Faakhir Mehmood
Faakhir Mehmood () is a Pakistani actor, singer, keyboradist, composer and music producer. He started out his career in a Pakistani musical group called Awaz. However, due to conflicts of interest, the band split and they all went to become solo artists. The band Awaz also consisted of well known musician Haroon. Early life and career. Faakhir attended the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. During his university years, he met another young singer Haroon. Together, they formed the band "Awaz". Faakhir joined the band as a keyboardist and Asad Ahmed as a guitarist. Faakhir had produced three albums  before 2006. His latest album is Mantra. On that album there is a song called "Jiya Na Jaye", in which Faakhir shares a duet with Indian singer Sunidhi Chauhan. Another song in that album called "Mahi Ve" won two awards at India's Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards. He also performed at that event. Faakhir started working on his album ‘Aatish’ in July 2000 by releasing his first single in August, a national song ‘Dil Na Lagay, Pakistan’. Faakhir's live shows have taken his music to many countries in the world including the United States, Europe, the Middle East and  Asia, in addition to all parts of Pakistan. Faakhir has performed alongside several international contemporaries from Europe including Sukhbir and Stereo Nation to name a few. After deciding to go solo, Faakhir started work on his debut Album, ‘Aatish’ which was released in 2002.