The 5th Hum Awards ceremony, presented by Pel, powered by QMobile and brought by Kashmir Cooking Oil & Banaspati, took place in Lahore on 29 April 2017 at 7:30pm PST.

[2][3] The ceremony was televised in Hum TV on 22 July 2017.

[4] During the ceremony, Hum Awards were presented in 25 categories.

The show was hosted by Hareem Farooq, Mikaal Zulfiqar, and Nadia Khan, while comedy hosting was done by Yasir Hussain and Ahmad Ali Butt..[citation needed] The public voting was announced in seven Viewers Choice Award Categories on 8 April 2017 until 18 April 2017.

[6] The following eleven dramas received multiple nominations: The following seven dramas received multiple awards: The actor, Yasir Hussain, who co-hosted the show, was alleged for his inappropriate joke on child molestation when granting the award of Best Negative Role to Ahsan Khan.