Here is the list of the Presidential Civil Awards conferred to artists

Marking Pakistan Day on Saturday, 24 March, the presidential civil awards were bestowed upon people from various professions who show excellence in their respective fields.

The government of Pakistan released the list of the honorees on August 14, 2023 (Independence Day) and the accolades were conferred to them today as the nation celebrated its 84th Pakistan Day.

Rahat Ali Khan received two awards including TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ and HILAL-I-IMTIAZ.

Actor Ali Abbas was honored to receive the PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE award conferred to his late grandfather Inayat Hussain Bhatti.

Here’s a list of awards bestowed on the country’s prominent artists for their contribution to the field of Arts and Culture.

HILAL-I-IMTIAZ

1. Rahat Ali Khan — Qawwali / Singing
2. Mohammad Ahmed Shah — Culture
3. Mehmood Ahmed Tahir Bhatti — Film Direction & Fashion Designing

SITARA-I-IMTIAZ

1. Bilal Lashari — Direction, Cinematography, Scriptwriting
2. Satish Anand — Film Production / Distribution
3. Javed Bashir Ahmad — Singing
4. Faakhir Mehmood — Singing
5. Shabnam — Singing

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE

1. Shazia Manzoor — Singing
2. Dhai Bai alias Mai Dhai — Singing
3. Hamayoon Khan Arts — Singing
4. Inayat Hussain Bhatti (late) — Film Acting, Production, Direction, Scriptwriting
5. Zulfiqar Ali Attre — Music Composing
6. Ajab Gul — Acting / Direction
7. Ishrat Abass — Drama / Theater / Radio / Actor
8. Shakir Zeb — Music Direction
9. Qadir Bux Mithoo — Comedy
10. Mussarrat Kalanchvi — Urdu / Saraiki Fiction & Playwriting
11. Adnan Siddiqui — Acting, Host, Production
12. Zubaida (Naghma) — Film Artist
13. Hassan Askari — Film Direction / Writing
14. Sheema Kermani — Classical Dancing / Choreography
15. Naseer Baig Mirza — Comparing, Writing, Producer

TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ

1. Sajal Ali — Acting
2. Juggan Kazim — Anchoring / Acting
3. Abdul Batin Farooqi — Acting
4. Almas Khan Khalil — Folk Pashto Singing
5. Fazal Wahab Dard — Singing
6. Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan — Classical Singing
7. Imran Aziz Mian — Qawwali
8. Gulraiz Ghouri — Photography
9. Rahmatullah Khan — Photography
10. Khalid Bin Shaheen — Acting / Production
11. Shahzad Rafique — Film Direction
12. Fizza Ali Meerza — Production / Screen Writing
13. Amjad Sheikh — Production / Distribution
14. Abdul Wasay Chaudhary — Film / Drama Acting
15. Farooq Hassan — Host

To check out the complete list of the presidential awards recipients click here!