Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the hum for Best Telefilm.
Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel presented this award to producers of Pakistani TV industry, as of first ceremony total of four telefilms were nominated and Asim Raza was honored at 2nd Hum Awards ceremony 2012 for telefilm Behadd.
For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years.
For example, the 2nd Hum Awards presented on 29 March 2014, to declared the best telefilms of the years that were released between January, 2013, and December, 2013, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from 1 January to 31 December.
Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the telefilms year in which they were telecast, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the dramas of its previous year.