List of Pakistani musicians
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This is a list of musicians from Pakistan listed in alphabetical order. The list includes musical bands, some groups and solo artists that were and are in the industry today. The list also includes film singers, folk singers, pop/rock singers, jazz musicians, rap artists, qawwal and ghazal
traditional artists. Pakistani singers and bands became very popular and started to spring up during the early nineties, with pop
, rock
and Ghazal
becoming more fashionable with the younger generations.
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
traditional artists. Pakistani singers and bands became very popular and started to spring up during the early nineties, with pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
becoming more fashionable with the younger generations.
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- Atif AslamAtif AslamAtif Aslam is a Pakistani pop singer. He is widely recognized in South Asia and has given several hit songs such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, Tere Bin, Bakhuda Tumhi Ho, Pehli Nazar Mein, Tera Hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane Na, Tere Liye. He is one of the most popular South Asian celebrity on Facebook with...
- AfzalAfzalAfzal is a surname. People with this surname include:* Mo Afzal, Cancer researcher at University of Warwick, England* Qassim Afzal , British politician*Mohammad Afzal, Indian convicted terroristSee also...
- Aamir ZakiAamir ZakiAamir Zaki is a notable Pakistani prolific guitar player, playing jazz, blues, classical, rock and alternative rock.Beginnings...
- AarohAarohAaroh was an alternative rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1998...
- Atish RajAtish RajAtish Raj , was an industrial and avant-garde Pakistani rock band formed and fronted by eccentric Pakistani music journalist and writer, Nadeem F...
- Abbas Ali KhanAbbas Ali KhanBrigadier Abbas Ali Khan , is a former high ranking army officer of Pakistan Army and the corporate businessman. He is the son of Major General Rehmat Ali Shah Bokhari, was born in Sahiwal, Pakistan...
- Abrar-ul-HaqAbrar-ul-HaqAbrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". Before becoming a singer, he was a geography teacher at the Aitchison College in Lahore.- Life :Abrar has kept the year of his birth a secret, so as to not reveal his age...
- Abida ParveenAbida ParveenAbida Parveen , is a Pakistani singer of Sindhi descent and one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music . She sings mainly ghazals, Urdu love songs, and her forte, Kafis, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets...
- Adnan Sami Khan
- Ahmed Ghulamali ChaglaAhmed Ghulamali ChaglaAhmed Ghulamali Chagla Urdu: احمد غلام علی چھاگلہ wrote the score for the national anthem of Pakistan, in 1950. He was born in May 1902 into a prominent Karachi family. His father, Ghulamali Chagla was the third elected president of the municipality of Karachi, serving from 1921 to 1922...
- Ahmed JahanzebAhmed JahanzebAhmed Jahanzeb Usmani is a Pakistani pop singer and composer. Famously known as AJ, he was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Jahanzeb is one of the few singers of the country, who have been trained in classical music and that is why he mostly sings soul stirring slow songs...
- Ahmed MughalAhmed MughalAhmed Mughal is a popular Sindhi singer from Sindh, Pakistan. He is the brother of the popular Sindhi singer Sarmad Sindhi ....
- Ahmed RushdiAhmed RushdiAhmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...
- Akash
- AksAksAks is a 2001 Hindi film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.-Synopsis:Aks is a supernatural thriller centering on two main characters - Manu Verma, the cop and Raghavan, the shadowy killer....
- Alam LoharAlam LoharMuhammad Alam Lohar was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan.He died in 1979 in an accident. He is also credited with popularizing the term and song Jugni.-Early life:...
- AlamgirAlamgir (pop singer)Alamgir is a Pakistani pop singer of the 1970s, who is in fact one of the pioneers of the Urdu pop music in Pakistan. His style of singing is inspired by legendary playback singer Ahmed Rushdi.-Life & career:...
- Ali AlamAli AlamAli Alam Urdu: علی عالم is a popular Pakistani underground musician based in Karachi. An architect by profession, he graduated from the Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture .-Birth:Ali was born on September 11, 1977, at approximately 9pm....
- Ali AzmatAli AzmatAli Azmat is a Ali Azmat is a...
