Akhtar Chanal Zahri

Akhtar Chanal Zahri was born at Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan in 1954

Akhtar Chanal Zahri was born at Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan in 1954. In 1964, Akhtar Chanal started taking formal singing lessons from a music Ustad. In 1973, he brought regional folk music to national attention after he was discovered by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)'s Balochi radio station, and in 1974 Chanal's music became popular nationwide when his song Deer Deer was first aired live on national TV. Since then, Chanal has traveled all over the world, including the United States, the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe for tours. He performed in a concert arranged at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation for the political leaders meeting at the 2019 summit. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto took him on a tour to England. When Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Islamabad, Pakistan in 2004, he performed at an event organized for him.