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Abrar-ul-Haq in Calgary (2014)
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Background information | |
Birth name | Abrar-ul-Haq Kahloon |
Also known as | Jattan Da Jagga Punjab Da Sitara |
Born |
Ghulam Muhammad Abad Faisalabad, Pakistan |
21 July 1969
Genres | Bhangra, Pop, Rock rap |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter,Teacher Musician, Politician |
Years active | 1995–present |
Labels | Sound Master, Moviebox, Kizmet Records, Planet Recordz |
Website | abrar-ul-haq |
Abrar-ul-Haq (Punjabi, Urdu: ابرار الحق) is a Pakistani pop, bhangra, and folk musician and politician. He is also the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and President of Youth Wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". Before becoming a singer, he was a Geography teacher at the Aitchison College in Lahore. He is current Chairman of Youth Parliament of Pakistan.
Abrar-ul-haq was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan with roots belong to a small town called Narowal, Pakistan. He took his Bachelor's degree from Sir Syed College in Rawalpindi. He did his Master's degree in prestigious Quaid-i-Azam University at Islamabad with Masters in Social science. After that he started teaching in Aitchison College, which is one of the most respected institutes of Pakistan. But he soon realised that singing was his passion and started working on his first album .He started his singing career in 1995 with debut album billo de ghar. The song "billo de ghar" was the most popular song of that album. With this debut album he earned a lot of fame. According to an estimate more than 16 million copies of his debut album have been sold. Encouraged bysuccess of first album he released his second album Majajni in 1997. His third album bay ja cycle te was released in 1999. His fourth album, Asaan jana mall-o-mall was released in 2002. His fifth album Nachan main audhay nall nall was released in 2004. Abrar-ul-haq's latest album naara sadha ishq aey was released in March 2007. His cousin Jawad Kahloon is also a singer who has received many British awards for best performance in udeekan and seenay wajj ja. Other than music, Abrar-ul-haq also founded a charitable organisation SAHARA which is an abbreviation of "Services Aimed at Health and Awakening in Remote Areas". Its aim is to promote health and education in remote areas. Abrar-ul-haq also founded a hospital named "sugra shafi medical complex" in Narowal. In December 2011 it was reported that Abrar ul Haq had joined the Pakistani political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He married Hareem Abrar in 2005, he has two daughters (Hamna Abrar & Inaya Abrar) and one son (Muhammad Taha).