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.
In 2009, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred by the President of Pakistan on Pakistan Day (23 March 2010).[1]
| Name | Field | Specialization | Territory/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sattar Shabbir | Social science | Economist/policy maker | Punjab | |
| Atta Muhammad Kakar | Sports | Sports | Balochistan | |
| Ayaz Ayub | Science | Electrical engineering | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Javed Akhtar | Mining engineering | Punjab | ||
| Muhammad Saleem Khan (Saleem Raz) | Literature | Poetry | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Inam-ul-Haq Javeid | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Azam Azam | Literature | Literature | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Art | Education and sculpture | Sindh | ||
| Riaz Alam Khan | Science | Aerospace engineering | Sindh |
On 14 August 2010, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred by the President of Pakistan on Pakistan Day (23 March 2011). It consisted of 46 Pakistanis and one Canadian of Pakistani origin.[2]
| Name | Field | Specialization | Territory/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Saleem (Muhammad Saleem Khawaja) | Literature | Punjab | ||
| Sports | Cricket umpiring | Punjab | ||
| Amjad Pervez | Science | Laser optics | Punjab | |
| Anwar Saleem Ahmad | Literature | Azad Jammu and Kashmir | ||
| Literature | Canada | |||
| Science | Mathematics | Punjab | ||
| Mubashir Ahmed Sheikh | Science | Metallurgical engineering | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Arshad | Science | Nuclear engineering | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Nazar | Science | Physics | Punjab | |
| Shafqat Karim | Science | Physics | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Shahzad Mahmood | Science | Plasma physics | Punjab | |
| Sumeera Ikram | Science | Chemistry | Punjab | |
| Syed Tajammal Hussain | Science | Nano technology | Islamabad | |
| Literature | Balochistan | |||
| Sports | Sailing/yachting | Sindh | ||
| Gulzar Ahmed Sheikh | Science | Underground mining engineering | Punjab | |
| Art | Film and TV actor | Punjab | ||
| Hashim Nadeem Khan | Medical | Balochistan | ||
| Iqbal Javed Khan | Science | Experimental aerodynamics engineering | Punjab | |
| Ishan Ullah Qazi | Science | Chemistry | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Javaid Ahsan Bhatti | Science | Vacuum science and technology | Punjab | |
| Literature | Punjab | |||
| Khan Tehsil | Art | Folk singing | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Manzoor Akhter (Tehsin Firaqi) | Literature | Punjab | ||
| Muhammad Afzal Arain | Science | Agriculture | Sindh | |
| Muhammad Ahmed | Science | Electronics engineering | Sindh | |
| Muhammad Aslam | Science | Mechanical engineering | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Khalid Zahid | Science | Electrical engineering | Balochistan | |
| Sports | Athletics | Sindh | ||
| Art | Painting | Sindh | ||
| Muhammad Nawaz | Science | Pharmacokinetics | Punjab | |
| Science | Chemistry | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
| S. Amjad Bukhari | Art | TV producer | Islamabad | |
| Art | Film playback singing | Sindh | ||
| S.H. Qasim Jalali | Art | TV drama production | Sindh | |
| Saif-ur-Rehman Saifi | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | |
| Saleem Akram Ansari | Science | Nuclear Engineering | Punjab | |
| Art | TV drama acting | Punjab | ||
| Shahid Pervaiz Butt | Sports | Wrestling | Punjab | |
| Shams Malik | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | |
| Suhail Akram (Suhail Ahmed) | Art | TV drama acting | Punjab | |
| Tajdar Alam | Art | Film/TV Direction | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu | Art | Classical music singer | Punjab | |
| Ustad Muhammad Alam | Art | Blue pottery | Punjab | |
| Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan[3] | Art | Classical singing (oldest son of Salamat Ali Khan) | Punjab | |
| Wazir Afzal | Art | Film music composer | Punjab | |
| Zafar Kazmi | Art | Painting and sculpture | Sindh | |
| Art | TV artist/comedian | Sindh |
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.[4] [5]
