakistan
Khurshid Ahmad NadeemArtsJournalismPakistan
Alamgir Anwar ShaikhSportsSnooker playerPakistan
Rashid Ahmed AslamArtsPublic ServicePakistan
Humaira ChannaArts Playback singerPakistan
Ghazi SalahuddinArtsWriter, JournalistPakistan

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 :
NameFieldSpecialisationCountry
Azhar AliSportsCricketerPakistan
Fakhar ZamanSportsCricketerPakistan
Muhammad Babar AzamSportsCricketerPakistan
Shoaib MalikSportsCricketerPakistan
Muhammad HafeezSportsCricketerPakistan
Sarfraz AhmedSportsCricketerPakistan
Shahdab KhanSportsCricketerPakistan
Syed Imad Wasim HaiderSportsCricketerPakistan
Muhammad AmirSportsCricketerPakistan
Muhammad Junaid KhanSportsCricketerPakistan
Hassan AliSportsCricketerPakistan
Ahmed ShahzadSportsCricketerPakistan
Haris SohailSportsCricketerPakistan
Rumman RaesSportsCricketerPakistan
Wahab RiazSportsCricketerPakistan
Faheem AshrafSportsCricketerPakistan
John Michael ArthurSportsCricket CoachAustralia
Grant Trafford LudenSportsCricket CoachSouth Africa
Stephen John RixonSportsCricket CoachAustralia
Grant William FlowerSportsCricket CoachZimbabwe
Shane Andrew HayesSportsCricket PhysiotherapistAustralia
Azhar MahmoodSportsCricket CoachPakistan
Talat Ali MalikSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Muhammad Talha EjazSportsCricket AnalystPakistan
Shahid AslamSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Donald Dave AlbertSportsCricket OfficialSaint Lucia
Inzamam ul HaqSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Raza RashidSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Aun Muhammad ZaidiSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Azhar ArifSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Amjad HussainSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Usman WahlaSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Tauseef AhmedSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Wajahtullah WastiSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Wasim HaiderSportsCricket OfficialPakistan
Younis KhanSportsCricketerPakistan
Shahid AfridiSportsCricketerPakistan
Misbah ul HaqSportsCricketerPakistan