# Pride of Performance Awards (2000–2009)

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.

## 2000

* Saeed Anwar (sports - cricketer)
* Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry (education)
* Hameed ul Haq (tennis - sports)
* Shareef Kunjahi (Punjabi-language writer)
* Amjad Parvez (Pakistani music critic and singer)
* Kajjan Begum (classical music singer, mother of singer Mehnaz Begum)

## 2001

* Ather Shah Khan Jaidi (arts, literature, writer, poet, director, actor)
* Mahar Muhammad Iqbal Marath
* Kamaluddin Ahmed (nuclear physicist)

## 2002

Awards were given on 23 March 2002.
* Himayat Ali Shair (poet and film songs lyricist)
* Jilani Kamran
* Ali Haider Joshi
* Ghaos Bakhsh Sabir
* Afzaal Ahmed
* Anwar Muzaffar
* Jan Nisar
* Rashid Ahmad
* Shafiqullah
* Aasim Fasih Khan
* Abdul Qadeer Malik
* Abdul Majeed
* Maj Imran Basit
* Ghulam Mustafa
* Mohsin Agha
* Mohammad Naeem
* Mushtaq Ahmed
* Khalid Aftab
* Deena M. Mistri
* Asghari Maqsood
* Sabz Ali
* Syed Moosa Hasany
* Shoaib Ahmad
* Shagufta Khaliq
* Sabira Begum
* Aisha Mohyuddin
* Asif Satar s/o late Abdus Sattar
* Umar Sardar
* Mohammad Ajmal Khan (sciences, botany)
* Mohammad Aslam Malik
* Mohammad Akram
* Mohammad Imran
* Mohammad Farooque
* Akhtar Viqar Azim
* Askari Mian Irani
* Shoaib Mansoor (film and TV producer/director)
* Shaukat Mahmood (Maxim)
* Farooq Zamir Ghory
* Kanwal Naseer
* Mohammad Jamil (late TV actor professionally known as Jamil Fakhri)
* Nazia Hasan (arts, singing)

## 2003

On 14 August 2002, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 32 individuals. The award were received by the winners on 23 March 2003.
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country | Province |
| Akhtar Hussain Jafari (Late) | Literature | | Pakistan | |
| Ada Jafri | Literature | | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Syed Imdad Hussaini | Literature | | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi (late) | Literature | | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Shahbaz Malik | Literature | | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Mohammad Nawaz Tair | Literature | | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Ali Siddiqui | Literature | Newspaper columnist | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Khalid Shamim | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Brigadier Khalid Latif | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Rana Abdul Qayyum | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Brig Imran Rehman | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Mohammad Khan Chaudhry | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Mohammad Riaz Khan | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Nadeem Ehsan | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Maqsood Ali | Science | Mining | Pakistan | |
| Malik Abdul Qadir | Science | Farming | Pakistan | |
| Barkat Ali Chaudhry | Science | Health | Pakistan | |
| Bashir Ahmad | Science | Physics | Pakistan | |
| Syed Shabbir Hussain | Science | Physics | Pakistan | |
| Sher Hassan | Science | Agricultural research | Pakistan | |
| Ghulam Ali Qureshi | Science | Biochemistry | Pakistan | |
| Mohammad Arif Niaz | Science | Physics | Pakistan | |
| Mohammad Khurshid | Science | Health | Pakistan | |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Art | Cricket commentary | Pakistan | |
| Syed Afzal Hussain | Art | Sound recording | Pakistan | |
| Syed Munawar Saeed | Art | Actor | Pakistan | |
| Abdul Aziz Baloch | Art | Folk music | Pakistan | |
| Ghulam Mustafa | Art | Painting | Pakistan | |
| Majeed Khan | Art | Sarangi playing | Pakistan | |
| Muneeza Hashmi, daughter of renowned poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz | Art | PTV producer | Pakistan | |
| Haider Ali | Sports | Boxing | Pakistan | |
| Rozi Ali | Sports | Mountaineering | Pakistan | |
| Mohammad Irfan Islam | Sports | Weight-lifting | Pakistan | |

## 2004

On 14 August 2003, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 37 individuals. The award was received by the winners on 23 March 2004.
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country | Province |
| Yousuf Khan | Art | Acting | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Mahtab Rashdi | Art | TV hosting/social work | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid | Art | Cricket commentary | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Navid Shahzad | Art | Drama artist/writer | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Salahuddin | Art | Drama artist | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| S. M. Naqi | Art | Hockey commentary | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Haji Atta Muhammad | Art | Lacquer art | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Moin Niazi (late) | Art | Music | Pakistan | Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
| Shahida Parveen (late) | Art | Classical music | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Tina Sani | Art | Music | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Niaz Ahmed | Art | Music composing for TV programs | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Samiur Rahman | Art | Photography | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Najma Najam | Art | Education | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Khalid Hussain Hashmi | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Syed Nayyar Ali | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Tariq Rahman | Arts | Education | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Zia Aftab | Science | Electronics engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Sohail Mazhar | Science | Mechanical engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Abdul Aziz Mazhar | Science | Metallurgy engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Iftikhar-us-Salam | Science | Metallurgy engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Agha Khalid Saleem | Arts | Literature | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Bashir Ahmad Baloch | Arts | Literature | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Dawar Khan Daud | Arts | Literature | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Farkhanda Lodhi | Arts | Literature | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Laeeq Ahmed Babree (late) | Arts | Literature | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Usman Diplai | Arts | Literature | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Syed Shaukat Ali Shah | Arts | Literary Art | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Syed Sibit-ul-Hasnain | Science | Medicine | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Javed Iqbal | Science | Medicine (cardiology) | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Iqbal | Science | | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Tariq Pervez | Science | | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Asif Iqbal | Science | Mathematics | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Aslam Hayat | Science | Physics | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Ashraf Tai | Sports | Martial arts | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Zakir Hussain Syed | Sports | Administration & management | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Mehrullah | Sports | Boxing | Pakistan | Sindh |

