Pride of Performance Awards (1980–1989) explained

Pride of Performance (Urdu: تمغۂ حسنِ کارکردگی) 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.

1980

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Mohammad Qavi KhanArtsFilm and TV ActorPunjabPakistan
Ustad Khyal MuhammadArtsSingingKhyber PakhtunkwaPakistan
Allan Faqir[1] ArtsSufi music and folk singerSindhPakistan
Sohail RanaArtsMusic composerSindhPakistan
Aazar ZubiArtsPainter ArtistSindhPakistan
Muhammad Juman[2] ArtsFolk music singerSindhPakistan
Malika PukhrajArtsFolk music singerPunjab
ArtsPainter ArtistPunjabPakistan

1981

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Mirza AdeebLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistan
Nasir JahanArtsNaat, Hamd & Noha Reciting on TVSindhPakistan
Mir Mitha Khan MarriLiteratureWriterBalochistanPakistan
Haji Mohammad Yaqoob Durrani (Kaka Khan)Pakistan
Qari Shakir QasmiArtsQuran RecitorSindh
Mansoor TabishArtsNaat Reciting on TVPunjabPakistan
Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin YemniArtsNaat RecitingPakistan
Ustad Imam Deen SalehiPakistan
Nanhe Ali KhanArtsMusicPunjabPakistan
Roohi Bano[3] ArtsTV ActressSindhPakistan
Alexander RobertArtsPhotography
Mai Bhagi[4] ArtsFolk SingerSindhPakistan
Alexander RobertArtsPhotography
Majid Jahangir[5] ArtsActorSindhPakistan

1982

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Uzma Gillani[6] ArtsTV actressSindhPakistan
Qari Ubaidur RehmanArtsNaat Reciting on TVPunjabPakistan
Talat HussainArtsTV and film actorSindhPakistan
Tufail NiaziArtsFolk singerPunjabPakistan
Islahuddin Siddique[7] SportsHockeySindhPakistan
Jahangir KhanSportsSquash playerSindhPakistan
Behram D. AvariSportsSailingSindhPakistan
Sheikh InayatullahLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistan
Colonel Miss Shamin RahimPakistan
Aaisha SiddiquiPakistan
Nazir Ahmed SabirSportsMountaineeringGilgit-BaltistanPakistan
Ashraf AmanSportsMountaineeringGilgit-BaltistanPakistan

1983

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Imran KhanSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistan
Akhtar RasoolSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Samiullah Khan[8] SportsHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Arsh MuneerArtsTV ActressSindhPakistan
Ustad Nazar HussainArtsMusic Composer on PTVPunjabPakistan
Nigah Hussain DurraniPunjabPakistan
Malcolm Stevenson ForbesSportsBallooningNew Jersey StateUnited States
Atta Shad[9] LiteraturePoetryBalochistanPakistan

1984

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Rais AmrohviLiteraturePoetrySindhPakistan
Zameer JafriLiteraturePoetPunjabPakistan
Samandar Khan SamandarLiteraturePoetKhyber PakhtunkwaPakistan
Qari Waheed Zafar QasmiArtsTV Naat RecitingPunjabPakistan
Manzoor Hussain JuniorSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Hasan Sardar[10] SportsHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Kaleemullah KhanSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Hanif KhanSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Qamar Zaman[11] SportsSquash playerBalochistanPakistan
Begum Khursheed MirzaArtsTV ActressPunjabPakistan
Abida ParveenArtsSufi music and folk singerSindhPakistan
Mohammad Ali[12] ArtsFilm ActorPunjabPakistan

1985

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees RaqamArtCalligraphyPunjabPakistan
Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali KhanArtsMusicPunjabPakistan
Mehdi HassanArtsFilm and TV SingerSindhPakistan
Qari Ghulam RasoolArtsRecitation of Quranic VersesPunjabPakistan
Siddiq IsmailArtsNaat Reciting on TVPunjabPakistan
Abid AliArtsTV ActorPunjabPakistan
Mahmood Ali[13] ArtsTV ActorSindhPakistan
Major Mohammad Sher KhanSportsMountaineeringPunjabPakistan
Mian Shaukat Hussain[14] ArtsTabla player PunjabPakistan

