Badar Miandad also known as Badar Ali Khan, was a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i singer and Qawwal. He released 22 albums in Pakistan. Several albums were also released under U.K. and Indian labels.

Early life and career

Badar was born in 1962 in a noted family of qawwals in Pak Pattan. His father Miandad and grandfather Din Muhammad were reputed qawwals. He was a cousin of the late maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Badar started his qawwali career in 1975, and by the mid 80s he had earned fame. He composed the music for Bollywood films, including Virod, starring Salman Khan. He also composed the music for several Pakistani films, including Chupkay Chupkay, Janat Ki Talash and But Shikan.

His famous qawwalis include: Dam Dam Hussain Maula Hussain, Jashan-e-Aamad-e-Rasool, Tu Nahi Tay Tairiyan Yadan Sahi and Ganj Shakar Walian Da Raja.

Like his famous cousin, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Badar Ali Khan experimented with qawwali remix projects, in which traditional qawwali lyrics were performed to non-traditional instruments and contemporary beats. Working with producer/arranger/composer Suresh "Baba" Varma, Badar produced a best-selling qawwali fusion album, Good Karma 1.

Badar Ali Khan died in 2007 in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

of a heart attack, after two years of heart trouble.