The Pakistan Academy of Letters gives the following two awards every year for the best books published by Pakistani writers and poets in English:

The Patras Bukhari Award

Named after the eminent prose writer of Urdu and English, Patras Bukhari, this award is given every year to the best prose book published in English by a Pakistani writer. This award was launched in 1981. Before launch of the Daud Kamal Award in 2017 this award covered the entire Pakistani English literature. So far, the following Pakistani poets and writers have received this award:

# Title Author Year
1A Window to the EastDr. A. Rashid Tabassum1401 AH
2My Second in KentuckyAlamgir Hashmi1402 AH
3The BrideBapsi Sidhwa1403 AH
4Jawan to GeneralGeneral M. Musa1404 AH
5Quest for EternalShahzad Kaisar1405 AH
6Diary of a DiplomatAfzal Iqbal1406 AH
7Pakistan ReflectionsAkram Azam1407 AH
8Ice Candy ManBapsi Sidhwa1408 AH
9Drip Dry SoulMusarrat Taimuri Burki1409 AH
10An Introduction to the Poetry of Faiz Ahmad FaizImdad Hussain1410 AH
11Shade in PassingG. F. Riaz1411 AH
12The Life and Times of Nazir Akbar AbadiS. M.Abbas1412 AH
13Over My ShoulderAlice Faiz1413 AH
14The Imprisoned AirEjaz Rahim1414 AH
15DioramaBushra Shams1415 AH
16Languages and Politics in PakistanDr. Tariq Rehman1416 AH
17Cactus in My ThroatEjaz Rahim1417 AH
18Liquid ClocksShehryar Rashid1418 AH
19Modern Urdu ProseSafdar Mir1998
20Goethe, Iqbal and the OrientM. Akram Chughtai1999
21PapioAbdul Basit Haqani2000
22Yielding YearsM. Athar Tahir2001
23KartographyKamila Shamsie2002
24Unlikely BeginningsMajor General A. O. Mitha2003
25Maps for Lost LoversNadeem Aslam2004
26Broken VersesKamila Shamsie2005
27The End of InnocenceMoni Mohsin2006
28No Space for Further BurialsFaryal Gohar2007
29A Matter of DetailManiza Naqvi2008
30Saffron DreamsShehla Abdullah2009
31Word for WordKhalid Ahmed2010
32Safwat Ghayyur and other PoemsEjaz Rahim
33The Gift of PossessionM. Athar Tahir2012
34The Pity of PartitionAyesha Jalal2013
35The Last TeaM. Athar Tahir2015
36Scared Thirsts, Secular HungersEjaz Rahim2016
37Invisible PeopleMian Raza Rabbani2017
38The RunawaysFatima Bhutto2018
39The Selected Works of Abdullah the CossackM. H. Naqvi2019
40The Smile SnatchersMian Raza Rabbani2020
41Other DaysArshad Waheed2021
42Best of FriendsKamila Shamsie2022

Due to the lack of the required number of books published in 2011 and 2014, the Patras Bukhari Award could not be given.

The Daud Kamal Award

Named after a prominent Pakistani English poet, this award is given annually to the best collection of poetry in English. The award was launched in 2017. Earlier, the Patras Bukhari Award covered all Pakistani English literature. The following Pakistani poets have received this award so far:

# Title Author Year
1MerakiSarah Javed2018
2The Squeezed EmotionsAmna Shahid2019
3Garden of Secrets RevisitedEjaz Rahim2020
4OtheredSeher Hashmi2021
5Charlie Hebdo and Other PoemsEjaz Rahim2022