| Name | Field | Specialization | Territory/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raja Shahid Nazir | Science | Mechanical engineering | Punjab | |
| Abdul Hamid | Science | Physics | Punjab | |
| Sajjad Ahmad Mehmood | Science | Chemical engineering | Punjab | |
| Ghulam Hussain | Science | Mechanical engineering | Punjab | |
| Mirza Zafarul Islam | Science | Geology | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Aqil-ur-Rahman | Science | Physics | Punjab | |
| Sameeullah Khan | Science | Mechanical engineering | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Rashid Ahmed Alvi | Science | Chemistry | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Ibrahim | Science | Physics | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Zaman | Science | Telecommunication engineering | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Amjad Siddique Almas | Geo-spatial technologies | Military applications | Punjab | |
| Tariq Aziz Khan | Science | Electronics engineering | Sindh | |
| Irfan Ahmad | Science | Electrical engineering | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Imran | Science | Microwave science | Punjab | |
| Tasleem Baig | Science | Aerospace engineering | Punjab | |
| Shakeel Zahid | Science | Aerospace engineering (satellite technology) | Punjab | |
| Waqas Masood | Science | Physics | Punjab | |
| Waqas Umer | Science | Electroninc engineering | Punjab | |
| Mehboob-ur-Rehman | Science | Plant breeding and genetics | Punjab | |
| Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din | Science | Mathematics/physical sciences | Punjab | |
| Farzana Suleman | Education | Sindh | ||
| Muhammad Sharif Tahir | Education | Punjab | ||
| Gulzar Alam[6] | Music (singer) | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
| Ejaz Hussain Hazarvi | Music | Performing arts | Punjab | |
| Shigeyuki Ataka | Arts and literature | Japan | ||
| Sahira Kazmi | Art | TV drama director | Pakistan | |
| Mohsin Gillani | Art | TV drama actor | Pakistan | |
| Noman Ijaz | Art | TV drama actor | Pakistan | |
| Saba Hameed | Art | TV drama actress | Pakistan | |
| Meera | Art | Film actress | Pakistan | |
| Kazim Pasha | Art | TV director/producer | Pakistan | |
| Javed Sheikh | Art | Film actor/director | Pakistan | |
| Rahat Naveed Masud | Art | Fine arts | Punjab | |
| Azhar Javed | Literature | Punjab | ||
| Tariq Khurshid Malik | Literature | Punjab | ||
| Lutfullah Khan | Literature/music archives | Large Music Archives Library | Sindh | |
| Muhammad Aman (Sarshar Siddiqui) | Literature | Sindh | ||
| Zahida Hina | Literature | Journalism | Sindh | |
| Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya | Literature | Punjab | ||
| Mohammad Yousuf | Sports | Cricket | Pakistan | |
| Qasim Zia | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Khamis | Public service | Pakistan | ||
| Zahoor Ahmed Awan | Public service | Pakistan | ||
| Engineer Arif Naseem | Art | Sculpture | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
On 13 August 2012, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2013).[7]
| Name | Field | Specialization | Territory/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts | Singing | Pakistan | ||
| Shahida Latif | Literature | Literature/poetry | Punjab | |
| Rafaqat Ali Mughal | Science | Mechanical engineering | Pakistan | |
| Saadia Chaudhary | Science | Applied mathematics | Pakistan | |
| Zahid Ahmad | Science | Mechanical engineering | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Aleem Mirza | Science | Electronic engineering | Pakistan | |
| Abdul Manan | Science | Aerospace engineering | Pakistan | |
| Wajih Anwar | Science | Mechanical engineering | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Imran Akram | Science | Avionics engineering | Pakistan | |
| Asif Hameed | Science | Wireless communication engineering | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Iftikhar Ahmad | Science | Chemistry | Pakistan | |
| Zia-Ullah | Science | Physics | Pakistan | |
| Amer Sarfraz Ahmad | Science | Satellite technology engineering | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Iqbal Rao | Science | Space technology | Pakistan | |
| Sikandar Majid Mirza | Science | Physics | Pakistan | |
