The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony which is held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The ceremony celebrates "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, such as cinema, television, fashion, music, sports and film industry. Categories have changed over the years, but most are awarded by panels of judges who are experts in the respective industries, with some "people's choice" awards in the film and TV categories.
The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy to recognise the excellence of the film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.
The 2nd Hum Awards ceremony, presented by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC), sponsored by Servis and Telenor Talkshawlk, honored the best in fashion, music and Hum Television Dramas of 2013. The ceremony took place on 29 March 2014 at Expo Center in Karachi, Sindh beginning at 7:30 PST. The ceremony was recorded and was broadcast on 25 May 2014. During the ceremony, Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel presented awards in 29 regular categories along with 2 in honorary and 1 in special category. The ceremony was televised in Pakistan by Hum TV, while Servis returned as a main sponsor of the show.
The ARY Film Awards, commonly known as The AFA's, is an annual Pakistani awards ceremony honoring the cinematic achievements of film industry. Winners are awarded the golden statue, officially the ARY Film Award of Merit, that is much often known as an AFA trophy. The awards, first presented in 2014 at Golf Club, Karachi, are overseen and organized by ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel. ARY Film Awards became an electoral race to the trophy to best film in any category, as per being the first awarding ceremony of reboot era of Pakistani Film Industry. ARY Film Awards are the first film awarding ceremony after the demolishing of Pakistani oldest awarding ceremony Nigar Awards.
The 1st ARY Film Awards or AFA'14 ceremony, presented by ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel, sponsored by Nokia, powered by ZONG and L'Oréal and took place on 27 April 2014 at the Golf Club, DHA Phase VIII, Karachi. The ceremony was held recorded and televised on 24 May 2014. During the ceremony ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel presented ARY Film Awards in 29 categories and 4 special awards honoring the actors, technical achievements and films of 2013. The ceremony, televised in Pakistan by ARY Digital and was produced by ARY Digital Network chairman Salman Iqbal. ARY Film Awards became the most expensive event held in Pakistan.
The ARY Film Award for Best Film Jury is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to producers working in the film industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to submit a nomination. Best Film Jury is considered the most important of the ARY Film Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a drama. This award is one of the two Best Film awards in ceremony which is awarded to relevant film only on the decision of ceremony Jury, while other being awarded on Viewers Voting's.
The ARY Film Award for Best Actress Jury is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to female actor working in the film industry. Best Actress Jury is one of four awards which are awarded by Jury and considered to be one of five most important awards of the ARY Film Awards, as it represents the main icon of cinematic industry on which all aspects of film such as directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a drama is depending. This award is one of the two Best Actress awards in ceremony, in which one is awarded to relevant film actor only by the decision of ceremony Jury, while the other is awarded on viewer votes.
The ARY Film Award for Best Actor Jury is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to male actor working in the film industry. Best Actor Jury is one of four awards which are awarded by Jury and considered to be one of five most important awards of the ARY Film Awards, as it represents the main icon of cinematic industry on which all aspects of film such as directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a drama is depending. This award is one of the two Best Actor awards in ceremony, in which one is awarded to relevant film actor only by the decision of ceremony Jury, while the other is awarded on viewer votes.
The ARY Film Award for Best Film is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to producers working in the film industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to submit a nomination. Best Film is considered the most important of the ARY Film Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a drama. This award is one of the two Best Film awards in ceremony which is awarded to relevant film only on the decision of ceremony Jury, while other being awarded on Viewers Voting's.
The ARY Film Award for Best Director is an award presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. The 1st ARY Film Awards were held in 2014 and Bilal Lashari was given this award for his direction for Waar. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the directors branch of ARY Digital Network while winners are selected by a public voting.
The ARY Film Award for Best Actor is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to male actor working in the film industry. Best Actor is considered to be one of five most important awards of the ARY Film Awards, as it represents the main icon of cinematic industry on which all aspects of film such as directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts that put forth into a drama is depending. This award is one of the two Best Actor awards in ceremony, in which one is awarded to relevant film actor only by the decision of ceremony Jury, while other is being awarded on Viewers votings.
The ARY Film Award for Best Actress is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to female actor working in the film industry. Best Actress is considered to be one of five most important awards of the ARY Film Awards, as it represents the main icon of cinematic industry on which all aspects of film such as directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts that put forth into a drama is depending. This award is one of the two Best Actress awards in ceremony, in which one is awarded to relevant film actress only by the decision of ceremony Jury, while other is being awarded on Viewers Voting's.
ARY Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to recognize the male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working in the film industry. Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the AFA for Best Supporting Actor. While actors are nominated for this award by AFA members who are actors and actresses themselves, winners are selected by the AFA membership as a whole.
The ARY Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to female playback singer, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song while working in the film industry.
The ARY Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to male playback singer, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song while working in the film industry.
ARY Film Award for Best Star Debut Male is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to recognize the male actor who has delivered an outstanding debut performance while working in the film industry. Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the AFA for Best Star Debut Male. While actors are nominated for this award by AFA members who are actors and actresses themselves, winners are selected by the AFA membership as a whole.
ARY Film Award for Best Star Debut Female is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to recognize the female actor who has delivered an outstanding debut performance while working in the film industry. Since its inception, the award is commonly called the AFA for Best Star Debut Female. Actors are nominated for this award by actor and actress AFA members; winners are selected by the AFA membership as a whole.
ARY Film Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to recognize the Male and female comic actor who has delivered an outstanding comedy performance while working in the film industry.
ARY Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to recognize the Male and Female negative actor who has delivered an outstanding villain performance while working in the film industry.
The 2nd ARY Film Awards or AFA'16 ceremony, presented by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel, sponsored by Tang and L'Oréal, honored the best Pakistani films of 2015 and took place on 16 April 2016, at the Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai, UAE, beginning at 7:30 UAE Standard Time. The ceremony was held recorded and televised on 7 May 2016. During the ceremony, the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel presented ARY Film Awards in 28 categories. The ceremony was televised in the Pakistan by ARY Digital, and produced by Salma Iqbal and Jarjees Seja.
