Fariha Pervez

Fariha Pervez is a Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, and music producer.

She is specially known for the rendition of various popular and famous ghazals (a form of romantic poem). She started her career anchoring and acting from a very young age on Pakistan Television. She also co-hosted the popular children's music program Aangan Aangan Taray. After the release of her debut album "Nice & Naughty", her song "Patang Baaz Sajna" (a.k.a. Bo Kata song) became an instant hit and from there, her musical career took off and she decided to focus solely on singing. 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.

Career Fariha Pervez started her career with anchoring and acting in the early 90s but then she switched over to music in the mid-1990s. She began her career as an actress and worked in quite a few drama serials including the famous kids drama Ainak Wala Jin and Hairat Kada.

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 Sahib (1996), Ghunghat (1996), Sangam (1997), Inteha (1999) and Moosa Khan (2001).

In her early days as a singer, Fariha Pervez also appeared in the famous PTV programmes which consisted of Amir Khusrau's mystic songs by the name of Woh Bahar Aayi and Chilmann. Fariha Pervez sang alongside her cousin Arifa Siddiqui, Irum Hassan, Seemi Zaidi, Shabnam Majeed and Saira Naseem. Other than that, Fariha Pervez has sung numerous drama title songs and singles as well as several songs in the popular PTV musical program "Virsa", a series of traditional musical program, produced by Yousuf Salahuddin for Pakistan Television.

Passion (2005) Her 6th album, Passion, was released in 2005 under Sadaf Stereo. This album contained 12 songs. The video of "Yaad Piya Ki Aaye" (Tribute to Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan) was the first one directed by Jawad Bashir. This 'Thumri' also received the award for the Best Ballad in the first "The Musik Awards" (TMA).

Filmography Television

Awards + Awards No. Award giving body Award Year Result 1 1st Indus Music Awards Best Song (Kokla Chapaaki)Fariha Pervez - Best female pop artist 2004 2 1st Indus Music Awards Best Female Singer of the Year 2004 Nominated 3 1st The Musik Awards Best Ballad (Yaad Piya Ki Aaye) 2006 4 1st The Musik Awards Most Wanted Female 2006 Nominated 5 3rd Indus Music Awards Best Female Singer of the Year 2007 6 1st MTV Pakistan Music Awards Best Female Singer of the Year 2009 7 1st Pakistan Media Awards Best Female Singer 2010 Nominated 8 2nd Pakistan Media Awards Best Female Singer of the Year 2011 9 PTV National Awards Best Female Singer of the Year 2010 2011 Nominated 10 4th Dynamic Women's Day Awards Special Award for Achievements in Music 2015