Hum Awards | |
Current Awards: | 8th Hum Awards |
Awarded For: | Excellence in television, film and music achievements |
Presenter: | Hum Network Limited |
Country: | Pakistan |
Year: | 2013 |
Network: | Hum TV |
Hum Awards are annual Pakistani accolades bestowed by the Hum Network Limited in recognition of excellence in programming of television, fashion and music industry of Pakistan. Winners are awarded the Hum Award of Merit. The awards were first presented in 2013 at a ceremony held at the Karachi Expo Centre.[1]
The award was first presented in 2013.[2] [3]
Most of the ceremonies in Pakistan held at Expo Centres of both Karachi and Lahore, Hum Awards held at Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. 3rd Hum Awards ceremony took place on 9 April 2015, at Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE, and will be televised after a month.[4] For the first time and it is the country's only second entertainment media awarding event after Lux Style Awards which will be held in Dubai. The reason to hold the ceremony in Dubai was Hum Network's completion of a 10 years and global success.[5]
See main article: List of Hum Awards Ceremonies.
Following is the listing of Hum Awards Merit categories since 2013.
As of 2nd ceremony, criteria of awards has been changed by management, Television Category has been split into two portions one is Viewers Choice Category and other is Jury's Choice Category. In first ceremony Viewers and Jury both were awarded but didn't mention visibly and awarded. As of third-year ceremony Best Onscreen Couple Popular awards is not awarded also its discontinuation is yet be confirmed.
At 3rd Hum Awards, Best Music band and Best Solo Artist were not awarded, however, a new category called Best Music Single was introduced. Also similar to the TV categories, the discontinuation of music band and solo artist category is yet to be confirmed.
After second year ceremony, neither the Best Designer Menswear nor Best Designer Womenswear awards were presented. Also their discontinuation is yet to be confirmed.
The Special Hum Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Hum membership as a whole. They are not always presented on a consistent annual basis. Following is the listing of Hum Awards Special categories since 2012.