1986

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Intezar HussainLiteratureWriterSindhPakistan
Nasrullah KhanPakistan
Sabiha Khanum[15] ArtsFilm ActressPunjabPakistan
Shahzad KhalilArtsTelevision DirectorSindhPakistan
Ghulam RasulHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Suraiya Multanikar[16] ArtsFolk SingerPunjabPakistan
Firdous JamalArtsTV ActorKhyber PakhtunkwaPakistan
Faiz BakhshapuriLiteraturePoetrySindhPakistan
Riaz BatalviLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistan
Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanArtsQawwali SingerPunjabPakistan
Azhar LodhiArtsTV NewscasterPunjabPakistan
Javed MiandadSportsCricket playerSindhPakistan
Zaheer AbbasSportsCricket playerSindhPakistan
Captain Abdul Jabbar BhattiSportsMountaineeringPunjabPakistan
Mohammad AliSportsMountaineeringPunjabPakistan

1987

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Ustad Abdul Majeed DehlviArtsCalligraphySindhPakistan
Lieutenant Commander Muneer SadiqSportsSailingPunjabPakistan
Lieutenant Mohammad ZakaullahSportsSailingPunjabPakistan
Haseena MoinArtsTV Dramatist and writerSindhPakistan
Adil Salahuddin[17] ArtsPostage Stamp designerPunjabPakistan
Qazi MullaArts Pashto Drama Khyber Pakhtunkwa Pakistan
Sain Akhtar HussainArtsFolk music singerPunjabPakistan
Qari Izhar Ahmed ThanviArtsReciting of Quranic versesPunjabPakistan
Amjad Islam AmjadLiteratureTV Dramatist and poetPunjabPakistan
Abdul Majeed MaruwalaSportsWrestlingPunjabPakistan

1988

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Jansher KhanSportsSquash Legend Khyber PakhtunkwaPakistan
Shaista ZaidArtsTV NewscasterPunjabPakistan
Abdul Qadir JunejoLiteratureWritingSindhPakistan
Mustafa QureshiArtsFilm ActorSindhPakistan
Qazi Wajid[18] ArtsFilm/Drama ActorPunjabPakistan
Muzaffar WarsiLiteraturePoet and Naat ReciterPunjabPakistan
Fayyaz AhmedPakistan
A.J. KhanPakistan
Mohammad Rafiq AhmedPakistan
Akhtar Hussain AwanAcademicPunjabPakistan
Kubra SheikhPakistan
Shah JehanSportsMountaineeringPunjabPakistan
Zia MahmoodSportsBridgePakistan
Abul WafaPakistan
Intikhab AlamSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistan
Abdul QadirSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistan
Nasir AliSportsHockey playerPunjabPakistan
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan[19] ArtsClassical Music singerPunjabPakistan

1989

Name FieldSpecializationProvinceCountry
Ustad Kabir KhanArtsMusic - Sitar PlayingPunjabPakistan
G.A. ChishtiArtsFilm Music ComposerPunjabPakistan
Musarrat NazirArtsFilm ActressPunjabPakistan
Shafi Mohammad ShahArtsActorSindhPakistan
Kamal Ahmed Rizvi[20] ArtsTV Dramatist and TV actorSindhPakistan
Jameel BismilArtsTV ActorPunjabPakistan
Bushra AnsariArtsTV ActressSindhPakistan
Amir KhanArtsRadio Drama ArtistPakistan
Amjad HussainArts Pakistan
Aziz MianArtsSufi music and Qawwali singerPunjabPakistan
Agha TalishArtsFilm ActorPunjabPakistan
Maharaj Ghulam Hussain KathakArtsDancingPunjabPakistan
Mudassar NazarSportsCricket playerPunjabPakistan
Dr. Anwar SajjadLiteratureWriterPunjabPakistan
Khawar Naeem HashmiArts TV Journalist Pakistan
Iqbal JafriPakistan
Nasir ZaidiWriter Journalist PunjabPakistan
Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanArts Sufi music and Qawwali singer PunjabPakistan
Jamil NaqshArts Painter ArtistPakistan

