The Kamāl-i Fann Award is Pakistan’s highest national award in the field of literature, which is awarded to a towering living literary figure for his/her lifetime services. The award is accompanied by a sum of one million rupees. This award was launched in 1997. It is decided by an independent jury consisting of prominent writers of all major Pakistani languages. The names of the writers and poets of different Pakistani languages who have been presented with this award are as follows:
| # | Name | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi | 1997 |
| 2 | Mr. Intizar Hussain | 1998 |
| 3 | Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi | 1999 |
| 4 | Mr. Ahmed Faraz | 2000 |
| 5 | Mr. Shaukat Siddiqui | 2001 |
| 6 | Mr. Munir Niazi | 2002 |
| 7 | Ms. Ada Jafri | 2003 |
| 8 | Mr. Sobho Gian Chandani | 2004 |
| 9 | Dr. Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch | 2005 |
| 10 | Mr. Jameeluddin Ali | 2006 |
| 11 | Mr. Muhammad Ajmal Khattak | 2007 |
| 12 | Mr. Abdullah Jan Jamaldini | 2008 |
| 13 | Mr. Muhammad Lutfullah Khan | 2009 |
| 14 | Ms. Bano Qudsia | 2010 |
| 15 | Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo | 2011 |
| 16 | Mr. Abdullah Hussain | 2012 |
| 17 | Mr. Afzal Ahsan Randhawa | 2013 |
| 18 | Ms. Fahmida Riaz | 2014 |
| 19 | Ms. Kishwar Naheed | 2015 |
| 20 | Mr. Amar Jalil | 2016 |
| 21 | Dr. Jameel Jalibi | 2017 |
| 22 | Mr. Munir Ahmad Badini | 2018 |
| 23 | Mr. Asad Muhammad Khan | 2019 |
| 24 | Mr. Mustansar Hussain Tarar and Dr. Ashu Lal Faqir (both writers regretted the receipt of award) | 2020 |
| 25 | Mr. Zafar Iqbal | 2021 |
| 26 | Mr. Hassan Manzar | 2022 |
