# Pride of Performance Awards (1990–1999)

Pride of Performance (Urdu: تمغۂ حسنِ کارکردگی) Award 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. Civil awards in Pakistan are announced on Independence Day (14 August) each year and then conferred on Yom-e-Pakistan (23 March) the next year.

## 1990

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Saleem Nasir | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Daud Kamal | Literature | Poetry | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan |
| Abdullah Jan Jamaldini | Literature | Linguistics | Baluchistan | Pakistan |
| Khalid Hameed | Arts | Newscaster | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shaukat Ali | Arts | Folk music | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando | Arts | Music | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ustad Hameed Ali Khan | Arts | Music | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Fateh Ali Khan | Arts | Music (classical music Gwalior gharana) | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Khatoon Zarsanga | | | | Pakistan |
| Ahmed Nabi Khan | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Parveen Shakir | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Iftikhar Arif | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Taj Muhammad Sahrai | Literature | Writing | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Dhol Faqeer | Arts | Music | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Ahmed Saeed Nagi | Arts | Painting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Mansoor Ahmed Shah | | | | Pakistan |
| Mubeena Kubra Sheikh | | | | Pakistan |
| Qari Mohammad Fida | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis | Sports | Athletics | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Arif Khan | Sports | Table tennis | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Nazo Anwar Miandad | Sports | Table tennis | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Shehnaz Sheikh | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ibrahim Jalees | Journalist and humorist | Newspaper columnist | Sindh | Pakistan |

## 1991

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Ataul Haq Qasmi | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Bashir Hussain Nazim | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Qaisar Farooq | Arts | TV Director of PTV drama series 'Aangan Terha' | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Khayyam Sarhadi | Arts | Acting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi | Arts | Music | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Aftab Ahmed | | | | Pakistan |
| Khalid Amin | | | | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Arif | | | | Pakistan |
| Azhar Mehmood Qureshi | | | | Pakistan |
| Noor Mohammad Butt | Science | Mathematician | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan |
| Hafeez Qureshi | Science | Nuclear science | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Jafar Naqvi | Science | Nephrology | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Jamiluddin Aali | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan |

## 1992

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Raza Hamdani | Science | Gastroenterology | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Muneer Niazi | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Naseem Hijazi | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Nayyar Ali Dada | Arts | Architect | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Atta-ur-Rahman | Arts | Educationist | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Mushtaq Gazdar | Arts | Film producer/director, Cinematographer and Film historian | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Ahmed Nabi Khan | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mustansar Hussain Tarar | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Noor Mohammad Lashari | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Tariq Aziz | Arts | TV artist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Pervez Malik | Arts | Film director | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Jawed Iqbal | Arts | Cartoonist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Wasim Akram | Sports | Cricket | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mian Ijazul Hasan | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ghulam Abbas | Sports | Athletics | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Taimur Hasan | Sports | Golf | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shahid Ali Khan | Sports | Hockey | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Khursheed Alam Gohar Qalam | Arts | Calligraphy | Punjab | Pakistan |

## 1993

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Waheed Qureshi | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mushfiq Khwaja | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Saeed Akhtar | Arts | Painter Artist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Aksi Mufti | Arts | Folk music | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Agha Nasir | Literature | Playwright, Dramatist, Pioneer of PTV and Pakistan Television Corporation Executive | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Ismail Shahid | Arts | TV artist | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan |
| Ali Ejaz | Arts | Acting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| S.H. Hashmi | Arts | Advertising | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Hassan Rizvi | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Jamal Abro | Literature | Writer | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Atique Zafar Sheikh | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Qazi Muhibur Rehman | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Syed Manzoorul Kaunain | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Laeeq Ahmed | Arts | PTV news anchorperson | | Pakistan |
| Rajab Shah | Sports | Mountaineering | Gilgit Baltistan | Pakistan |
| Farooq Qaiser | Arts | Puppeteering and TV comedian | Punjab | Pakistan |

