Hadiqa Kiyani

Hadiqa Kiani (Urdu, Punjabi: حدیقہ کیانی) (born August 12, 1974, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) is a multi-platinum selling, multiple award winning Pakistani singer, song writer, and an occasional TV host. She is widely known as the best female pop singer the country has to offer. She is also ranked as the second highest female selling pop artist of Pakistan, trailing only Nazia Hassan. After working on a successful music project with Adnan Sami, Kiani released her successful debut album, Raaz. After a musical ban imposed on her from the government, Kiani successfully returned to the music scene with her second album, Roshni, which remains her best selling album to date and helped establish her icon as the country's leading female vocalist. Kiani followed up Roshni with a more mature album, Rung. In 2007, she became the first Pakistani mainstream artist to release a complete English album, Rough Cut.