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List Of Pashto-language Singers
This is a list of Pashto language, Pashto-language singers. * Rashid Ahmad Khan * Zeek Afridi * Gulzar Alam * Ustad Awalmir * Haroon Bacha * Zeb Bangash * Beltoon * Farhad Darya * G. M. Durrani * Qamar Gula * Hidayatullah (singer), Hidayatullah * Nazia Iqbal * Bacha Zareen, Bacha Zareen Jan * Ubaidullah Jan * Ghazala Javed * Ali Baba Khan * Hamayoon Khan * Irfan Khan (singer), Irfan Khan * Laila Khan (Singer), Laila Khan * Wahid Khan Malyadam * Bakhtiar Khattak * Mangal (singer), Mangal * Khyal Muhammad * Rezwan Munawar * Latif Nangarhari * Naghma (singer), Naghma * Nashenas * Gul Panra * Munir Sarhadi * Aryana Sayeed * Raheem Shah * Shafi Muhammad Shah * Rafiq Shinwari * Mashooq Sultan * Sardar Ali Takkar * Shah Wali * Ahmad Zahir * Gul Zaman * Zarsanga Musical bands * Khumariyaan See also * List of Afghan singers References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pashto-language singers Lists of people by language, Pashto Lists of singers by language, Pashto language singers Pashto-language s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pashto Language
Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan alongside Dari, Constitution of Afghanistan �''Chapter 1 The State, Article 16 (Languages) and Article 20 (Anthem)''/ref> and it is the second-largest provincial language of Pakistan, spoken mainly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the northern districts of Balochistan. Likewise, it is the primary language of the Pashtun diaspora around the world. The total number of Pashto-speakers is at least 40 million, (40 million) although some estimates place it as high as 60 million. Pashto is "one of the primary markers of ethnic identity" amongst Pashtuns. Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irfan Khan (singer)
Irfan Khan (Pashto: عرفان خان) is a Pakistani Pashtun pop singer. Retrieved July 16, 2016 singing in both Pashto and Urdu. His claim to fame came with the release of a Pashto single "Pekhawar Khu Pekhawar De" which translates into "Peshawar Is Peshawar", a song he wrote in a tribute to his hometown. He recently recorded a single with Hadiqa Kiyani called "Jaanan". "Jaanan" was Irfan's title song from his Album by the same name. "Jaanan" proved to be a superhit song all over Pakistan in 2010. It even made it to the Los Angeles Times' "What they are..." section. Background Irfan Khan was born on May 5, 1982, in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. his father worked as a Manager for a Pakistani Bank. Irfan started his education at the age of 6 in Swat and later on in Azad Kashmir. He did his Matriculation examination (10th grade) from Peshawar Model School, intermediate examinations (12th grade) from Edwardes College, Peshawar and got his BA Degree in Communication Design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raheem Shah
Rahim Shah () is a Pakistani pop singer, composer and music producer, predominantly working in Pashto music industry. He sings primarily in Pashto, however he has also created songs in Urdu and Punjabi.سندرغاړى رحيم شاه مو ميلمه وو Profile of Rahim Shah in Pashto language on BBC News website, Published 5 December 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2021 Early life Rahim Shah was born on 3 April 1975 in , to a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aryana Sayeed
Aryana Sayeed (Pashto/Dari: , born 1985) is an Afghan pop singer and women rights activist. She sings mostly in Persian but also has many songs in Pashto. Sayeed also had hosting roles in musical television shows for the 1TV and has served as a Judge on musical talent shows such as TheVoice Afghanistan, Afghan Star and Afghan Superstar TOLO networks. Sayeed has established herself as one of Afghanistan's most famous contemporary musical artists, performing regularly in concerts and philanthropic festivals within and outside Afghanistan. Early life and education Sayeed was born in 1985 in Kabul, Afghanistan to an ethnic Pashtun father and a Persian-speaking mother. She left Afghanistan with her parents when she was 8 years old and lived in Islamabad, Pakistan before briefly settling in Switzerland and then in London, England. By the age of 12, she had obtained admission to a music school where she would perform in places with a choir. Music career Sayeed's first single, in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munir Sarhadi
Munir Sarhadi (1931 – May 23, 1980) was a Pashtun-Pakistani instrumentalist, sarinda player and a folk singer Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b .... As a musician, he represented Pakistan in several countries. In 1978, Munir became the recipient of Pride of Performance, a civil award conferred by the Government of Pakistan. Early life and career Munir Sarhadi was born in 1931 at Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was primarily playing the Sarinda (instrument), sarinda despite his parents wishing him to play a non-bowed string instrument. His father refused to teach him the traditional musical instrument in an effort to allow him to play the string instrument besides sarinda. Munir was persistent in his pursuit of sarinda and later became quite good in playing it. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gul Panra
Mehnaz, known professionally as Gul Panra (sometimes spelled Gulpanra; ; ; born 6 September 1989), is a Pakistani Pakistani folk music, folk singer and Concert tour, touring artist, mainly associated with Pashto music, Pashto language music industry. Her Concert, live concerts are famous in Pakistan and she has also performed in the United Kingdom and Afghanistan. She has been serving as a brand ambassador of her home cricket team Peshawar Zalmi in Pakistan Super League, and has sung List of Pakistan Super League anthems#Peshawar Zalmi, several anthems for the team since its inception in 2016. In 2015, she sang "Man Aamadeh Am" song's remix version in Persian language with Atif Aslam. In 2018, she sang the song "Hawa Hawa" with the singer Hasan Jahangir, Hassan Jahangir. In 2021, she was featured in the cover version of "Larsha Pekhawar" by Ali Zafar. Early life Born ''Mehnaz'' on the 6th of September, 1989 in the city of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North-West Frontier Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashenas
