Saif Samejo

Saif Samejo
April 19th, 2015 - Saif Samejo, performing with his band The Sketches at Music Mela, Islamabad.
Background information
Birth name	Saif Samejo
Born	23 January 1984 (Age 32) Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Origin	Jamshoro, Sindh
Genres	Sufi Folk Pop/Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2003 – Present
Labels	Fire Records, Lahooti Records
Associated acts	The Sketches Coke Studio Jono Manson Lahooti Live Sessions
Website	www.saifsamejo.com

Saif Samejo is founder and lead vocalist of the most popular Pakistani Sufi/Folk/Rock band The Sketches. He was born on 23 January 1984. He speaks Sindhi, Urdu, Hindi, Siraiki and English. His Motherland Sindh has been the major inspiration of Saif Samejo that has been portrayed in his work. He is considered as the one of the most popular voices that gave a new birth to the departed old identity of Sindh and its Sufi poets as well as brought a soul in a long declining life of Sindhi media. He is the founder and producer of "Lahooti Live Sessions" a weekly activity where different musicians from Sindh gather at Samejo's place to play live music and later release them on social media.

In May 2014 he has opened the first music School in Hyderabad, Sindh named as "Lahooti Music Aashram".

Saif Samejo was born on 23 January 1984 in twelfth largest city of Sindh Khairpur Mirs. The great mystic Sufi Sachal Sarmast came from this city and city known for the Shah Abdul Latif University named after a renowned Sufi poet of Sindh Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. He is the first born of a family and eldest among two brothers and two sisters. He since the beginning has been very much attached to his mother whom he calls Ammi and at various occasions and platforms he praises and expresses his utmost love for her.

Saif lived at khairpur Mirs for ten years and completed his primary and secondary education. He then moved to Hyderabad where he passed his intermediate from a government College and did his bachelors in English Literature from University of Sindh. Back in childhood days Saif used to visit the Shrines of Sufi poets of Sindh with his Father and had attended large number of urs (Death anniversary of a Sufi saint in South Asia, usually held at the saint's shrine or tomb) where his attraction towards the Sufi poets and their messages was developed initially. Later on during his University days he met friends with common interests and influences of Sufi music that led to the incredible enthusiasm towards peace and harmony and the motivation for being original unified two friends Saif Samejo and Naeem Shah (Former Member) together in the band named "The Sketches".