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.
2010 In 2009, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards were actually conferred by the President of Pakistan on Pakistan Day (23 March 2010). NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/CountrySattar Shabbir Social scienceEconomist/policy makerPunjabAtta Muhammad Kakar SportsSportsBalochistanAyaz AyubScienceElectrical engineeringPunjabMuhammad Javed Akhtar Mining engineeringPunjabMuhammad Saleem Khan (Saleem Raz) Literature PoetryKhyber PakhtunkhwaInam-ul-Haq Javeid Literature PoetryPunjabMuhammad Azam Azam Literature Literature Khyber PakhtunkhwaRabia Zuberi ArtEducation and sculptureSindhRiaz Alam Khan ScienceAerospace 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 (23 March 2011). The recipients included 46 resident Pakistanis and one Canadian of Pakistani origin. NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/CountryAhmad Salim (Muhammad Saleem Khawaja) Literature Literary researcher, literary historian, author, archivist and journalistPunjabAleem Dar SportsCricket umpiringPunjabAmjad Pervez ScienceLaser opticsPunjabAnwar Saleem Ahmad Literature Azad Jammu and KashmirAshfaq Hussain Literature CanadaKhalida Inayat Noor ScienceMathematicsPunjabMubashir Ahmed Sheikh ScienceMetallurgical engineeringPunjabMuhammad ArshadScienceNuclear engineeringPunjabMuhammad NazarSciencePhysicsPunjabShafqat Karim SciencePhysicsKhyber PakhtunkhwaShahzad Mahmood SciencePlasma physicsPunjabSumeera IkramScienceChemistryPunjabSyed Tajammal Hussain ScienceNano technologyIslamabadGhani Parwaz Literature Poet/authorBalochistanGoshpi Byram Avari SportsSailing/yachtingSindhGulzar Ahmed Sheikh ScienceUnderground mining engineeringPunjabHabib ArtFilm and TV actorPunjabHashim Nadeem Literature MedicalBalochistanIqbal Javed Khan ScienceExperimental aerodynamics engineeringPunjabIshan Ullah Qazi ScienceChemistryKhyber PakhtunkhwaJavaid Ahsan Bhatti ScienceVacuum science and technologyPunjabKhalid Ahmad Literature PunjabKhan TehsilArtFolk singingKhyber PakhtunkhwaManzoor Akhter (Tehsin Firaqi) Literature PunjabMuhammad Afzal Arain ScienceAgricultureSindhMuhammad Ahmed ScienceElectronics engineeringSindhMuhammad Aslam ScienceMechanical engineeringPunjabMuhammad Khalid Zahid ScienceElectrical engineeringBalochistanNaseem Hameed SportsAthleticsSindhAbdul Rahim Nagori ArtPaintingSindhMuhammad Nawaz SciencePharmacokineticsPunjabMuhammad Rasul Jan ScienceChemistryKhyber PakhtunkhwaS. Amjad Bukhari ArtTV producerIslamabadS. B. John ArtFilm playback singingSindhS.H. Qasim Jalali ArtTV drama productionSindhSaif-ur-Rehman Saifi Literature PoetryPunjabSaleem Akram AnsariScienceNuclear EngineeringPunjabSamina Ahmed ArtTV drama actingPunjabShahid Pervaiz Butt SportsWrestlingPunjabShams MalikLiterature JournalismPunjabSuhail Akram (Suhail Ahmed) ArtTV drama actingPunjabTajdar Alam ArtFilm/TV DirectionKhyber PakhtunkhwaUstad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu ArtClassical music singerPunjabUstad Muhammad Alam ArtBlue potteryPunjabUstad Sharafat Ali Khan ArtClassical singing (oldest son of Salamat Ali Khan)PunjabWazir AfzalArtFilm music composerPunjabZafar Kazmi ArtPainting and sculptureSindhMoin Akhter ArtTV 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.Civil Awards 2012: President announces 185 Civilian Awards for 2012 Published 14 August 2011, Retrieved 5 April 2019President announces 185 civilian awards The Express Tribune (newspaper), 15 August 2011, Retrieved 5 April 2019 NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/CountryRaja Shahid