Dr. Mohammad Sadiq Fitrat, born Sadiq Fitrat Habibi (Pashto/Dari: ), known professionally as Nashenas (), is one of the oldest surviving musicians from Afghanistan. His fame began in the late 1950s, and since then he has produced many albums consisting of Pashto, Persian, and Urdu songs. He is known as "the Afghan Saigal". Background and early life Nashenas was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan to an ethnic Pashtun family. He belongs to the famous Habibi family who are Kakar by tribe. This is a religious family which descends from Habibullah Kakar, or Habibullah Akhundzada. His primary education was in Kandahar. After his father was appointed by the National Bank of Karachi, he moved to British India where he lived without his mother. He encountered classical Indian music, which deeply moved and influenced him. Zakir Husain taught him calligraphy, Persian and Urdu. While staying in Chaman, near the border of Afghanistan, he went to a school where he experienced an important mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naghma (singer)
Naghma (; , born 1 January 1964) is an Afghan singer who started her career in the early 1980s. Similar to that of Sonny & Cher, she sang alongside Mangal during the 1980s and early 1990s. Naghma's songs are mostly in Dari and Pashto, the two major languages of Afghanistan. Early years Naghma stated in a recent interview on '' Mashriq TV'' that she was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (14 Apr 2019) (@3:10) Her exact birthplace and date of birth are not reported. She was the eldest daughter in a family of five boys and three girls, and was given the nickname Shahpari or Shahpary (). Her father was Sayed Suleiman Shah, a Farsiwan from Deh Sabz District of Kabul Province. (4 Dec 2022) (@12:58) Her mother Bibi Mashala was a Pashtun from Kandahar. Both of Afghanistan's major languages were spoken in their house. Her father died when Naghma was five years old. As a young girl, she developed an interest in music since elementary school in Kandahar. At the age of around sixteen years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif Nangarhari
Latif Nangarhari (Pashto :لطیف ننګرهاری, born about 1981) is a well known Afghan singer. He sings in the Pashto language (although has one Dari song). He is an ethnic Pashtun born in Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province (a reference from his surname), and has lived in London, England since 2001. Latif's first songs were released in 2008, with his first and so far only album, ''Rasha Gule'', consisting of 10 songs, in 2009. He quickly became popular, especially because many of his songs are based on poetry and about peace in Afghanistan. Latif has performed concerts throughout Australia, Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. ''Rasha Gule'' album *1. Rasha Gule Rasha *2. Che Bangro *3. Sta Judaye *4. De London Musafer *5. Kabul Jan *6. Nana Warokai *7. Afghanistan *8. Wale Maien Shaway *9. Yara Sta *10. Rasha Gule Rasha II Singles *Afghanistan De Wranawalo Nadai *Chashman *Bangrrewale *Shirin Afghanistan *Zolfi De Maran De *Eshara *Sta Stergo Deewana Kerem *Meena *Wade Kawo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rezwan Munawar
Rezwan Munawar (, born January 1, 1964) is a Pashto folklore singer who started singing in 1985. He is ethnically Pashtun and belongs to the Safi tribe originally from Mazar valley of Nurgal district of Kunar. He was born in Kuz Kunar district of Nangarhar province in 1964 where he also studied and graduated from Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan High School in 1981. Early life In 1982 Munawar started working as a school teacher in Ahmad Kot Intermediate and then in Tawakal baba Intermediate School of Kuz Kunar district. He served twice in the military as a conscript. During the years of the Taliban in Afghanistan, in 1993 he migrated to Pakistan. He was married in 1986 and has seven children, one daughter and six sons. He lives in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Career When Munawar migrated to Pakistan in 1993, developed his skills in music and established a voluntary association of Afghan singers based in Pakistan. Today he also heads an association of Afghan singers in Jalalabad. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khyal Muhammad
Ustad Khyal Muhammad (, born 1946) is a Pashtun singer from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He has appeared regularly on television, usually singing ghazals and in movies. Career Khyal Mohammad belongs to the Afridi tribe of Pushtuns. He is originally from Tirah in Khyber Tribal District. He was born in Peshawar on 5 January 1946 to a musical family. His brother Saif Ul-Maluk was a popular singer in the 1960s, who often performed on Radio Peshawar. Saif introduced him to the radio station, where he first performed in 1958, aged 13. However, for the next ten years he mainly restricted himself to playing instruments such as the tabla and harmonium. In the late 1960s he began singing and recording ghazals, traditional Pashto poems, a daring gamble since the music scene at that time was dominated by folk music. His style soon became popular in Peshawar and the NWFP. After establishing his name on the local radio, in 1973–74 Khyal Mohammad appeared in his first movie, ''Dara-i-Khyb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangal (singer)
Mangal (), born in Laghman Province, is a prominent List of Afghan singers, Afghan singer who started in the early 1970s. He and his ex-wife, Naghma (singer), Naghma, were a popular duo during the 1970s and early 1990s. Mangal sings in Pashto language, Pashto and Dari (Persian), Dari. His music is popular in Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Career Mangal was born in Laghman Province, Laghman, Afghanistan. As a young boy, he developed an interest in music. Mangal joined with a musician-turned-singer Naghma (singer), Naghma (), a Pashtun from Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, and eventually married her. Mangal has since divorced from Naghma, remarried and resides in California. With impending civil war, the couple left Afghanistan for Pakistan in 1992. There, they became very successful with an enthusiastic crowd of Afghan refugees, Afghan exiles who were nostalgic for their native music. Their financial situation by this time had improved significantly. In the late 1990s, they left Paki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