- Ali HaiderAli HaiderAli Haider is a former Pakistani singer and actor. He has had numerous hits in the early 90s such as Poorani Jeans. He also had a big hit later in the 1990s with Chand Sa Mukhra. Besides singing, he has acted in numerous TV serials on PTV. Among the successful dramas was Chand Sa Mukhra, which...
- A NayyarA NayyarA Nayyar is a Pakistani ghazal/film Singer.He started singing in 1974, beginning his career from film Bahisht. His first film song Yunhin din cut jayen, yuhin shaam dhal jaye... was a duet song with Rubina Badar in film Bahisht , composed by A. Hameed...
- Ali ZafarAli ZafarAli Zafar is a Pakistani musician, composer, song writer, singer, actor, painter and model, popular in Pakistan for his music, including his hit songs like "Channo", "Rangeen", "Chal Dil Merey", "Dekha", "Masty" and "Sajania"...
- Allan FakirAllan FakirAllan Fakir , a Pakistani folk singer is a one of the foremost exponents of sufi music in Pakistan. He is particularly known for his ecstatic style of performance marked with extreme devotional rhetoric and sufi dance singing...
- AlamgirAlamgir (pop singer)Alamgir is a Pakistani pop singer of the 1970s, who is in fact one of the pioneers of the Urdu pop music in Pakistan. His style of singing is inspired by legendary playback singer Ahmed Rushdi.-Life & career:...
- Amanat AliAmanat AliAmanat Ali was one of the finalists on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. He placed third in the competition and garnered 334,314,257 votes in the final two weeks. Choreographer Farah Khan and Indian ghazal singer Jagjit Singh heralded him as a "great discovery" and remarked that he "goes beyond Sa...
- Amir JamalAmir JamalAmir Jamal is a Indian musician.In October 2004, Jamal was given the Critics Award for Best Male Playback Singer at the Sangeet Awards, and has been recognized in the US by winning 2 Bollywood Awards, in consecutive years. His only album was Kaho Na Kaho....
- Amjad BobbyAmjad BobbyAmjad Bobby was an acclaimed Pakistani music composer. He was one of the most talented composers of Urdu music. He was born in Amritsar and is a nephew of well renowned music director Rasheed Attre. His father was also a classical singer and wanted him to be a clerk but he preferred to become a...
- Ammar HassanAmmar HassanAmmar Hassan is a singer who rose to popularity around the world after placing second in Super Star 2, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol...
- AnnieAnnie (Pakistani singer)Noor–ul–Ain, popularly known as Annie, and also as Annie Khalid) is a Pakistani pop singer. Her parents moved to England when she was six months old. She grew up in East London, attended a girls' school, Plashet School and later moved to Essex with her parents.Annie was born in Lahore on 27...
- Arieb AzharArieb AzharArieb Azhar is a Pakistani pop singer. His most famous hit is Husn-e-Haqiqi. He has made appearances in Coke Studio's Season 2 and Season 3.He is listed in the artist section of Danka - Pakistan's Cultural Guide since 2010.- References :...
- Arif LoharArif LoharArif Lohar is a Pakistani folk singer. He usually sings with native musical instrument resembling tongs . His folk music is representative of traditional folk heritage of the Punjab...
- Arshad MehmoodArshad MehmoodArshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...
- Ali Raza
- Asad Amanat Ali KhanAsad Amanat Ali KhanAsad Amanat Ali Khan was a popular classical, semi-classical and ghazal singer from Pakistan. Hailing from famous Patiala Gharana, Asad was son of famous musician Ustad Amanat Ali Khan. Asad Amanat Ali Khan died relatively young of heart attack on April 8, 2007 in London.-Early life and...
- Atif AslamAtif AslamAtif Aslam is a Pakistani pop singer. He is widely recognized in South Asia and has given several hit songs such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, Tere Bin, Bakhuda Tumhi Ho, Pehli Nazar Mein, Tera Hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane Na, Tere Liye. He is one of the most popular South Asian celebrity on Facebook with...
- Aziz MianAziz MianAziz Mian Qawwal was one of Pakistan's leading traditional qawwals and also famous for singing ghazals in a unique style of qawwali. Aziz is still one of the most popular qawwals of South Asia...
