In the latest round of encouragement, the Government of Pakistan has decided to applaud the excellence of some illustrious names from the entertainment industry through finalizing them for the prestigious presidential civil awards which will be finally awarded tomorrow, on March 23, 2024, a day known as Pakistan Day.

Here’s a list of some prominent artists and the awards they will receive, the list was released on August 14, 2023 (Independence Day). 

HILAL-I-IMTIAZ

Rahat Ali Khan — Qawwali / Singing

Mohammad Ahmed Shah — Culture

Mehmood Ahmed Tahir Bhatti — Film Direction & Fashion Designing

SITARA-I-IMTIAZ

Bilal Lashari — Direction, Cinematography, Scriptwriting

Satish Anand — Film Production / Distribution

Javed Bashir Ahmad — Singing

Faakhir Mehmood — Singing

Shabnam — Singing

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE

Shazia Manzoor — Singing

Dhai Bai alias Mai Dhai — Singing

Hamayoon Khan Arts — Singing

Inayat Hussain Bhatti (late) — Film Acting, Production, Direction, Scriptwriting

Zulfiqar Ali Attre — Music Composing

Ajab Gul — Acting / Direction

Ishrat Abass — Drama / Theater / Radio / Actor

Shakir Zeb — Music Direction

Qadir Bux Mithoo — Comedy

Mussarrat Kalanchvi — Urdu / Saraiki Fiction & Playwriting

Adnan Siddiqui — Acting, Host, Production

Zubaida (Naghma) — Film Artist

Hassan Askari — Film Direction / Writing

Sheema Kermani — Classical Dancing / Choreography

Naseer Baig Mirza — Comparing, Writing, Producer

TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ

Sajal Ali — Acting

Juggan Kazim — Anchoring / Acting

Abdul Batin Farooqi — Acting

Almas Khan Khalil — Folk Pashto Singing

Fazal Wahab Dard — Singing

Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan — Classical Singing

Imran Aziz Mian — Qawwali

Gulraiz Ghouri — Photography

Rahmatullah Khan — Photography

Khalid Bin Shaheen — Acting / Production

Shahzad Rafique — Film Direction

Fizza Ali Meerza — Production / Screen Writing

Amjad Sheikh — Production / Distribution

Abdul Wasay Chaudhary — Film / Drama Acting

Farooq Hassan — Host