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List Of Pashto-language Singers
This is a list of Pashto-language singers. * Ahmad Zahir * Aryana Sayeed * Ali Baba Khan * Haroon Bacha * Irfan Khan * Ustad Awalmir * Bacha Zareen Jan * Bakhtiar khattak * Mangal * Farhad Darya * G. M. Durrani * Zeek Afridi * Masood Akhtar * Munir Sarhadi * Hamayoon Khan * Gulzar Alam * Wahid Khan * Beltoon * Qamar Gula * Gul Panra * Nazia Iqbal * Ubaidullah Jan * Ghazala Javed * Khyal Muhammad * Laila Khan * Latif Nangarhari * Naghma * Rezwan Munawar * Nashenas * Raheem Shah * Shafi Muhammad Shah * Rafiq Shinwari * Sardar Ali Takkar * Shah Wali * Gul Zaman * Zarsanga * Qamar Gula * Nazia Iqbal * Zeb Bangash * Hidayatullah (singer) Musical bands * Ismail and Junaid (Peshawar KPK) * Khumariyaan See also * List of Afghan singers References External links {{clear Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pashto Language
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. 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. Geographic distribution A national language of Afghanistan, Pashto is primarily spoken in the east, south, and southwest, but also in some northern and western parts of the country. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beltoon
Momin Khan Biltoon ( ps, مومن خان بیلتون; fa, بلتون), also known as his honorific title Ustad Beltoon, was an Afghan Pashtun singer from Kabul Province, Afghanistan. He was born in Chakari village of Khaki Jabbar District, Kabul. However, he spent most of his life in Logar Province of Afghanistan. Biltoon sang in both Pashto and Dari languages. His style of music reflects the Kharabat style of Kabul. Biltoon's father died before he was born, and his mother did so when he was young. He was raised by his sister in Logar Province of Afghanistan. Biltoon learned the rubab and tanbur at a young age. He started singing at the age of 15. His first song was in both Persian and Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. 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 .... Having made contributions to Afgha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafi Muhammad Shah
Shafi Muhammad Shah (or Shafi Mohammad) ( ur, شفیع محمد شاہ) PP (7 September 1949–17 November 2007) was a Pakistani film and television actor. Popularly known as ''Shah-jee'', he was born in Kandiaro, Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh. Career Shafi began his career as a radio presenter from the Hyderabad radio station. He obtained a postgraduate degree from the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. He later moved to Karachi and began his career as an actor. Shah was introduced by PTV producer late ' Shahzad Khalil' in his Urdu-drama serial "Teesra Kinara" from where he joined the elite club of the leading TV stars. Notable television plays *''Aanch'' *''Bund Gulab'' *''Chand Grehan'' *''Dairey'' *''Deewarain'' *''Jungle'' *''Adam Hawa aur shaitan'' *'' Zeenat'' *''Kali Dhoop'' *''Marvi'' *''Mohabbat Khawab Ki Surat'' * ''Mannat (Maa Aur Mamta)'' *''Tapish'' *''Teesra Kinara'' *''Zehar Baad'' *''Dhori'' (Ary Digital) *''Kaanton sey aagey'' (Tv one) #''Muhib Sheedi'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raheem Shah
Rahim Shah ( ps, ) 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 , Sindh to a |
Nashenas
Dr. Mohammad Sadiq Fitrat, born Sadiq Fitrat Habibi, (Pashto/Dari: ), known professionally as Nashenas (Pashto/Dari: ), 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, Dari, and Urdu songs. He is known as "the Afghan Saigal". Background 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 moment in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rezwan Munawar
Rezwan Munawar ( ps, رضوان منور, 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 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naghma
, background = solo_singer , image = Naghma 2010-3.jpgborder , caption = Naghma singing during the 2010 Nowruz celebration at Fairplex in Pomona, California , birth_name = Shaperei (''Fairy'') , birth_date = , birth_place = Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan , genre = Folklore, Pop , years_active = 1980–present , label = Afghan Vision Records Ariana Records Naghma Shaperai (Pashto: نغمه ښاپېرۍ, born 1 January 1951 in Paktia Province, Afghanistan) is an Afghan singer who started her career in the early 1980s. She sung along her ex-husband, Mangal, during the 1980s and early 1990s. Naghma sings mostly in Pashto, but has also recorded in the Dari Persian language. She is considered to be folklore female artist in Afghanistan and continues to be the voice and face of Pashtun traditional music. Biography Naghma was born as Shaperai (Pashto: ښاپېرۍ meaning Head Fairy) on 1 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif Nangarhari
Latif Nangarhari (Pashto_language_(although_has_one_Afghan_singer._He_sings_in_the_Pashto_language">Pashto_language_(although_has_one_Dari_language">Dari_(Persian)_song)._He_is_an_ethnic_Pashtuns.html" "title="Dari_language.html" "title="Pashto_language.html" "title="Afghans.html" "title="Pashto لطیف ننګرهاری, born about 1981) is a well known Afghans">Afghan singer. He sings in the Pashto language">Pashto language (although has one Dari language">Dari (Persian) song). He is an ethnic Pashtuns">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 ... [...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 at age of thirteen. 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, ''Dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazala Javed
Ghazala Javed ( ps, ; 1 January 1988 – 18 June 2012) was a Pashtun playback singer from Swat Valley, Pakistan. She began singing since 2004 and was "popular with young, progressive ethnic Pashtun people, Pashtuns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Her music was famous not only in Pakistan but also in neighbouring Afghanistan and among Pashtun diaspora, Pashtuns around the world. Career Ghazala was born on 1 January 1988 in Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. In late 2007, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban were strengthening their grip in Swat so the young Ghazala and her family fled to the city of Peshawar. They settled in Peshawar and Ghazala began her singing career, subsequently recorded the songs "Baran dy baran dy" and "Lag rasha kana". Later in her career, she sang more melodious songs and became known amongst the Pashtun people of Pakistan, Afghanistan and those living abroad. She began appearing in stage-shows in Dubai and Kabul where she earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaidullah Jan
Obaidullah Jan Kandaharai ( ps, عبیدالله جان کندهاری, translit=Obāidullāh Jān Kāndāhāri ), or simply known as Obaidullah Jan, was a singer from Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was popular among the Pashtuns in southern Afghanistan and in Quetta, Pakistan. He brought some new style to traditional Pashto music and was considered a classical singer. He recorded many albums with lyrics written by Sayed Abdul Khaliq Agha, a famous Pashto poet from Kandahar, Afghanistan. Obaidullah Jan's songs are enjoyed by many of the Pashtun diaspora around the world, especially the Pashtuns from the Kandahar-Quetta region and those living in Karachi, Pakistan. He was also recognized by other Afghans who understood Pashto language. Death During the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Ubaidullah Jan was secretly crossing the Durand Line into Pakistan with two females when he was murdered by a rogue commander of Ismatullah Muslim. It is believed that Ubaidullah Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
