Introduction
Ali Baba Khan (على بابا خان) is a Pashtun Sufi singer in the Pashto music industry. He was born on 5 March 1993 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Early life and education
Ali got his telecommunications engineering degree from the City University of Science and Information Technology in Peshawar.
He is a Social Inclusion Ambassador of Friends of Paraplegics and working to promote social inclusion of person with disabilities. On 23rd January he visited to Paraplegics Center and said.
Today I visited Paraplegic Center Peshawar on behalf of Friends of Paraplegics. where I meet with Spinal cord injuries patients and find them with smiling faces and I feel yes this is the place where hopes remain alive. I also appreciate the creative thinking and dedicated energy of the team Friends of Paraplegics. They honor me as a Social Inclusion Ambassador of Friends of Paraplegics for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all our Social aspects. We discussed the upcoming projects that we can do together.
Thank You So much for giving me the chance to represent Friends of Paraplegics all over the world.
Singing career
Ali sings in the Pashto language started formally in 2013. He performed in an international Sufi concert in Afghanistan. He paid tribute to the Sufi poet Rahman Baba in his video entitled “Malang Abdur Rahman”. He sold the gun for his first video. At the start he was not allowed from his family to proceed with his music career, but later they accepts his efforts for Pashto Music.
In the grand event at Baacha Khan Trust with the eve of Re-Singing Ghani Khan, Ali Baba Khan performed with live band and got praised from audience very much.
Ali Baba Khan was the first to sing a celebrated poem of Ghani Khan “Za yaw mast shan lewantoob yam” in the genre of Sufi rock. He also introduced his Pure Sufi Rock Band first time in KPK while performing Live in Bacha Khan Markaz . Khan is the pioneer of Sufi Rock genre in Pashto Music.His band comprising Ali Baba Khan, jerry micheal, joel Micheal, Ostad Mohsin, Qazi Umar and Jalal Khan.
Discography
Albums
- Video-only releases
- Tassawar (تصور) (2015) – The First Ever Sufi Rock Music Song written By Ghani Khan, Ali got his recognition from this song.
- Dozakhi (دوزخی) (2018)
Other music
| Awards/Appreciation | Year | Instituions |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd Khyber Star Award | 2015 | Sports Writer Association, KP |
| Fakhr-E-Peshawar Award | 2017 | District Govt KPK |
| International Women's Day Award | 2017 | Government of KPK |
| International Sports Day Shield | 2017 | Deputy Commissioner, Nowshera |
| 4th Khyber Star Peace Award | 2017 | Sports Writer Association |
| Khadija-Tul-Kubra Award | 2018 | STEP Organization |
| CECOS Hunnar 2.0 Award | 2018 | CECOS University Peshawar |
| Afghan TV Award | 2018 | Afghan TV |
| Event Celebrity (IDPD) | 2018 | Friend of Paraplegics |
| National Youth Achievement Award | 2021 | minhag Youth League Islamabad |
| Motivational Speaker Shield | 2022 | Aisha Institute KP |
| Fakhar-e-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Award | 2022 | Directorate General Of Sport KP |
| Bint-E_Hawa Achievement Award | 2023 | Directorate of Youth Affairs KP |