## 1994

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Parto Rohilla | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Bashir Mirza | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Yousuf | Sports | Snooker | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Saleh Mohammad Baloch | | | | Pakistan |
| Murad Ali Mirza | Literature | Writer | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Moosa Kaleem | Science | Chemistry | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan |
| Athar Masood | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mohsin Naqvi | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shahid Jalal | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Tufail Hoshiarpuri | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Qari Mohammad Younus | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Nisar Bazmi | Arts | Music composer | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Hamid Ali Bela | Arts | Folk music | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Zareena Baloch | Arts | Folk music | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Abdus Salam | Arts | Newscaster | | Pakistan |
| Laeeq Ahmed | Arts | TV Broadcast Journalist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Nahid Siddiqui | Arts | Classical dance | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shujaat Hashmi | Arts | Acting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Anwar Maqsood | Literature | Dramatist | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Mehr Abdul Haq | Literature | Linguist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Qateel Shifai | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Yousuf Shaheen | | | | Pakistan |
| Farigh Bukhari | Literature | Poetry | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan |
| Azhar Suhail | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Zamir Niazi | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ahmad Bashir | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mohibullah Khan Junior | Sports | Squash | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan |
| Khwaja Mohammad Junaid | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Abdul Rashid | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Muhammad Saeed Khan | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mansoor Ahmed | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ahmed Alam | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Tahir Zaman | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Muhammad Shahbaz | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Muhammad Shafqat | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Irfan Mehmood | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Naveed Alam | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Asif Bajwa | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Muhammad Danish Kaleem | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Muhammad Usman | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Kamran Ashraf | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Rahim Khan | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Rana Mujahid Ali | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Waseem Feroze | Sports | Hockey | Punjab | Pakistan |

## 1995

| Name | Field | Specialization Literature | Province | Country |
| Ustad Allah Rakha (sarangi) | Arts | Music (sarangi player) | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ustad Talib Hussain Khan | Arts | Music | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Colin David | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shoaib Hashmi | Arts | Dramatist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Begum Khursheed Shahid | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Hajra Masroor | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Zaheer Kashmiri | Literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Aliya Rasheed | Sports | Tennis | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Fareed Sehrai | | | | Pakistan |
| Waqar Younis | Sports | Cricket | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ali Nawaz Baloch | Sports | Football | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Rauf Khalid | TV playwright | Television and Films | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Sports | Wrestling | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Azhar Suhail | Arts | Journalist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Laila Shahzada | Arts | Painter Artist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Professor Faiz Mahmood Khan | Science | Medicine | Sindh | Pakistan |

## 1996

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Ahmad Ali Khan | Arts | Journalism - newspaper editor of Dawn newspaper | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Mashooq Sultan | Arts | Singing | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan |
| Lehri | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Ejaz Anwar | | | | Pakistan |
| Qari Noor Mohammad | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Khursheed Ahmad | Arts | Naat reciting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Rubina Khalid | Arts | Quran Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Fatima Surayya Bajia | Literature | Writer | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Sitar Tahir | Literature | Writing | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) | Medical | Surgery | Karachi | Pakistan |
| Sehba Akhtar | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Zaitoon Bano | Literature | Poetry | Khyber Pakhtunkwa | Pakistan |
| Afzal Ahsan Randhawa | Arts | Writer, Novelist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Anis Khurshid | | | | Pakistan |
| Zahoor Ahmed | | | | Pakistan |
| Asghar Ali Changezi | Sports | Boxing | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Professor Kaleemuddin Aziz | Science | Cardiology | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi | Sports | Polo | Gilgit Baltistan | Pakistan |
| Ghulam Noorani Khan | Sports | Athletics | Punjab | Pakistan |

## 1997

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Nadeem Baig | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Abdul Hameed | Arts | writer, playwright of TV dramas | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla | Arts | Musician (composed music for Pakistan's National Anthem) | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Ahmad Rahi | Arts | Poet of both Urdu and Punjabi languages Film songs lyricist | Punjab | Pakistan |

## 1998

| Name | Field | specialization | Province | Country |
| Mumtaz Mirza | Arts | Painter Artist | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Akhtar Chanal Zahri | Arts | Folk singer | Balochistan | Pakistan |

## 1999

| Name | Field | Specialization | Province | Country |
| Nazir Ahmed | Education | Education | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Bashir Ahmad | Medicine | neurosurgery | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Anwar Masood | literature | Poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Anita Ghulam Ali | Education | Education | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Khatir Ghaznavi | Literature | Poetry | NWFP | Pakistan |
| Qari Abdul Majid Noor | Arts | Quran reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Marghoob Ahmad Hamdani | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Muhammad Ali Zahoori | Arts | Naat Reciting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Amjad Parvez | Arts | Music critic, Newspaper columnist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Hamid ul Haq | Sports | Tennis | NWFP | Pakistan |
| Raza Mir | Arts | Film director, Cinematographer | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Subhani ba Yunus | Arts | Acting | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Faqir Husain Saga | Arts | Dance | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Rehmat Ali Razi | Literature | Journalism | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Zafar Iqbal (poet) | Literature | Urdu poetry | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mashkoor Hussain Yaad | Literature | Writer | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Dilawar Figar | Literature | Poetry | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Suhrab Faqir | Arts | Folk Music | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Jameel ur Rehman | Literature | Journalism | Islamabad | Pakistan |
| Zulqurnain Haider | Arts | Painting | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Khalid Abbas Dar | Arts | TV Comedian | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Salima Hashmi | Arts | educationist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mujahid Kamran | Science | Physics | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Mohammed Naseer Khan | Science | Physics | NWFP | Pakistan |