NazirScienceMechanical engineeringPunjabAbdul HamidSciencePhysicsPunjabSajjad Ahmad MehmoodScienceChemical engineering PunjabGhulam HussainScienceMechanical engineeringPunjabMirza Zafarul IslamScienceGeologyPunjabMuhammad Aqil-ur-RahmanSciencePhysicsPunjabSameeullah KhanScienceMechanical engineering Khyber PakhtunkhwaRashid Ahmed AlviScienceChemistryPunjabMuhammad IbrahimSciencePhysicsPunjabMuhammad ZamanScienceTelecommunication engineeringPunjabMuhammad Amjad Siddique AlmasGeo-spatial technologiesMilitary applicationsPunjabTariq Aziz KhanScienceElectronics engineeringSindhIrfan AhmadScienceElectrical engineeringPunjabMuhammad ImranScienceMicrowave sciencePunjabTasleem BaigScienceAerospace engineeringPunjabShakeel ZahidScience Aerospace engineering (satellite technology)PunjabWaqas MasoodSciencePhysicsPunjabWaqas UmerScienceElectroninc engineeringPunjabMehboob-ur-RehmanSciencePlant breeding and geneticsPunjabSyed Tauseef Mohyud-DinScienceMathematics/physical sciencesPunjabFarzana SulemanEducation SindhMuhammad Sharif TahirEducationPunjabGulzar AlamMusic (singer) Khyber PakhtunkhwaEjaz Hussain HazarviMusicPerforming artsPunjabShigeyuki AtakaArts and literatureJapanSahira KazmiArtTV drama directorPakistanMohsin GillaniArtTV drama actorPakistanNoman IjazArtTV drama actorPakistanSaba HameedArtTV drama actressPakistanMeeraArtFilm actressPakistanKazim PashaArtTV director/producerPakistanJaved SheikhArtFilm actor/directorPakistanRahat Naveed MasudArtFine artsPunjabAzhar JavedLiteraturePunjabTariq Khurshid MalikLiteraturePunjabLutfullah KhanLiterature/music archives Large Music Archives LibrarySindhMuhammad Aman (Sarshar Siddiqui)LiteratureSindhZahida HinaLiteratureJournalismSindhKhawaja Muhammad ZakariyaLiteraturePunjabMohammad YousufSports CricketPakistanQasim ZiaSportsHockeyPunjabMuhammad KhamisPublic servicePakistanZahoor Ahmed AwanPublic servicePakistanEngineer Arif NaseemArtSculptureKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
2013 On 13 August 2012, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2013).- - NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/CountryTahira Syed ArtsSingingPakistanShahida LatifLiteratureLiterature/poetryPunjabRafaqat Ali Mughal ScienceMechanical engineeringPakistanSaadia Chaudhary ScienceApplied mathematicsPakistanZahid Ahmad ScienceMechanical engineering Pakistan Muhammad Aleem Mirza ScienceElectronic engineeringPakistanAbdul Manan ScienceAerospace engineeringPakistanWajih Anwar ScienceMechanical engineeringPakistanMuhammad Imran Akram ScienceAvionics engineering PakistanAsif Hameed ScienceWireless communication engineeringPakistanMuhammad Iftikhar Ahmad ScienceChemistryPakistanZia-Ullah SciencePhysicsPakistanAmer Sarfraz Ahmad ScienceSatellite technology engineeringPakistanMuhammad Iqbal Rao ScienceSpace technologyPakistanSikandar Majid Mirza SciencePhysicsPakistanJavaid Bashir SciencePhysicsPakistanSardar Mehmood Ahmed Khan EducationMedicalPakistanPervaiz Iqbal Cheema EducationTeaching and researchPunjabMuhammad Rafiullah Khan EducationPakistanMuhammad Ajmal Khan ArtsMusic (tabla playing)PunjabAlamgir ArtsTV pop singerSindhShahida MiniArtsSingingPakistanNaghma ArtsPashto singerKhyber PakhtunkhwaDur Muhammad Kassi LiteratureLiterature/documentaryPakistanMaria Toorpakey WazirSportsSquashPakistanNaseeruddin SaamiArtsSinging classical musicPakistan
