Naseer & Shahab

Naseer & Shahab
The logo consists of a Pakhtun turban atop an inverted electric guitar and speaks of the multiculturalism they're out there to promote.
Background information
Origin	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Islamabad, Pakistan
Genres	Soft rock Alternative rock
Years active	2010–present
Website	facebook.com/naseerandshahab
Members	Naseer Afridi Shahab Qamar

Naseer & Shahab (Urdu: نصیر اور شاہاب‎) is a Pakistani soft alternative rock band from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Formed in 2010, the band rose to stardom with their debut single "Za Pukhtoon Yam". The band is a duo of Naseer Afridi, who is a lead vocalist, musician and songwriter, and Shahab Qamar, a producer, director and web designer. Naseer & Shahab release singles independently, in mainly Pashtu language, propelled to international success by social media, Naseer & Shahab's four singles "Za Pukhtoon Yam" (2012), "Za Sta Pashan Na Yam" (2012), "Meray Yaar" (2012) and "Ghalti Mein Shta" (2014), tops many charts and made them most influential and first Pashtu rock band of Pakistan.

For their work, they have received a nomination of Best Radio Rock Band at Radio 91 Awards, Best Emerging Band at 12th Lux Style Awards. For "Ghalti Mein Shta" duo received two nominations including Best Music Video and Best Music Single with the former winning for Shahab.

In 2010, Qamar Shahab and Naseer Afridi both met online through Facebook, having an origin of Pakhtoon ethnicity. Qamar resides in Australia while Naseer lives in ISB. However they came across and recorded their first two single through internet, "Rise on Your Broken Knees" and "Za Pakhtoon Yam", in an interview Naseer stated, "For our first two songs, "Rise on Your Broken Knees" and "Za Pakhtoon Yam", Shahab used to send me his music. After that, I would record my vocals on it and send it back to him. That's how we started." Among their first two singles duo release 'Rise on Your Broken Knees' first which wasn't a hit and did below the average at topping charts, however this gives the duo enough recognition so they would upload their second release. Overwhelming response from the audience led the artist to eventually meet and work on their second single for a better music video and re-release of the "Za Pakhtoon Yam", for the video the maximum shot was done in Peshawar, while the rest was shot in Karachi. The song is entirely sung in Pashtu language, giving an inspirational message about Pakhtuns, according to duo its about giving them their identity, speaking about song Naseer explained, "The song is thematic. The reason why we recorded it in the first place was not only because we wanted Pakhtuns to relate to it but also to encourage like-minded Pakhtuns to celebrate their identity."