PAS Awards, organized by the Pakistan Advertisers Society, and one of the most recognized and prestigious award programme of the marketing and advertising industry, awarded jubilant winners at a star-studded gala awards function held at the Expo Centre in Karachi on April 30, 2016.
Mantahaa Maqsood at PAS awards ceremony
Presented by Tarang in association with Nestle Fruita Vitals and Filmazia entertainment, this year, apart from the twelve regular categories, Pakistan Advertisers’ Society introduced nine special categories and three special awards that honoured the most innovative marketing and advertising efforts of 2015. The PAS Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Tariq Ikram and the honorable Senetor Pervez Rashid, Minister of Information and Broadcasting presented this prestigious award.
Zhalay Sarhadi at PAS awards ceremony
The host for the award ceremony was Ahmed Ali Butt, Vasay Chaudhry and Rubia Chaudhry while the show featured entertaining performances by Sound of Kolachi, Ali Azmat, Sami Brothers and Kaif Ghaznaiv, Girl Band, Mind reader Mentalist and ended with an all star National Anthem. In strategic partnership with ESP Group M and Urdu 1 as the official broadcast partner,the show was directed by Yasra Rizvi. The Red carpet was hosted by Sadar Xin Khan and Hira Hussain.
Apart from these star studded performances the show also featured a glittering line up of award presenters both from the advertising and the entertainment industry like Shazia Syed, Sheryar Humayun, Sarmad Ali, Zhalay Sarhadhy, Mujahid Hamid, Taher A. Khan, Sarfaraz Rehman, Salman Butt, Khurram Koraishy, Abrar Hasan, Babur Sultan, George Skaff, Usman Dilawaiz, Asif Aziz, Nadeem Hussain, Atiqa Odho, Suhai Ali, Gia Ali, Fozia Aman, Fia Kham, Manataha Tareen and Amma Illyas
PAS Awards include MobilinkJazz as the official communication partner, Pepsico, the Beverage lounge sponsor and Shell, Dunya TV, Jang Media Group, Telenor, Olpers, HBL, Arrows, GSK, APlus,Connect Ads, Bank Al Falah,and Advertyze Networks as category and co-sponsors of the event.
Pakistan Advertisers Society is a professional organization promoting information, communication and education for the percussion community. PAS is highly supported by the industry stakeholders including Pakistan Newspapers Association (APNS), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and Advertising Association of Pakistan (AAP)