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Ali Azmat is a Pakistani musician born on April 20, 1970 in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Gained recognition as the lead vocalist of the iconic sufi rock band Junoon.
Ali Azmat grew up in Lahore, which he blames for his unconventional attitude. Stumbling in studies at home he went to study in Australia for higher studies. Ali began singing professionally when he was very young. He first joined the Lahore local band \"Jupiters\". Ali Azmat sang Dosti while his time as a Jupiters member. He later sang it as a Junoon member, where the song gained national fame and so did the band. Ali Azmat than left Jupiters and shifted to Karachi to start his professional music career.
Junoon was South Asia\' biggest band famous for combing traditional poetry and instruments with rock music. With Junoon Ali Azmat has toured with his band Junoon extensively, doing two North American tours a year since 1992. He has performed in Europe, the Middle East and China and at the Eurean rock festival, Roskilde in June 2000. Ali left Junoon in 2006 to pursue a solo career.
Ali Azmat was part of a Pakistani Drama. he also sang the Drama\'s title song. He later played the role of a con artist in a Pakistan TV film. Ali Azmat in an interview mentioned his dislike for working on television discussing issues such as colleges being late and production facilities being poor causing frustrating retakes.