Hum Awards

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Hum Awards
Current: 9th Hum Awards
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Awarded forExcellence in television, film and music achievements
Country Pakistan
Presented by Hum Network Limited
First awarded2013
Website www.humawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network Hum TV

Hum Awards are annual Pakistani accolades bestowed by the Hum Network Limited in recognition of excellence in programming of television, fashion and music industry of Pakistan. Winners are awarded the Hum Award of Merit. The awards were first presented in 2013. [1]

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History

The award was first presented in 2013, at a ceremony at the Karachi Expo Centre. [2] [3]

Ceremony

Dubai World Trade Centre (middle), is the venue of 3rd Hum Awards. Etisalat Tower 2, Dubai World Trade Centre, and Dubai World Trade Centre Residence on 28 December 2007.jpg
Dubai World Trade Centre (middle), is the venue of 3rd Hum Awards.

Venues

The venues for most of the Hum Award ceremonies held in Pakistan were Expo Centres of both Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan. The 3rd Hum Awards ceremony took place on 9 April 2015, at Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE, and will be televised after a month. [4] For the first time and it is the country's only second entertainment media awarding event after Lux Style Awards which will be held in Dubai. The reason to hold the ceremony in Dubai was Hum Network's completion of a 10 years and global success. [5]

Award ceremonies

Awards of Merit categories

Following is the listing of Hum Awards Merit categories since 2013.

Current categories

Television

Jury Awards
Popular Awards

As of 2nd ceremony, criteria of awards has been changed by management, Television Category has been split into two portions one is Viewers Choice Category and other is Jury's Choice Category. In first ceremony Viewers and Jury both were awarded but didn't mention visibly and awarded. As of third-year ceremony Best Onscreen Couple Popular awards is not awarded also its discontinuation is yet be confirmed.

Music

At 3rd Hum Awards, Best Music band and Best Solo Artist were not awarded, however, a new category called Best Music Single was introduced. Also similar to the TV categories, the discontinuation of music band and solo artist category is yet to be confirmed.

Fashion

After second year ceremony, neither the Best Designer Menswear nor Best Designer Womenswear awards were presented. Also their discontinuation is yet to be confirmed.

Discontinued categories

Special categories

The Special Hum Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Hum membership as a whole. They are not always presented on a consistent annual basis. Following is the listing of Hum Awards Special categories since 2012.

Current special categories

Discontinued special categories

See also

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Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Selected by Viewers is one of the Hum Awards of Merit presented annually by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the Television industry. Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the hum for Best Actress or Best Drama Actress Viewers Choice. While actors are nominated for this award by Hum members who are actors and actresses themselves, winners are selected by online public voting.

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