Quaid Ahmed

Quaid Ahmed
قائد احمد
Quaid Ahmedقائد احمد
Born	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Genres	Pop Rock; EDM; Folk; Semi Classical; Sufi;
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Laal Series
Formerly of	Sounds of Kolachi Umair Jaswal, Ali Azmat, Shahi Hassan, Natasha Baig, Fawad Khan, Atif Aslam

Quaid Ahmed (Urdu: قائد احمد), also spelled Qua-id Ahmed is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Karachi. He sings in various genres including Sufi rock.^[1]

Early life

Ahmed started out on Pakistani television before becoming a fulltime musician.^[2]

Career

After releasing Elhaam and Sunlo' albums, Ahmed released Nirali, his third overall^[3] and second solo album with an EDM artist/producer Zaphixx 2022. Quaid worked in collaboration with artists^[who?] from several countries. He toured the US and Europe in 2017, 2018 and 2019.^{[citation needed]}

He was associated with the Pakistani band Sounds Of Kolachi as a founder and lead vocalist (2013-2021).^[4]

He sang and recorded “The Official National Anthem” of Pakistan with 140 voices, produced by Rohail Hyatt and Arshad Mehmud.^[5]

Sounds Of Kolachi's debut album was Elhaam."SOK" was a commercial success.^[6]

He works with Geo TV, singing and writing satirical music pieces for the show Hasna Mana Hai with Tabish Hashmi, as a producer, composer, writer and curator. He worked with Atif Aslam, Fawad Khan, EP, Zulfi, Meesha Shafi, Natasha Baig, Zeb Bangash, Sounds Of Kolachi, and Mekaal Hasan.^[7]

Discography

Singles

"Allah Hi Dega" - Sounds Of Kolachi - 2017
"Theher Jaa" - 2019 - Laal Series

Sunlo

"Shamein" - 2019
"Sunlo" - 2020
"Jugnu" - 2020
"Kaun Hai" - 2020
"PariNama" - 2020

Nirali (Quaid Ahmed x Zaphixx)

"Jani Janay" - 2022
"Teri Yaad" - 2022
"Paas Hongay" - 2022
"Kaun Hai 2.0" - 2022
"Sadaa" - 2022
"Kaa Karun" - 2022
"Tum Chahiye Ho" - 2022
"Nirali Raat" - 2022

Composer

"Kaise Kahoon" - Natasha Baig (2020)
"Saiyyan" - Natasha Baig (2021)
"Chalta Rahoon" - Teen Talwar (2020)

References

^ "Express Tribune". Archived from the original on 22 July 2017.
^ Khan, Manal Faheem. "Natasha Baig's fashionably Sufi collaboration with YBQ". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ "Quaid Ahmed on releasing second album | Instep | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "Quaid Ahmed leaves Sounds of Kolachi | Instep | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "Re-recorded National Anthem released". The Express Tribune. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "Quaid Ahmed flies solo | Instep | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "Sounds of Kolachi, Mekaal Hasan Band, Faraz Anwar play memorable gig in Karachi". The Express Tribune. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

External links

Quaid Ahmed on Instagram
Quaid Ahmed on Facebook

[1] "Express Tribune". Archived from the original on 22 July 2017.

[2] Khan, Manal Faheem. "Natasha Baig's fashionably Sufi collaboration with YBQ". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

[3] "Quaid Ahmed on releasing second album | Instep | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[4] "Quaid Ahmed leaves Sounds of Kolachi | Instep | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[5] "Re-recorded National Anthem released". The Express Tribune. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[6] "Quaid Ahmed flies solo | Instep | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[7] "Sounds of Kolachi, Mekaal Hasan Band, Faraz Anwar play memorable gig in Karachi". The Express Tribune. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

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