Notes and References

  1. https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/132856-Remembering-Sindhi-folk-singer-Allan-Faqeer, Allan Faqir's Pride of Performance Award info listed on The News International newspaper
  2. https://nation.com.pk/10-Apr-2009/ustad-juman--a-legend-of-sindhi-music Ustad Juman - a legend of Sindhi music (includes his awards info)
  3. News: Versatile actor Roohi Bano passes away (includes her award info). Xari Jalil and Shoaib Ahmed . Dawn (newspaper). 26 January 2019. 27 June 2020.
  4. https://www.samaa.tv/2011/07/07/thar-s-nightingale-mai-bhagi-s-death-anniversary-today/ Mai Bhagi's award info on Samaa TV News website
  5. News: Khowaja . Kamran Khamiso . Iconic Comedian Majid Jahangir Passes Away . The Friday Times (newspaper). January 11, 2023.
  6. http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Uzma-Gilani/384/biography, Uzma Gillani's Pride of Performance Award (1982) info listed on tv.com.pk website
  7. http://www.sports.gov.pk/Awards/awards_hockey.htm Pride of Performance Award (1982) info listed for Islahuddin Siddique on Pakistan Sports Board website
  8. http://www.sports.gov.pk/Detail/MTE2ZDk5NGItNjMzNy00MWViLWI2OTUtNjNhYjZjZmQ3NmY5 Pride of Performance Awards for Samiullah Khan and Akhtar Rasool in 1983 on Pakistan Sports Board website
  9. https://balochilinguist.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/introdution-to-ata-shad/ Atta Shad's award info on wordpress.com website
  10. http://www.sports.gov.pk/Detail/MTE2ZDk5NGItNjMzNy00MWViLWI2OTUtNjNhYjZjZmQ3NmY5 Pride of Performance Awards in 1984 for Hasan Sardar and Kaleemullah Khan on Pakistan Sports Board website
  11. http://www.sports.gov.pk/Detail/MzY3YTEzNzMtZWE5YS00MzdhLTlmMDUtNzg0NzExNmI5ZmUy Qamar Zaman's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website
  12. http://cineplot.com/mohammad-ali/, Mohammad Ali (actor)- his Pride of Performance Award in 1984 listed on cineplot.com website
  13. https://www.dawn.com/news/311562/artist-mahmood-ali-is-no-more Artist Mahmood Ali is no more
  14. Web site: The Ustad of Ustaads - Profile of Mian Shaukat Hussain. Ally Adnan. The Friday Times newspaper. 23 January 2015. 25 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125180509/https://thefridaytimes.com/23-Jan-2015/the-ustad-of-ustaads. 25 January 2024.
  15. https://www.geo.tv/latest/293012-famed-actress-sabiha-khanum-passes-away Legendary film actress Sabiha Khanum passes away
  16. News: Suraiya Multanikar profile (includes her award info). Zulqarnain . 26 September 2014. The Friday Times (newspaper). 26 June 2020.
  17. News: Depicting the spirit of nature in its raw form (includes award info for Adil Salahuddin). Najam Soharwardi. The News International (newspaper). 28 March 2015. 8 May 2020.
  18. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1632181/4-nation-mourns-qazi-wajids-passing-away/ Qazi Wajid's Pride of Performance Award info on The Express Tribune (newspaper)
  19. News: Sangeet Samrat Ustad Shaggan goes silent . Shoaib Ahmed. Dawn (newspaper). 26 June 2020.
  20. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/82581-Great-Allan-Syed-Kamal-Ahmed-Rizvi-passes-away, Kamal Ahmed Rizvi's Pride of Performance Award info on The News International newspaper