The Presidential Civil Awards recognize individuals across diverse fields for their exceptional achievements. The Government of Pakistan unveiled the list of awardees on August 14, 2023 (Independence Day), with the awards ceremony scheduled for March 23, 2024 (Pakistan Day).
Here’s a list of some prominent artists and the awards they will receive.
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