Presidential Civil Awards are given to people who are really good at what they do. The government of Pakistan made a list of these people on August 14, 2023, Independence Day. They will get their awards on March 23, 2024, Pakistan Day.
Here are some artists who will get awards:
HILAL-I-IMTIAZ
Rahat Ali Khan — for qawwali
Mohammad Ahmed Shah — for culture
Mehmood Ahmed Tahir Bhatti — for directing films and designing fashion
SITARA-I-IMTIAZ
Bilal Lashari — for directing, filming, and writing scripts
Satish Anand — for producing and distributing films
Javed Bashir Ahmad, Faakhir Mehmood, and Shabnam — for singing
PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE
Shazia Manzoor, Dhai Bai alias Mai Dhai, and Hamayoon Khan Arts — for singing
Inayat Hussain Bhatti (late) — for acting, producing, directing, and writing scripts for films
Zulfiqar Ali Attre — for composing music
Ajab Gul — for acting and directing
Ishrat Abass — for drama, theater, radio, and acting
Shakir Zeb — for directing music
Qadir Bux Mithoo — for comedy
Mussarrat Kalanchvi — for writing Urdu and Saraiki fiction and plays
Adnan Siddiqui — for acting, hosting, and producing
Zubaida (Naghma) — for being a film artist
Hassan Askari — for directing and writing films
Sheema Kermani — for classical dancing and choreography
Naseer Baig Mirza — for comparing, writing, and producing
TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ
Sajal Ali — for acting
Juggan Kazim — for anchoring and acting
Abdul Batin Farooqi — for acting
Almas Khan Khalil — for singing folk Pashto songs
Fazal Wahab Dard — for singing
Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan — for singing classical music
Imran Aziz Mian — for singing Qawwali
Gulraiz Ghouri and Rahmatullah Khan — for photography
Khalid Bin Shaheen — for acting and producing
Shahzad Rafique — for directing films
Fizza Ali Meerza and Amjad Sheikh — for producing and writing for screens
Abdul Wasay Chaudhary — for acting in films and dramas
Farooq Hassan — for hosting.