1st Pakistan International Screen Awards

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1st Pakistan International Screen Awards
PISA 2020 official logo.jpg
Date7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)
Site Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, UAE
Hosted by Hareem Farooq
Produced byFaisal Khan
Directed by Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
Highlights
Best Film Parey Hut Love
Best Drama Series Meray Paas Tum Ho

The 1st Pakistan International Screen Awards , known as PISA 2020, was an award ceremony held on 7 February 2020 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. [1] [2]

Contents

Parey Hut Love won the most awards for a film, with 5 wins, while Meray Paas Tum Ho was most award-winning TV series by 7 wins. [3]

Winners and nominees

Nominees for PISA 2020 were announced on 24 January 2020. [4] Voting was done for the awards and there was no jury. [5] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Films

Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Song
Best Song Critics Choice
Best Music

Television

Best Television Play
Best Television Director
Best Television Actor
Best Television Actress
Best Television Actor Critics Choice
Best Television Actress Critics Choice
Best Television Actor in Comedy Role
Best Television Actress in Comedy Role
Best Television Writer
Best Original Soundtrack

Fashion

Best Model
Best Designer

Social media

Instagram Influencers/Bloggers
Prankster Youtubers
  • P4 PAKAO
    • Shahmeer Abbas Shah
    • Crazy Prank TV
Youtubers
  • Ducky Bhai [6] – Roaster
    • Faiza Saleem – Comedy Videos
    • XeeTechCare – Tech Videos
    • Rahim Pardesi – Comedy Videos
    • Khujlee Family – Roaster
Vloggers
  • Zaid Ali – Funny Skits
    • Hammad Khatri – Vlogs
    • Shahveer Jafry – Funny Videos
    • Sham Idrees – Funny Videos
    • Mooroo YouTube – Vlogs

Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime Achievement Award Male
Lifetime Achievement Award Female

Controversies

PISA Awards has been described as a "fraud scam". Nabeel Zafar of Bulbulay criticized PISA and told that his name was being used to promote the event. [7] He also revealed that the organizers stopped communicating before the events and tickets were not given to him. Along with Nabeel, there were more than forty celebrities faced the same issue. Many other celebrities such as Osman Khalid Butt, Nadia Afgan, and many others criticized PISA. [8]

PISA was also criticized for having no jury. This award ceremony was described as one of the worst Pakistani award ceremonies.

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