| Ali Haider | |
| Birth Date: | 1967 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Origin: | Karachi |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Years Active: | 1988–present |
| Label: | Mystic Records-Saregama-EMI |
Ali Haider (Urdu:علی حیدر, born 22 September 1967) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, fashion designer and television host.[1]
He had a number of hit songs in the 1990s, including Poorani Jeans, which appears on his 1993 album Sandesa.[1] [2]
He married in 2006.[3] After the death of his young son in 2009, Ali Haider quit making music for some time and turned to religion.[2]
He began his music career in 1988 and gained popularity in the 1990s.
In 2012 he returned to mainstream music after a three-year break following the death of his son, a period during he was mainly involved in Islamic music, singing hamd and naat.[4] [2]
He became an actor in the mid-1990s, with roles in PTV dramas such as Tum Se Kehna Tha.
He acted in a Pakistani film, Chalo Ishq Larain, released in 2002.
In 2013 he returned to TV with the sitcom Ek aur Ek Dhai.[5]
He has been designing under his own clothing label Qarar.[2]
Having previously hosted religious TV shows on different channels, in 2021 he became the host of his own The Ali Haider Show, running on American channel NTV Houston.[6]
Studio albums
| Year | Album name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Jane Jan Sun | |
| 1989 | Chahat | |
| 1990 | Tarang | |
| 1991 | Qarar | |
| 1993 | Sandesa | |
| 1994 | Sanwala Saloona | |
| 1994 | Zalim Nazron Se | |
| 1995 | Dastaan | |
| 1996 | Jania | |
| 1998 | Mahi | |
| 1999 | Saiyyaan | |
| 2000 | Jadoo | |
| 2002 | Chandni Raatein | |
| 2003 | Tera Naam Liya To... | |
| 2006 | Purani Jeans (Remixes) | |
| 2007 | Jaanay Do | |
| 2009 | Stop and Think ...? | |
| 2009 | Moula Dil Badal Dey | |
| 2010 | Shor Hai Mehshar Ka | |
| 2011 | Kee Jana Main Kaun (written by the 18th century Sufi poet Bulleh Shah) | |
| 2012 | Asgharam Aei Noor | |
| 2012 | Main Hoon Ghlulam-e-Ali | |
| 2012 | Ya Mustafa Ya Mustafa | |
| 2013 | Bachpan Ki Badami Yadein[7] | |
| 2013 | Jaanay Do | |
| 2013 | Salam Arz-e-Karbala | |
| 2014 | Purani Jeans 2 | |
| 2014 | Yaad-E-Muhammad | |
| 2014 | Pyason Ki Yaad | |
| 2017 | Kee Jana Main Kaun, Vol. 01 | |
| 2018 | Yareman |
Film
Television| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Tum Se Kehna Tha | Bilal | |||
| 2012 | Faslay Hain Darmiyan | [8] | |||
| 2013 | Ek aur Ek Dhai | [9] |