- AwazAwazAwaz were a Pakistani pop band that formed in Karachi in 1992. The group was formed by Haroon Rashid, lead vocalist, who was soon joined by keyboardist Faakhir Mehmood and lead guitarist Asad Ahmed...
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- Benjamin SistersBenjamin SistersThe Benjamin Sisters were a Pakistani singing group of three sisters, Nerissa, Beena and Shabana Benjamin. Usually chorus-singing together in appearances on Pakistan Television in the late 1970s and early 1980s, they achieved immense popularity in both Pakistan and neighboring regions of North...
- Bilal Maqsood (Strings)
- Bilawal
- BohemiaBohemia (musician)Bohemia is an Pakistani American Punjabi rapper and a music producer from California, Bohemia quickly gained popularity in 2003 with his independent debut album, ‘Vich Pardesan De ’ which hit the Top 10 on BBC Radio 1 UK. The following album, ‘Pesa Nasha Pyar’, became the first full-length...
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- Hadiqa KiyaniHadiqa KiyaniHadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, and philanthropist.Kiani rose to fame in 1995 with her debut album Raaz. Kiani received instant fame and was nominated and won numerous awards in Pakistan as well as International awards. Since her debut, she has released five albums, all receiving...
- Haider RahmanHaider RahmanHaider Rahman is a Pakistani musician and current band member of the band Laal. He plays the bansuri for the band. He also sometimes lends his voice for backup vocals. He is recognized all over Pakistan because of his being a shagird of the legendary Pakistani flute player Akmal Qadri and the...
(LaalLaal (band)Laal is a musical band from Pakistan known for singing socialist political songs, especially on the poetry written by leftist Urdu poets such as Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Habib Jalib...
) - HaroonHaroon (singer)Haroon Rashid , popularly known as Haroon is a British-Pakistani pop singer, composer, musician and producer...
- Hasan JahangirHasan JahangirHassan Jahangir اردو:حسن جہانگیر is a Pakistani Pop singer. He gained fame in the 80's with hit singles such as "Hawa Hawa", "Hato Bacho", and "Shadi Na Karna Yaron". He released his first single "Imran Khan is a Superman" in 1982 and went on to release his one and only internationally famous...
- Hashim
- Huma KhwajaHuma KhwajaHuma Khwaja is a Pakistani singer. She sings with her band, Symphony.She was a nominee for Best song by a female artist in the Indus Music awards in 2004.-External links:*http://www.humakhawaja.net/...
- Humera ArshadHumera ArshadHumera Arshad is a Pakistani pop singer. She is a renowned Pakistani folk, pop, culture and ghazal singer who has been classically trained. Her albums are Chori Kach Di and Gal Sun Dholna. Humera says she used to accompany her mother to majalis for sooz khwani from an early age, where her vocal...
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- Iqbal BanoIqbal BanoIqbal Bano , PP was a highly acclaimed female Ghazal singer from Pakistan. She was best known for her semi-classical Urdu ghazal songs and classical thumris, but also sang easy-listening numbers in 1950s films....
- Imran KhanImran Khan (singer)Imran Khan is a Dutch-born Punjabi singer of Pakistani origin who gained success after the release of his first single "Ni Nachleh" in 2007. His debut album Unforgettable was released on 27 July 2009.-Biography:...
- Imran MominaImran MominaImran Momina, also known as Emu is a Pakistani pianist and composer, a member of Pakistani band Fuzon.Imran Momina is a multi-dimensional pianist and a composer, who has been playing since the age of 13...
(FuzönFuzön (band)Fuzön is an alternative rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan formed in 2001. The name has been derived from fusion as the former vocalist Shafqat Amanat Ali describes the band as a fusion of Indian classical music and modern rock music.The Fuzon art insists on setting feelings above mere...
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- Jawad AhmadJawad AhmadJawad Ahmad is a Pakistani singer. Jawad first captured Pakistan's attention as a person who called attention to the transcendental existence of God through the song '"Allah Meray Dil kay Andar" which most say showed a way to inner peace...
- Jawad BashirJawad BashirJawad Bashir, is a famous Pakistani Director/Actor/Singer. He was born in Lahore and studied at the National College of Arts , where he and his friends, mainly in coordination with Director/Special Effects/Musician Ahsan Khan started the classic spoof TV programme 'VJ'...
