International Pakistan Prestige Awards (IPPA) awaiting nominations for its fifth edition is scheduled to take place on October 21, 2023 at Manchester Convention Centre.

IPPA for this year promises to be spectacular celebration of Pakistani talent on an international stage. With seventeen nomination categories at IPPA this year, Pakistani diaspora in UK is looking forward to meeting galaxy of Pakistan's leading celebrities and cheering their favourites on to victory.

5th IPPA Awards first Pakistani awards ceremony of its scale to grace Manchester City is expected to draw top officials from Manchester City. IPPA has previously successfully been held twice in London, once in Oslo and once in Istanbul. Vision Events International in collaboration with Lollywood Entertainment and HUM TV organised event. Official media partner Starlinks PR and Events as event's official PR and coordination agency.

Categories include Best Film-Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad, London Nahi Jaon Ga, Dum Mastam, Tich Button, Ghabrana Nahi Hai. Best Director-Nabeel Qureshi, Nadeem Baig, Ehtesham-Uddin, Qasim Ali Mureed, Saqib Khan. Best Actor (male)-Fahad Mustafa, Humayun Saeed, Imran Ashraf, Farhan Saeed, Syed Jibran. Best Actor (female)-Mahira Khan, Mehwish Hayat, Amar Khan, Iman Ali/Sonya Hussain, Saba Qamar. 5. Best supporting role male/female- Javed Sheikh, Gohar Rasheed/Sohail Ahmed, Saleem Miraj, Sohail Ahmed, Saleem Mairaj. Best actor in negative role- Nayyer Ejaz, Asif Raza Mir, Adnan Tipu Shah, Feroze Khan, Nayyar Ejaz.

Among others best TV serials, directors, serial male, female actors, supporting actors, screen play, models, designers, style icon, singer, rising star, social media sensation, debutant, IPPA Lifetime Achievement Award, Star of year (male/female), overseas Pakistan (arts, culture) and business.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 02 2023

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