Haroon Shahid is a Pakistani musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Lahore-based

pop-rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock musi ...

band ''Symt'' from 2010 to 2016. Later, he concentrated on acting, making his debut in 2017 with

Shoaib Mansoor Shoaib Mansoor (; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Mahajir (Pakistan), Muhajir origin. Active in the Television in Pakistan, television industry since 1976, w ...

's '' Verna'' before doing television series.

Early life and education

Originally from

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

, Shahid grew up in

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and later did his Bachelors in commerce and then his

Master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

in public policy from the Beaconhouse National University. He is the first cousin of actor Ahad Raza Mir.

Career

Music

One of Shahid's first public appearances was with ''Pakistan Sangeet Icon'' (PSI), a music competition and reality show televised by

MTV Pakistan MTV Pakistan was the Pakistani subsidiary of MTV, a cable television network owned by Viacom. The Pakistan franchise was set up in collaboration with Pakistan's first satellite channel media group known as Indus Media Group (Indus TV). ''Ind ...

, held in Karachi in 2008, and while he didn't win he would get noticed. Later he'd be a guitarist and the lead vocalist of the Lahore-based

band ''Symt'', until its dissolution in 2016. He featured in ''Coke Studio Pakistan'' season 5 (2012) with his band ''Symt'' while he participated as a solo artist for ''Coke Studio Pakistan'' season 9 (2016), singing "Baliye (Laung Gawacha)".

Acting

Shahid made his acting debut with the

movie '' Verna'' in 2017 before doing television roles.

Filmography

Film

Television series

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shahid, Haroon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Pakistani musicians Pakistani male film actors Pakistani male television actors Beaconhouse National University alumni Pakistani expatriates in Saudi Arabia