(Dr. aur Billa) - Jay DittamoJay DittamoJay Dittamo is a drummer, percussionist and music composer & producer. He has played with acts such as Junoon, Band From Utopia, Willie Colón,Jimmy Webb, Chuck Berry, The Duprees, The Crests,The Marvellets Bucky Pizzarelli,Gloria Lynne to name a few and has performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of...
(Junoon) - JalJal (band)Jal is a pop rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The band originally consisted of song writer, vocalist and lead guitarist, Goher Mumtaz and vocalist, Atif Aslam...
- Junaid Jamshaid
- Junoon
- JupitersJupitersJupiters were a band based in Lahore, Pakistan, famous for being a breeding ground for many famous Pakistani singers. The band itself gained attention as the most wanted party band in Lahore in the early 90s and later released their hit song 'Chala dey ja nishani'...
- Joag
- JoSHJoSH (band)Josh is a Montreal-based Indian/Pakistani fusion band. Present members are "Rup" and "q" . Their songs showcase both modern and traditional bhangra beats and music, but are strongly influenced by hip hop and pop music.JIn 2009 Josh Performed in coke studio along with Pakistani Leading artist...
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- KaavishKaavishKaavish is a comtemporary semi classical band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1999. The band is founded by vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter, Jaffer Zaidi and lead guitarist, Maaz Maudood....
- KaravanKaravanKaravan is a rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1997. The band is founded by former Awaz lead guitarist Asad Ahmed with the help of his friend bassist Sameer Ahmed, who were soon joined by drummer Allan Smith and lead vocalist Najam Sheraz. Karavan are regarded as one of the most...
- Khawaja Khurshid AnwarKhawaja Khurshid AnwarKhwaja Khurshid Anwar was a filmmaker, writer, director and music composer who gained extreme popularity both in India and Pakistan...
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- Malika PukhrajMalika PukhrajMalika Pukhraj was a highly popular singer of Pakistan. She was generally called as "Malika" meaning "The Queen." She is extremely popular for her rendition of Hafeez Jalandhri's song, Abhi to main jawan hoon , which is enjoyed by millions not only in Pakistan, but also in India...
- Mahvash WaqarMahvash WaqarMahvash Waqar is a Pakistani artist and current band member of the Laal Band. She is the backup vocalist for the band. She has also been famous for a stint on the radio network as a RJ.-Early life:...
(LaalLaal (band)Laal is a musical band from Pakistan known for singing socialist political songs, especially on the poetry written by leftist Urdu poets such as Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Habib Jalib...
) - Maaz MoeedMaaz Moeedis a Pakistani Playback singer. 'Lab-e-Darya' was the first drama Serial of Maaz as a playback singer, which was televised in 2003. Music Director Niaz Ahmed introduced him as a playback singer. One of the popular ghazal from the Drama was "Chand Nikle Kisi Jaanib Teri Zebai Ka"...
- Mehdi HassanMehdi HassanMehdi Hassan is a Pakistani ghazal singer and a former playback singer for Lollywood. He is famously known as the 'King of ghazal' . He has ruled the Pakistan film industry along with Ahmed Rushdi...
- Mekaal HasanMekaal HasanMekaal Hasan is a leading Pakistani musician and record producer from Lahore. He has worked in the capacity of a guest artist and/or record producer in the music industry of Pakistan with many Pakistani bands and solo artists at home and abroad. He is also the leader and composer for Mekaal Hasan...
- Munni BegumMunni BegumMunni Begum is a famous Pakistani ghazal Singer. Her real name is Nadira . She is based in Chicago, IL, USA.-Early life:Munni Begum was born in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. The youngest child of seven children, she first started taking music lessons from the famous singer Ustad Khwaja Ghulam...
- Mustafa ZahidMustafa ZahidMustafa Zahid is a Pakistani Rock artist who has enjoyed a lot of success since bursting into the public eye in 2006 with his hit single "Tera Mera Rishta". Mustafa is also the band leader and the lead vocalist of Roxen, an all out rock band which he formed with some of his friends in 2004...
