Pride of Performance (Arts) 
The Pakistan Civil Awards were established on March 19, 1957, following the proclamation of Pakistan as an independent Republic on March 23, 1956. It is awarded for distinguished achievement in the fields of literature, arts, sports, medicine, and science or civilians. The announcement of civil awards is made once a year on Independence Day, 14th of August, and their investiture takes place on the following Pakistan Day, 23rd of March.
Here’s a list of artists who have won President’s Pride of Performance for outstanding achievement in the fields of arts. Please note a few names might have been missed out.
A
Abdus Sittar Tari
Abida Parveen
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
Ahmed Rushdi
Alam Lohar
Alamgir
Allan Fakir
Amanat Ali Khan
Amjad Islam Amjad
Arif Lohar
Arshad Mehmood
Asad Amanat Ali
Ashfaq Ahmed
Aziz Mian
**B
**
Bashir Ahmed
Behroz Sabzwari
Bushra Ansari
**F
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Faakhir Mehmood
Farida Khanum
Farooq Qaiser
Fatima Surraya Bajia
**H
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Hafeez Jalandhari
Hamid Ali Khan
Haseena Moin
**I
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Iqbal Bano
Iftikhar Arif
Intezaar Hussain
**J
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Jamiluddin Aali
Junaid Jamshed
**L
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Latif Kapadia
**K
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Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
Khalid Abbass Dar
Kishwar Naheed
**M
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Mahmood Ali
Mohammad Ali
Malika Pukraj
Mehdi Hassan
Mohammad Fakir
Mohammad Shaan Shahid
Moin Akhtar
Moslehuddin
Munir Niazi
Munni Begum
Musarrat Nazir
Mustansar Hussain Tarrar
**N
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Nadeem
Naheed Akhtar
Naheed Niazi
Naheed Siddiqui
Navid Shahzad
Nazia Hassan
Noor Jahan
Niaz Ahmed
Nisar Bazmi
Noor-ul-Huda Shah
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
**P
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Parveen Shakir
Pathanay Khan
**Q
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Qateel Shifai
Qavi Khan
Qazi Wajid
**R
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Rais Ahmad Rais
Rauf Khalid
Reshma
Roohi Bano
**S
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Saba Hameed
Sabiha Khanum
Salima Hashmi
Shafi Mohammad Shah
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Shakeel
Shaukat Ali
Sohail Ahmed
Sohail Rana
Shoaib Mansoor
Sultana Siddiqui
**T
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Talat Hussain
Tasawur Khanum
Tauqir Nasir
Tina Sani
Tufail Niazi
**U
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Ustad Rais Ahmed Khan
Ustad Salamat Ali Khan
Ustad Sher Muhammed
Uzma Gillani
**Z
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Zohra Nigah