| Javaid Bashir | Science | Physics | Pakistan | |
| Sardar Mehmood Ahmed Khan | Education | Medical | Pakistan | |
| Education | Teaching and research | Punjab | ||
| Muhammad Rafiullah Khan | Education | Pakistan | ||
| Muhammad Ajmal Khan | Arts | Music (tabla playing) | Punjab | |
| Arts | TV pop singer | Sindh | ||
| Shahida Mini | Arts | Singing | Pakistan | |
| Naghma | Arts | Pashto singer | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Dur Muhammad Kassi | Literature | Literature/documentary | Pakistan | |
| Maria Toorpakey Wazir | Sports | Squash | Pakistan |
On 14 August 2013, the following list of recipients was announced. Awards to be actually conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2014)[8]
| Name | Field | Specialization | Territory/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syed Tauqir Ashraf | Science | Physics | Sindh | |
| Khalil-ur-Rehman | Science | Physics | Punjab | |
| Education | Journalism | Sindh | ||
| Muhammad Arif Chaudhry | Science | Chemistry | Punjab | |
| Farooq Ahmed Bhatti | Science | Analytical physics | Punjab | |
| Ghulam Rasool Akhtar | Science | Computational physics | Punjab | |
| Malik Murid Hussain | Science | Chemical engineering | Punjab | |
| Munir Ahmad | Science | Civil engineering | Punjab | |
| Tariq Hameed | Science | Nuclear engineering | Punjab | |
| Tariq Ikram ul Haq | Science | Avionics engineering | Sindh | |
| Jehanzaib Khan Lodhi | Science | Aerospace engineering | Punjab | |
| Hamid Saleem | Science | Plasma physics | Punjab | |
| Mohammad Mujahid | Science | Material engineering | Punjab | |
| Mohammad Yousuf Khan | Science | Electronics and communication engineering | FATA | |
| Brigadier Masood Raza | Science | Artificial intelligence (military application) | Punjab | |
| Hyder Ali Palijo | Science | Project management | Sindh | |
| Hasan Shahnawaz Zaidi | Education | Art and design | Punjab | |
| Cecil Chaudhry[9] | Education | Academic and human rights activism | Punjab | |
| Mehreen Afzal | Science | Cryptography (military application) | Punjab | |
| Shahid Abdullah | Arts | Art and design | Sindh | |
| Arts | Calligraphy | Sindh | ||
| Tabbasum Kashmiri | Literature | Literature | Punjab | |
| Agha Saleem | Literature | Literature | Sindh | |
| Wali Muhammad Khan Siyal Kakar | Literature | Literature | Balochistan | |
| Younus Javaid | Literature | Literature/scholar | Punjab | |
| Ali Muhammadi Khorasani | Literature | Literature | Tajikistan | |
| Syed Irshad Hussain Rashid (Late) | Education | Journalism | Pakistan | |
| Education | Journalism | Punjab | ||
| Nazir Leghari[10] | Education | Journalism | Punjab | |
| Azhar Hussain Jafri | Education | Photo-journalism | Punjab | |
| Munir Hussain (late) | Education | Journalism/cricket commentary | Sindh | |
| Sports | Cricketer | Punjab | ||
| Sports | Cricketer | Punjab | ||
| Arts | Acting | Punjab | ||
| Arts | TV Director | Punjab | ||
| Bakht Jamal | Science | Health professional | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Naeem | Science | Health professional | Pakistan | |
| Ahad Khan Cheema | Civil services | Pakistan | ||
| Hanif Khan | Sports | Field hockey | Sindh |
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Sultan 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 | Journalism |
| Sports (boxing) | |
| Muhammad Baksh Alias Bakshan Mehranvi | Literature (Poetry) |
| Samina Baig | Sports (mountaineering) |
| Jamal Nasir | Social work |
| Mir Mohammad Ali | TV comedian (mimicry artist) |
| Saleem Kausar | Poet |
| Asim Bukhari | TV actor |
| Abdul Rauf Tahir | Journalist |
| Ayesha Haroon | Journalist |
| Muhammad Asif[11] | Snooker player |
Awards to be conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 2017)[16]
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khalid Sharif | Science | Medicine | Pakistan |
| Muhammad Qasim Bughio | Arts | Literature | Pakistan |
| Arts | Poetry (Saraiki language poetry) | Pakistan | |
| Arts | Literature | Pakistan | |
| Khurshid Ahmad Nadeem | Arts | Journalism | Pakistan |
| Alamgir Anwar Shaikh | Sports | Snooker player | Pakistan |
| Rashid Ahmed Aslam | Arts | Public Service | Pakistan |
| Arts (Music, Film, Television) | Playback singer | Pakistan | |
