Quaid Ahmed
# Quaid Ahmed

Quaid Ahmed (Urdu: قائد احمد), also spelled Qua-id Ahmed is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Karachi. He sings in various genres including Sufi rock.

## Early life

Ahmed started out on Pakistani television before becoming a fulltime musician.

## Career

After releasing Elhaam and Sunlo' albums, Ahmed released Nirali, his third overall and second solo album with an EDM artist/producer Zaphixx 2022. Quaid worked in collaboration with artists from several countries. He toured the US and Europe in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

He was associated with the Pakistani band Sounds Of Kolachi as a founder and lead vocalist (2013-2021).

He sang and recorded “The Official National Anthem” of Pakistan with 140 voices, produced by Rohail Hyatt and Arshad Mehmud.

Sounds Of Kolachi's debut album was Elhaam."SOK" was a commercial success.

He works with Geo TV, singing and writing satirical music pieces for the show Hasna Mana Hai with Tabish Hashmi, as a producer, composer, writer and curator. He worked with Atif Aslam, Fawad Khan, EP, Zulfi, Meesha Shafi, Natasha Baig, Zeb Bangash, Sounds Of Kolachi, and Mekaal Hasan.

## Discography

### Singles

* "Allah Hi Dega" - Sounds Of Kolachi - 2017
* "Theher Jaa" - 2019 - Laal Series

### Sunlo

* "Shamein" - 2019
* "Sunlo" - 2020
* "Jugnu" - 2020
* "Kaun Hai" - 2020
* "PariNama" - 2020

### Nirali (Quaid Ahmed x Zaphixx)

* "Jani Janay" - 2022
* "Teri Yaad" - 2022
* "Paas Hongay" - 2022
* "Kaun Hai 2.0" - 2022
* "Sadaa" - 2022
* "Kaa Karun" - 2022
* "Tum Chahiye Ho" - 2022
* "Nirali Raat" - 2022

### Composer

* "Kaise Kahoon" - Natasha Baig (2020)
* "Saiyyan" - Natasha Baig (2021)
* "Chalta Rahoon" - Teen Talwar (2020)