- Mr. Capone-EMr. Capone-EMr. Capone-E is an American Latino rapper.A former gang member, Mr. Capone-E was released from prison in 1998 and decided to become a rapper. Mr. Capone- E established his own record label, Hi-Power Entertainment...
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- Nabeel Nihal ChishtyNabeel Nihal ChishtyNabeel Nihal Chishty is guitarist, composer and record producer. He is a founding member and was the lead guitarist of the Progressive rock band Aaroh until his departure...
- Nadia AliNadia AliNadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer-songwriter, born in Libya and raised in Queens, New York. She gained attention as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO, after their 2001 hit "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe...
- Naheed AkhtarNaheed AkhtarNaheed Akhtar is a Pakistani playback singer. She was discovered by veteran musician M. Ashraf in the mid-1970s.Naheed Akhtar was a successful replacement for Runa Laila, who left Pakistan the same year. Her debut film was "Nanha Farishta" in 1974 and that year she climbed to the top with super...
- Najam SherazNajam SherazNajam Sheraz is a Pakistani pop singer, musician, composer and comedy actor. He is most prolific singer; indeed he is a household name in Pakistan. Many of his songs have become anthems all over the world. His latest album, eight in his career, "Najam" has been released recently both in India and...
- Naseebo LalNaseebo LalNaseebo Lal is a Pakistani Punjabi singer who is known for her songs in Pakistan and India.Lal has sung for many Lollywood movies and is known for her brilliant voice.Unlike Reshman, Naseebo’s voice had the dexterity to be a mainstream film voice...
- Naser MestarihiNaser MestarihiNaser Mestarihi is a Qatari born Jordanian-Pakistani guitarist based in Doha, Qatar who has been on the Qatari music scene since the age of 15...
- Niaz AhmedNiaz AhmedNiaz Ahmed Siddiqi was a Pakistani cricketer who played in two Tests from 1967 to 1969....
- Nazia HassanNazia HassanNazia Hassan was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" from the Indian film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s, where she is admired and loved even today, years after her death...
- Nazia IqbalNazia IqbalNazia Iqbal is a popular Pashto singer. She was born in Swat valley, Pakistan. She has fan base stretching from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pashtun areas of Balochistan, Pakistan to most parts of Afghanistan, and has achieved much recognition...
- Nisar BazmiNisar BazmiNisar Bazmi was a composer and music director of Pakistan film industry. Bazmi remained one of the most famous musicians of subcontinent. He also introduced new singers like Alamgir. The duo of composers Laxmikant-Pyarelal were musicians with Bazmi in India before partition...
- NooriNooriNoori is a rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, formed in 1996. The band is directed by founder, lead guitarist and songwriter, Ali Noor, and his brother, Ali Hamza, who were soon joined by bassist Muhammad Ali Jafri and drummer Salman Albert...
- Noor JehanNoor JehanNoorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Nusrat HussainNusrat HussainNusrat Hussain began playing keyboards with bands that his friends formed in Islamabad. He began his professional career in the music industry with Vital Signs...
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- Sajjad AliSajjad AliSajjad Ali is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer. He is trained in classical singing.- Early life and education :...
- Sajid GhafoorSajid GhafoorSajid Ghafoor is a musician who, along with Zeeshan Parwez, forms the duo Sajid & Zeeshan. The duo, from the city of Peshawar, sing the majority of their songs in English.-Biography:...
(Sajid & Zeeshan) - Salma AghaSalma AghaSalma Agha is a singer and actress from Pakistan who sang as well as acted in Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1982 for the ghazal "Dil ke Armaan" in Nikaah.-Early life:...
- Salman AhmadSalman AhmadSalman Ahmad is a Pakistani musician and former actor, who used to be a member of Vital Signs but left after their debut album due to creative differences. He went on to form Junoon, South Asia's biggest and longest-lasting rock band. While still enjoying the success of Junoon, he was involved in...
- Sanam MarviSanam MarviSanam Marvi is a Pakistani folk and sufi singer. She sings in Urdu, Sindhi and Seraiki languages.- Early life :Sanam Marvi was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan in a Sindhi family. Her father's name is Faqeer Ghulam Rasool, a sufi singer. She had eight siblings...
