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act that left the venue ringing with laughter.
Hosting duties were then taken over by Adnan Siddiqui and Hareem
Farooq. Iqra Aziz and a sponsor presented the Best New Sensation
Television award to Hania Aamir, whereas its male counterpart was
given to Ahad Raza Mir by Sajal Aly.
Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed
Hussain was in attendance and presented the award for Excellence in
Cinema to Reema Khan for her contributions to the industry.
The audience was then enthralled by a riveting performance by
Mahira Khan and troupe on the songs Zalima, Urhi Urhi, Ballay
Ballay and Jawai Noon.
Yasir Hussain and Ali Rehman returned to the stage. The next two
awards were presented by Vaneeza Ahmed and Humayun Saeed. The
first of these was for Best Original Soundtrack, and O Rangreza
Surmai beat out five other tracks for the win. Qavi Khan and Sania
Saeed claimed the Most Impactful Character in a serial prize for
Sammi and Alif Allah Aur Insan respectively.
Best Actor in negative role, presented by a sponsor went to Ushna
Shah for Alif Allah aur Insaan. Hum Icon of the Year was presented
by Duraid Qureshi to Shahid Afridi.
Megastar of Pakistani music Atif Aslam then came on stage and stole
the show with his absolutely outstanding musical performance of his
popular number Dil Diyan Gallan, Thaam lo, Woh Lamhe, Hoor,
Pehli Dafa etc
Bushra Ansari took the stage as host and invited Sultana Siddiqui
to present the excellence in humanity award to Masarrat Misbah. A
special package for Recognition award in film was viewed and the
prestigious award was presented by Fawad Khan to Humayun Saeed
for both acting in and producing Punjab Nahi Jaongi. Best Actor
Film went to Mahira Khan presented by Fawad Khan. Best Writer
Drama Serial and Best Director Drama Serial were presented by
Samina Peerzada and Adnan Siddiqui and were awarded to Qaisera
for Alif Allah Aur Insaan, and to Kashif Nisar for O Rangreza and
Ahsan Talish for Alif Allah Aur Insaan, respectively.
The entertainment-packed evening then featured a knockout
performance by Mikaal Zulfiqar and Hareem Farooq. The next
set of hosts for the evening were Ahmed Ali Butt and Sanam Jung.
To recognize outstanding personalities who were voted by viewers
for their remarkable work in the field of drama, viewers’ choice
nominations included four awards. Beginning with Best On-Screen