Fakhar-e-Alam
Fakhar-e-Alam فخر عالم | |
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| Years active | 1993 – Present |
| Labels | Sound Master |
| Website | missionparwaaz |
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| Awards | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2023 |
Fakhar-e-Alam (Punjabi, Urdu: فخر عالم) (born 19 January 1976) is a Pakistani actor, singer, songwriter, TV host, video jockey, rapper and producer famous for introducing the bhangra-rap fusion genre of music in Pakistan. He is considered a pioneer of bhangra-rap music of Lahore in the 1990s. He currently hosts TV shows, sports broadcasts, and high-profile national and international productions.
He also served as the chairman of the Sindh Board of Film Censors from 2013 to 2016.
In 2018, he became the first and, to date, the only Pakistani in world history to circumnavigate the globe in a solo flight, in what he called Mission Parwaaz. He was aiming for a 28-day schedule and was planning on flying to 30 airports around the world.