## 2005

On 14 August 2004, the following list of recipients was announced. The awards were received by the winners on 23 March 2005.
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country | Province |
| Muhammad Mansha Yaad | Arts | Fiction writer and novelist | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Sports | Tennis player | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Arif Lohar | Arts | folk music | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shabnam Shakeel | Arts | Urdu Literature | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Rais Khan | Arts | Sitar player | Sindh | Pakistan |
| Abdul Rauf Rufi | Arts | Naat Khawn | Punjab | Pakistan |
* Zafar-uz-Zaman (Chemistry)
* Rizwan Hussain (Chemistry)
* M. Salahuddin (Science)
* Khawaja Moiz-ud-Din (Engineering)
* Pervez Ahmed (Engineering)
* Rehan Bashir (Mechanical Engineering)
* Tariq Jawaid (Mechanical Engineering)
* Salim-ud-Din Zahir (Aerospace Engineering)
* M. Sadiq Kalim (Education)
* Saeed Khan Rangeela (Actor)
* Ayub Khoso (TV actor)
* Tarannum Naz (Singer)
* Khawaja Najmul Hassan (PTV producer)
* Tariq Rahman (Literature)
* Fahmida Hussain (Literarture)
* Sohail Abbas (Hockey player)

## 2006

On 14 August 2005, the following list of recipients was announced. The award was formally received by the winners on 23 March 2006.
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country | Province/territory |
| Abdul Rehman Brahvi | Literature | Writer | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Hayatullah Khan Durrani | Mountaineering / caving adventure | Mountaineer, cave explorer, environmentalist | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Khalida Hussain | Literature | Writer | Pakistan | Islamabad |
| Arfa Karim | Arts | Computer science | Punjab | Pakistan |
| Shafqat Tanvir Mirza | Literature | Writer | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Tassawar Khanum | Arts | Film and TV Singer | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Nayyara Noor | Arts | Film and TV Singer | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Ustad Badar uz Zaman | Arts | Classical music vocalist | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Ustad Qamar uz Zaman | Arts | Classical music vocalist | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Zehra Nigah | Arts | writer | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Asghar Nadeem Syed | Arts | TV playwright and professor | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Amir Adnan | Business | Fashion designer | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Ghazi Sial | Literature | Pashto Poet | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Masood Akhtar | Arts | Actor | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Aftab Iqbal Shamim | Education | Professor | Pakistan | Punjab |

## 2007

On 14 August 2006, the following list of recipients was announced. The award was received by the winners on 24 March 2007.
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country |
| Shaan | Arts | Acting | Pakistan |
| Asad Amanat Ali Khan | Arts | Singing (classical music and ghazal singing) | Pakistan |
| Hamid Ali Khan | Arts | Singing (classical music and ghazal singing) | Pakistan |
| Naheed Akhtar | Arts | Singing | Pakistan |
| Ustaad Bashir Khan | Arts | Music (tabla player) | Pakistan |
| Faakhir Mehmood | Arts | Singing | Pakistan |
| Munnu Bhai | Arts | Journalism | Pakistan |
| Fehmida Firdous | Public Services | | Pakistan |
| Mehwish Nadir Baloch | Nursing | | Pakistan |
| Mubarak Ali Khan | Entertainment | Singing | Pakistan |

