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Fariha Pervez

Fariha Pervez
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Background information
Born 2nd February
Origin Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres Pop, classical, semi-classical, folk, bhangra, ghazal
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1996-present
Labels Lips Music, Sonic, Sadaf Stereo
Website www.farihapervez.net

Fariha Pervez (Urdu: فریحہ پرویز‎) is a prolific and versatile Pakistani female singer. She is specially known for the rendition of various popular and famous Ghazals. She started her career anchoring and acting from a very young age on PTV (Pakistan Television Corporation). She also co-hosted a popular children's music program "Aangan Aangan Taray". After the release of her debut album "Nice & Naughty", her song "Patang Baaz" (a.k.a. Bo kata) became an instant hit and from there her musical career took off and she decided to focus solely on singing.

Fariha Pervez was born on 2 February, in Lahore, Pakistan. She claims to have inherited her singing talent from her father. In 1995, Pervez joined "Master Feroze Gill" for classical training in music. She belongs to an artist family of Pakistani showbiz. She is the only sister of two brothers and likes to spend her spare time with her family.


Fariha Pervez started her career with anchoring and acting in the early 90s but then she switched over to music in mid 90s. She began her career as an actress and worked in quite a few drama serials including the famous kids drama Ainak Wala Jin.

Pervez released her first music album in 1996, titled Nice & Naughty. She has released seven albums so far and has had many hit songs from each album. During her musical career, she has sung for Pakistani films such as Chief Sahab, Salaib, Ghoongat, Sangam, Inteha & Moosa Khan. In her early days as a singer, Fariha Pervez also appeared in the famous PTV programmes which consisted of Ameer Khasro's songs by the name of Woh Bahar Ayi & Chilmann. Fariha Pervez sang alongside her cousin Arifa Siddique, Irum Hassan, Seemi Zaidi, Shabnam Majeed, & Saira Naseem. Other than that, Fariha Pervez has sung numerous drama titles and singles as well as several songs in the popular "Virsa" Series of traditional music, produced by Mian Yusuf Salahuddin for PTV.


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