2014 On 14 August 2013, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2014)- - NameFieldSpecializationTerritory/CountrySyed Tauqir AshrafSciencePhysicsSindhKhalil-ur-RehmanSciencePhysicsPunjabWali Khan Babar EducationJournalismSindhMuhammad Arif ChaudhryScienceChemistryPunjabFarooq Ahmed BhattiScienceAnalytical physicsPunjabGhulam Rasool AkhtarScienceComputational physicsPunjabMalik Murid HussainScienceChemical engineeringPunjabMunir AhmadScienceCivil engineeringPunjabTariq HameedScienceNuclear engineeringPunjabTariq Ikram ul HaqScienceAvionics engineeringSindhJehanzaib Khan LodhiScienceAerospace engineeringPunjabHamid Saleem SciencePlasma physicsPunjabMohammad Mujahid ScienceMaterial engineeringPunjabMohammad Yousuf KhanScienceElectronics and communication engineeringFATABrigadier Masood RazaScienceArtificial intelligence (military application)PunjabHyder Ali PalijoScienceProject managementSindhHasan Shahnawaz Zaidi EducationArt and design PunjabCecil Chaudhry EducationAcademic and human rights activismPunjabMehreen Afzal ScienceCryptography (military application)PunjabShahid Abdullah ArtsArt and designSindhUstad Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan ArtsCalligraphy SindhTabbasum Kashmiri LiteratureLiteraturePunjabAgha Saleem LiteratureLiteratureSindhWali Muhammad Khan Siyal Kakar LiteratureLiteratureBalochistanYounus JavaidLiteratureLiterature/scholarPunjabAli Muhammadi KhorasaniLiteratureLiteratureTajikistanSyed Irshad Hussain Rashid (Late) EducationJournalismPakistanKhalid Ahmad EducationJournalismPunjabNazir LeghariPresident approves national civil awards for 2014, The Express Tribune, 14 August 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2017. EducationJournalismPunjabAzhar Hussain Jafri EducationPhoto-journalismPunjabMunir Hussain (late) EducationJournalism/cricket commentarySindhMisbah-ul-Haq SportsCricketerPunjabZeeshan Abbasi SportsCricketerPunjabAurangzeb Leghari ArtsActingPunjabAyub Khawar ArtsTV DirectorPunjabBakht Jamal ScienceHealth professionalPakistanMuhammad Naeem ScienceHealth professionalPakistanAhad Khan CheemaCivil servicesPakistanHanif KhanSportsField hockeySindh
2015 NameFieldSultan 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 JournalismAmir Khan Sports (boxing)Muhammad Baksh Alias Bakshan Mehranvi Literature (Poetry)Samina BaigSports (mountaineering)Jamal Nasir Social workMir Mohammad AliTV comedian (mimicry artist)Saleem KausarPoet Asim Bukhari TV actorAbdul Rauf TahirJournalistAyesha HaroonJournalistMuhammad AsifIn recognition: Two women among 36 honoured for their services The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 23 March 2015, Retrieved 21 August 2023Snooker player
2016 Gulab Chandio Wajahat Masood (Journalist)2016 Pakistan Civil Awards on educationist.com.pk website Published 23 March 2016, Retrieved 6 April 2019 Wasif Nagi (Journalist) Ehsan Akbar (Literature) Nisar Qadri (Film and TV actor)Award for excellence: Over 150 people to be conferred civil awards The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 14 August 2015, Retrieved 6 April 2019 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) Munir Ahmed Munir (Journalist) Masood Akhtar Khalid Butt Waseem Abbas (TV and Film actor) Ustad Nathoo Khan (Music - Sarangi Player), posthumously awarded Agha Nasir Saba Qamar (TV and Film actress) Ejaz Qaiser (Ghazal singer) Syed Talat Hussain (Journalist)
2017 Awards to be conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2017)
NameFieldSpecializationCountry Khalid Sharif Science Medicine Pakistan Muhammad Qasim Bughio Arts Literature PakistanShakir Shuja Abadi Arts Poetry (Saraiki language poetry) PakistanSarfraz Shahid Arts Literature PakistanKhurshid Ahmad Nadeem Arts Journalism PakistanAlamgir 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 :