## 2008

On 14 August 2007, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 39 individuals. The award was received by the winners on 23 March 2008.
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country | Province |
| Jamaluddin Ahmed | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | Science | Nuclear engineering | Pakistan | |
| Ghulam Mohyuddin | Science | Experimental physics | Pakistan | |
| Sohail Ahmed | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Syed Zia Hasnain | Science | Nuclear engineering | Pakistan | |
| Ziafat Hussain | Science | | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Shahzad | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| S Tauqeerul Islam | Science | Engineering | Pakistan | |
| Muhammad Arshad | Science | | Pakistan | |
| Farhan Saif | Science | | Pakistan | |
| Dr. Syed Abdul Mujeeb | Science | Medicine | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Muhammad Saeed Khokhar | Science | Medicine | Pakistan | |
| Syeda Anese Fatima Majid Khan | Education | | Pakistan | |
| Allah Bukhsh | Art | Khussa making (shoe-making) | Pakistan | |
| Munni Begum | Art | Singing | Pakistan | |
| Akhtar Munir | Art | Wood carving | Pakistan | |
| Gopal Das | Art | Tie & dye | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Haji Mehr Ali | Art | Qawwali | Pakistan | |
| Haji Sher Ali | Art | Qawwali | Pakistan | |
| Nahid Raza | Art | Visual arts | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Gul Bahar Bano | Arts | Singing | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Mujahid Hussain | Arts | Composer - TV programs musician | Pakistan | |
| Rasheed Malik | Arts | Music | Pakistan | |
| Sultana Siddiqui | Arts | TV producer/media professional | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Abdul Karim Balouch | Arts | TV producer/drama writer | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Abdul Qadir Junejo | Arts | Drama acting | Pakistan | Sindh |
| M. Hanif Raza | Arts | Photography | Pakistan | |
| Nasreen Askari | Arts | Art & culture | Pakistan | |
| Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan | Arts | Classical music vocalist | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Mansoor Rahi | Arts | Painting | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan | Arts | Classical singing | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Noorul Huda Shah | Literature | Playwright | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Saleem Akhtar | Literature | | Pakistan | |
| Tanveer Abbasi | Literature | Poetry | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Muhammad Taha Khan | Literature | Poet | Pakistan | |
| Lt-Cdr Zahid Rauf | Sport | Yachting | Pakistan | |
| Nida Waseem | Sport | Tennis | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Zubair Ahmed Hundal | Sport | Kabaddi | Pakistan | |
| Shahid Rehman | Sport | Jockey | Pakistan | |
| Tari Khan | Arts | Tabla playing | Pakistan | Punjab |

## 2009

On 14 August 2008, the following list of recipients was announced. It consists of 58 individuals. The award was received by the winners on 23 March 2009.
| Name | Field | Specialization | Country | Province |
| Shafqat Farooq | Science | Agriculture/biotechnology | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Javed Iqbal Akhter | Science | Physics | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Syed Muhammad Hassan Zaidi | Science | Information technology | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Mazhar | Science | Chemistry | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Aslam Noor | Science | Mathematics | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Obaidullah Baig | Arts | PTV personality (Kasauti - 1967) | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Muhammad Riaz | Science | Chemical engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Daud Shah | Science | Communication engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Qammar Mehboob | Science | Chemical engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Faiq Mazhar | Science | Geology | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Rashid Mansoor | Science | Mechanical engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Naeem Sheikh | Science | Mechanical engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Shahid Iqbal | Science | Civil engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Tafseer Ahmad | Science | Electronics engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Haider Ali Bhatti | Science | Aerospace engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Tariq Ahmad | Science | Mechanical engineering | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Noorullah | Science | Ballistics | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Arshad Ali | Education | Professor | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Younus Khan | Art | Cameraman | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Emanuel Philip | Art | Photography | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Rehana Siddiqui | Art | Acting | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Shabbir Hussain | Art | Tabla playing | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Manzoor Hussain | Art | Music composer | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Shafqat Ali Khan | Art | Classical music | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Parveen Nazzar | Art | Singing | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Javaid Tufail Niazi (son of folk singer Tufail Niazi) | Art | Folk singing | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Babar Ali Niazi (son of folk singer Tufail Niazi) | Art | Folk singing | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Hajra Mansoor | Art | Painting | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Izhar-ul-Haq | Literature | | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Abbas Ather | Literature | | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Anwaar Ahmad | Literature | | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Shaukat Hamid Kiani | Health | Management and administration | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Safdar Ali Kiyani (late) | Education | Professor | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Ali Moeen Nawazish | Education | Computer expert | Pakistan | Punjab |
| Muhammad Iqbal Bhanger | Science | Chemistry | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Behroze Sabzwari | Arts | Actor | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg | Arts | Woodwork | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Naseem Sultan | Arts | Embroidery | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Ghous Bux Brohi | Arts | Bansri player/Alghoza player | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Sahib Dino Mallah | Arts | Khes making | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Satish Chandra Anand | Arts | Film producer | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Rubeena Malik | Arts | Calligraphy | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Aslam Farrukhi | Literature | Writer | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Ahmed Shah | Literature | Poet | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Muhammad Faizan | Sports | Mountaineering | Pakistan | Sindh |
| Saqib Ali | Science | Chemistry | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Muhammad Qasim Naseem | Literature | Journalism/writer | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Abdul Wahid Yousafi | Literature | Journalism | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Umar Nasir | Literature | Radio drama writer | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Abdur Rasheed Naz | Art | Acting | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Badar Munir | Art | Acting | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Muhammad Gul | Art | Swati shari weaving | Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Mehnaz Hyat | Art | Balochi handicrafts | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Abdul Qadir | Art | Acting | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Muneer Ahmed Badini | Literature | | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Abdus Samad Chisti Mujahid | Literature | Journalism | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Umer Khan Achakzai | Sports | Karate | Pakistan | Balochistan |
| Asada Yutaka | | Services to Pakistan | Japan | |