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KARACHI:
Throughout 2025, a clutch of Pakistani artists carried their work far past nationwide borders, returning house with trophies that underlined a maturing artistic sector. From the Grammys to a number one environmental competition and a Moscow movie award, recognition arrived unmistakably.
Sound engineer Taurees Habib set the tempo in February, lifting a Grammy for Finest Rating Soundtrack for Visible Media by his engineering work on Hans Zimmer’s rating for the Hollywood epic ‘Dune: Half Two’, a historic breakthrough for Pakistan.
He later shared the second on-line, unboxing the unmistakable gilded gramophone and acknowledging how uncommon such recognition stays for South Asian engineers. It marked solely the second Grammy for a Pakistani artist, following singer Arooj Aftab’s 2022 success.
In October, documentary maker Jawad Sharif delivered one other first when his movie ‘Moklani – The Final Mohanas’ gained a Jackson Wild Media Award in america, honours often described because the ‘Nature Oscars’ for environmental storytelling.
Sharif devoted the award to the Mohana fishing neighborhood whose fragile lifestyle the movie data, stressing that worldwide applause issues provided that it protects folks and ecosystems in any other case pushed to the margins of nationwide and international conversations.
In November, Ustaad Naseeruddin Saami additionally introduced house the distinguished 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards. Saami was named a Patron’s Award recipient on the Aga Khan Music Awards in London, an honour celebrating his six-decade dedication to preserving and transmitting the uncommon Sufi-khayal vocal custom.
Later within the 12 months, actor Sonya Hussyn carried Pakistani cinema into Moscow’s Eurasian Open Award ‘Diamond Butterfly’, taking Finest Supporting Actress for her efficiency within the characteristic ‘Deemak’ at a competition that welcomed movies from 17 nations throughout a number of continents.
She used the stage to encourage younger Pakistani girls who doubt their prospects, insisting their voices carry weight overseas when craft meets persistence, whereas additionally thanking Russian hosts and native diplomats whose assist introduced the manufacturing onto the worldwide circuit.
Taken collectively, the 12 months’s honours present how Pakistani creativity is diversifying its footprint, extending past on-screen glamour to sound engineering and verite documentary work that travels throughout cultures with out surrendering element or tales of communities hardly ever positioned on the centre.
Elsewhere, artists comparable to Meesha Shafi and Arooj Aftab positioned new work earlier than Grammy voters for the 2026 cycle, underscoring how Pakistan is now not an occasional visitor in music conversations, even when submissions don’t but translate into wins.