- Sarmad SindhiSarmad SindhiSarmad Sindhi was a popular Sindhi singer from Sindh, Pakistan. Sarmad Sindhi's real name was Rahman Mughal. He died in a car accident on December 27th, 1996....
- Shehzad RoyShehzad RoyShehzad Roy is a singer and humanitarian from Karachi, Pakistan. With five hit albums under his belt, including the 2008 Qismat Apney Haath Mein , he is also the president and founder of Zindagi Trust, a non-profit charitable organization, that seeks to educate the underprivileged children of...
- Seher
- Shafqat Amanat AliShafqat Amanat AliShafqat Amanat Ali Khan is a Pakistani classical singer belonging to Patiala Gharana lineage. He is the youngest brother of the late Asad Amanat Ali Khan. He was the lead vocalist of the Pakistani rock band Fuzön...
- Shahram AzharShahram AzharShahram Azhar is a Pakistani singer and is the lead vocalist of Laal The Band. He has a masters from Warwick University and is a graduate of Lahore University of Management Sciences. He is currently going to study for a Ph.D in Economics, at University of Massachusetts in USA...
(LaalLaal (band)Laal is a musical band from Pakistan known for singing socialist political songs, especially on the poetry written by leftist Urdu poets such as Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Habib Jalib...
) - Shehzad RoyShehzad RoyShehzad Roy is a singer and humanitarian from Karachi, Pakistan. With five hit albums under his belt, including the 2008 Qismat Apney Haath Mein , he is also the president and founder of Zindagi Trust, a non-profit charitable organization, that seeks to educate the underprivileged children of...
- Shallum Asher XavierShallum Asher XavierShallum Asher Xavier is a Pakistani guitarist, composer and music producer. He has been recording professionally for 15 years, and has played as a session musician and recorded with most of the renowned Pakistani mainstream artists including Ali Haider, Najam Shiraz, Zeb and Haniya, Hadiqa Kiyani,...
(FuzönFuzön (band)Fuzön is an alternative rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan formed in 2001. The name has been derived from fusion as the former vocalist Shafqat Amanat Ali describes the band as a fusion of Indian classical music and modern rock music.The Fuzon art insists on setting feelings above mere...
) - SaptakSaptakSaptak means "gamut" or "the series of seven notes". It denotes the set of swaras, Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni which comprise a musical scale in Indian classical music...
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- Ustad Amanat Ali Khan
- Ustad Muhammad JumanMuhammad JumanUstad Muhammad Juman was a modern Sindhi musician and classical singer. He was born in the village of Sorra, Balochistan, Pakistan.He was fond of music and went to Radio Pakistan in Karachi to start a career as a fiddler...
- Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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- Zeeshan ParwezZeeshan ParwezZeeshan Parwez is a Pakistani Music Artist. The duo of Sajid & Zeeshan , have recently released their first album, One Light Year At Snail Speed. He is also a director, his first show being On The Fringe, which is hosted by Fasi Zaka. He is known for his videos with various artists, Like Mekaal...
(Sajid & Zeeshan) - Zeek AfridiZeek AfridiZeek Afridi is a Pashtun singer from Pakistan.Afridi comes from the tribal area of Tirah. His family belongs to the Afridi tribe of the Pashtun community. He was raised and educated in Peshawar, Pakistan. He attended F.G. Boys Public School in Peshawar, as well as Government College, Peshawar...
- ZeestZeestZeest is a Pakistani rock band. Zeest is a Persian word meaning life & existence, while synonymously it can be used as hope, faith, light etc....
- Zohaib HassanZohaib HassanZoheb Hassan is a self retired Pakistani pop icon, who left the music industry after the sad demise of his sister and sub-continental pop legend, Nazia Hassan.-Career:Zoheb Hassan was born on November 18, 1966....
- Zeb & Haniya
See also
- Music of PakistanMusic of PakistanThe music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and modern day Western popular music influences...
- List of Pakistani ghazal singers
- List of Pakistani qawwali singers
- List of Pakistani pop singers
- List of Pakistani musical groups
- List of songs about Pakistan
- List of musicians
- List of Pakistanis