Hum Award for Best Writer Drama Serial

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Hum Award for Best Writer Drama Serial
Awarded forBest Drama Serial Writer of the Year
CountryPakistan
Presented by Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel
First awarded2013 (for screenplays of dramas televised in 2012)
Currently held by Farhat Ishtiaq
Diyar-e-Dil (2016)
Website hum.tv/humawards/

The Hum Award for Best Writer Drama Serial is one of the Hum Awards of Merit presented annually by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC). It is given in an honor of writers who has written best scripts (not based upon previously published material) and screenplay adaptations (usually a novel, play, short story, or TV show but sometimes another film) working in the television industry. Original and Adapted screenplays are jointly nominated in this category. The 1st Hum Awards (for 2012) was held in 2013, Umera Ahmed was the first winner of award for the screenplay adaptation of Maat from her novel of same name.

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Since its inception, the award has been awarded to three writers, Umera Ahmed is the most nominated and awarded writer with five nominations, and two wins. As of 2015 year ceremony, Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar is the most recent winner in this category for his original screenplay Sadqay Tumhare .

History

The Best Writer drama serial category originates with the 1st Hum Awards ceremony since 2013. This category has been given to the best writer/playwright drama serial of previous year to the ceremony held. The name of the category officially termed by the channel is:

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. The year shown is the one in which the drama serial first telecast; normally this is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a drama serial exhibited telecast during 2005 then this will be eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Writer Drama Serial Hum Awards, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the drama serial, and the television writer. Since its inception the award have been given to both Original and Adapted screenplays.

As of the first ceremony, nine dramas were nominated for the award. All of the nine nominee were also included for Best Director category with additional one extra nominees which were not included in best writer drama serial category. Umera Ahmad and Faiza Iftikhar nominated twice in the same category for their works.

For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years. For example, the 1st Hum Awards presented on 28 April 2013, to recognized dramas writer of dramas that were released between January, 2012, and December, 2012, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from 1 January to 31 December. However, this rule was subjected to change when at third year ceremony two (Sadqay Tumhare and Digest Writer) of seven nominated drama serials were running on TV at the time when nominations were announced.

Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the dramas year in which they were telecast, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the dramas of its previous year.

2010s

YearDrama SerialWriterAdapted from / Screenplay ofRef.
2012
(1st)
Maat Umera Ahmad The novel Sehar Aik Isti'aara Hai by Umera Ahmed. [1]
Shehr-e-Zaat Umera Ahmad The story Shehr-e-Zaat by Umera Ahmed.
Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu Farhat Ishtiaq The Novel of same name by Farhat.
Mere Qatil Mere Dildar Aliya Bukhari Original Script written by Aliya Bukhari
Yahan Pyar Nahin Hai Faiza Iftikhar Original Script written by Faiza Iftikhar
Bilqees Kaur Faiza Iftikhar Original Script written by Faiza Iftikhar
Ek Tamanna Lahasil Si Syed Wasi ShahOriginal Script written by Wasi Shah
Bari Aapa Samira Fazal Original Script written by Samira Fazal
2013
(2nd)
Zindagi Gulzar Hai Umera Ahmad The novel of same name by Umera Ahmed. [2]
Kankar Umera Ahmad Original Script written by Umera Ahmad
Rehaai Farhat Ishtiaq Original Script written by Farhat Ishtiaq
Dil-e-Muztar Aliya Bukhari Original Script written by Aliya
Aseerzadi Mustafa AfridiOriginal Script written by Mustafa
Humnasheen Shehla ShakoorOriginal Script written by Shehla
Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi Amna Mufti The short story Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi by Amna Mufti
Rishtey Kuch Adhorey Se Nadia AkhtarOriginal Script written by Nadia
2014
(3rd)
Sadqay Tumhare Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar Original Script written by Khalil [3]
Muhabbat Subha Ka Sitara Hai Umera Ahmad The novel Ye jo ik Subha Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed
Mere Meherbaan Maha MalikThe story Mere Meherbaan written by Maha Malik
Mausam Aliya Bukhari Original Script written by Aliya
Shanakht Amna Nawaz Khan Original Script written by Amna

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