| 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 [17] :
| Name | Field | Specialisation | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | ||
| Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | ||
| Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | ||
| Shoaib Malik | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Hafeez | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Shahdab Khan | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | ||
| Muhammad Amir | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Junaid Khan | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | ||
| Ahmed Shahzad | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Haris Sohail | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Rumman Raes | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Wahab Riaz | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Faheem Ashraf | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| John Michael Arthur | Sports | Cricket Coach | Australia | |
| Grant Trafford Luden | Sports | Cricket Coach | South Africa | |
| Sports | Cricket Coach | Australia | ||
| Sports | Cricket Coach | Zimbabwe | ||
| Shane Andrew Hayes | Sports | Cricket Physiotherapist | Australia | |
| Sports | Cricket Coach | Pakistan | ||
| Talat Ali Malik | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Talha Ejaz | Sports | Cricket Analyst | Pakistan | |
| Shahid Aslam | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Donald Dave Albert | Sports | Cricket Official | Saint Lucia | |
| Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | ||
| Raza Rashid | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Aun Muhammad Zaidi | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Azhar Arif | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Amjad Hussain | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Usman Wahla | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Tauseef Ahmed | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Wajahtullah Wasti | Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | |
| Sports | Cricket Official | Pakistan | ||
| Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | ||
| Shahid Afridi | Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan | |
| Sports | Cricketer | Pakistan |
| Name | Field | Specialization | Territory/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bashir Ahmad | KPK | |||
| Abdul Samad | Science | Archaeology | ||
| Shahbaz Malik | Literature | Punjab | ||
| Mohammad Fahleem | ||||
| Aslam Pervaiz (late) | Arts | Acting (films) | ||
| Zarrin Suleman Panna | Arts | Dancing (films) | Punjab | |
| Salman Alvi | Arts | TV host and entertainer | ||
| Harris Khalique | ||||
| Rauf Parekh | Arts | Linguist and Journalist | Sindh | |
| Amin Hafeez | Arts | Journalism | Punjab | |
| Muhammad Nawaz Raza | ||||
| Ms. Najia Rasool | ||||
| Brigidier Javed Ahmed Satti (Retired) | ||||
| Taj Multani (singer) | Sindh | |||
| Sindh | ||||
| Amanullah (TV comedian)[18] | Punjab | |||
| A. Nayyar | Punjab | |||
| Master Ghulam Haider (1908 - 9 November 1953) (A pioneering film music director)[19] | ||||
| Muhammad Ahmad Khan[20] | Arts | Calligraphy | Punjab | |
| Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) | Arts | Dancing |
| Name | Field | Specialization | Territory/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamid Mahmood | Punjab | |||
| Mohammad Saeedur Rehman | Punjab | |||
| Mohammad Shahid Saleem | Punjab | |||
| Arshad Ali | Punjab | |||
| Dr Salma Khanam | Punjab | |||
| Vaqar Akhtar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||
| Raza Ellahi | KP | |||
| Waqar uz Zaman | KP | |||
| Mohammad Hasan | Sindh | |||
| Nasir Mahmood Khan | Punjab | |||
| Sarosh Hashmat Lodhi | Sindh | |||
| Umbreen Javaid | Punjab | |||
| Shabbir Jan | Sindh[21] | |||
| Iftikhar Thakur | Punjab | |||
| Ishrat Fatima | Islamabad[22] | |||
| Siyani Khatoon | Sindh | |||
| Bashir Ahmad | KPK | |||
| Reema Khan | Punjab | |||
| Nasir Adeeb | Arts | Film script writing | ||
| Taj Baloch | Sindh | |||
| Sofia Yazdani | Sindh | |||
| Arshad Sharif | Punjab | |||
| Inam Butt | Punjab | |||
| Luqman Ali Afzal | ||||
| Sanaullah Ghuman | ||||
| Mohammad Ashraf Ali (late) | Gilgit-Baltistan | |||
| asheed Masood Khan | Balochistan |