Tag: Award
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Nishan e Pakistan for Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Hilal e Imtiaz for Arshad Nadeem
President Asif Ali Zardari has approved a grant of honour to bestow 101 national and international individuals for contributions to the country at a ceremony on 23 March 2025.Former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto will be awarded posthumous Nishan e Pakistan, the nation’s highest civil award for outstanding public service. Arshad Nadeem, gold medalist at…
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‘The Clown’ wins the prestigious Satyajit Ray award at the London Indian Film festival
The short film ‘The Clown’ has won the prestigious Satyajit Ray Award for Best Short Film at the London Indian Film Festival. Directed by Kamil Chima, it was the only Pakistani entry in the competition, making the win even more special. Chima expressed his joy and gratitude on Instagram, saying, “Our little film won a…
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Mahira Khan honored with award at EMIGALA event
Mahira Khan, who was in Dubai to accept the ‘Artist in Fashion’ award at EMIGala 2024, also attended Arijit Singh’s concert. Sharing glimpses from the event on her Instagram, she captioned, “I wasn’t meant to be here for this… but… I guess I was. You know what I mean?” Mahira dazzled in an elegant ice…
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Palestinian prisoner in Israel wins top fiction prize
Palestinian writer Basim Khandaqji, jailed 20 years ago in Israel, won a prestigious prize for Arabic fiction on Sunday for his novel “A Mask, the Colour of the Sky”. The award of the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction was announced at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi. The prize was accepted on Khandaqji’s behalf by…
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Swifties swoon as Taylor Swift wins record fourth best album Grammy, beating Frank Sinatra
Taylor Swift made Grammys history Sunday by winning her fourth Album of the Year prize, the most of any artist – the crowning moment of a night of electric performances and breakthrough wins. In taking home the honor at the 66th annual Grammys in Los Angeles, Swift surpassed the likes of Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon…
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Here is a complete list of the nominations from the Lux Style Awards 2023
The final nominations for the prestigious Lux Style Awards 2023 are finally here, celebrating the best of the art and culture of Pakistan. The 22nd award ceremony will be held in Karachi, attended by the creme de la creme of the entertainment industry. This year marks a cultural shift as Pakistani entertainment is fresh off…
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New Zealand awards SSP Sonia Shamroz Khan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and District Police Officer (DPO) of Battagram district, Sonia Shamroz Khan, received ‘Officer of the Year’ award from International Association of Women Police (IAWP) in Auckland, New Zealand. SSP Battagram Sonia Shamrose has been awarded for excellence in policing strategies and prevention of violence against women. She previously…
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Jalila Haider wins Justitia Award in Vienna
Advocate Jalila Haider has won the distinguished Justitia Award in Vienna on Friday, September 15. The Justitia Awards are presented to women in law in one of three categories: international leaders / lifetime awards; academia; game changers / pioneers / young achievers. Jalila Haider is a human rights attorney and a political activist from Quetta…
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Zebby becomes ‘National Cat of the Year’ for assisting deaf owner
In an exceptional display of feline intuition and care, Zebby, an extraordinary cat, has been crowned Cats Protection’s National Cat of the Year. The story was covered by BBC about how Zebby has garnered this title by providing invaluable assistance to his deaf owner, Genevieve Moss, by alerting her to various sounds around their home.…
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After fleeing from Iran, Zara Amir Embrahimi wins ‘Best Actress Award’ at Cannes
Iranian actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who lives in exile following a smear campaign about her love life, wept with joy as she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Ebrahimi, 41, won for the film Holy Spider, in which she plays a journalist trying to solve the serial murders of prostitutes in Iran’s…