The Pride of Performance is a civil award presented annually on independence day (14 August) by the president to the Pakistani citizens and foreign people in recognition of their contribution to the art, sports, literature, science and education. It also seeks to recognize the "meritorious contribution" to the national interest of Pakistan. It is the highest literary award bestowed by Pakistan.
2020 In 2020, the government of Pakistan presented forty-three Pride of Performance awards to the people working in different fields as described by its eligibility criteria. + Key Awardee Field Category Country/ProvinceWaris BaigConferment of Pakistan Civil Awards The News International (newspaper), Published 14 August 2019, Retrieved 29 September 2022Film playback singingSingingPunjabKiran IqbalScienceChemistrySindhTaj JoyoLiteraturePoetShakeel Abbas RofiScienceEngineering (nuclear)Zahid Noor PerachaScienceEngineering (electronics)Humayun SaeedArtsActingSakina SamoArtsActingMohammed Ali ShehkiArtsSingingSalman HashmiArtsFormatting & ScanningZulfiqar Ali LundArtsInstrumentalistAbdul Qudoos Arif alias (A. Q. Arif) ArtsPainting Mahtab Mahboob Literature WriterHina NasrullahArtsSufi Singer/ Naat KhuwanPunjabAli ZafarArtsSinging Salman Ghani JournalismMuhammad Aslam AnsariLiterature Poet/writer Resham ArtsActing Krishan GeeArtsSingingKhalid Masud GondalEducationacademic and physicianSaleem AkhtarScienceEngineering (mechanical)Amir ShahzadScience EngineeringMuhammad Mazhar IqbalScience Engineering (chemical)Umar AsgharScience Engineering (electrical)Munir AhmedScience Engineering (process control and aging management)Inam Ur RehmanScience Engineering (nuclear)Liaqat AliScience (Laser and Optics)Muhammad BaqirArts Fresco PaintingShafique FarooqiArts Painting/CalligraphyAsif Ali KhanArts Qawwali singerIndu Mariam MithaArts ChoreographyMirza Athar BaigLiterature WriterTariq Jamil ReligionIslamic scholar Muhammad IrfanSports KabaddiHaider AliSports Paralympic AthleteMuhammad FuzailScienceChemistryKhyber PakhtunkhwaQurrat-ul-AinScience Plasma PhysicsRaisa Begum GulEducation NursingNaimatullah alias Naimat SarhadiEducation NursingSoraiya Khan alias Mahjabeen QazalbashArts Singing Muhammad FaheemArts Wood Lacque Abaseen YousufzaiLiterature Writer Farhan MehboobSports Squash Abdul Majid QureshiSocial work Activist Daryan KhanArtsMusical instruments makerBalochistanMuhammad Yousuf alias Yousuf GichkiLiteratureWriter Sarmad SehbaiArtsPlaywright/poetIslamabadRuth Wenny LekardalService to PakistanSweden
See also Pride of Performance Awards (2010–2019)
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