Shuja Haider · since 1996
A quarter centuryof Pakistani music.
Composer, producer, songwriter and singer. Coke Studio, the drama OSTs a generation knows by heart, and songs written for the country — recorded in Karachi since 1996.
- Abida Parveen
- Strings
- Ali Zafar
- Haroon
- Ahmed Jahanzeb
- Ali Sethi
- Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan
- Momina Mustehsan
- Aima Baig
- Umair Jaswal
- Meesha Shafi
- Asim Azhar
- Quratulain Balouch
- Sanam Marvi
- Zeb & Haniya
- Fariha Parvez
- Shehzad Roy
- Rachel Viccaji
- Shoaib Mansoor
- Anwar Maqsood
- Yashal Shahid
- Jabar Abbas
2016 — 2020
Coke Studio
Music Director — across five seasons
Open
2025 — 2026
Pakistan Idol
Music Producer & mentor
Open
2000 — today
The Catalogue
OSTs, film, national songs, albums
OpenCoke Studio
Music Director.
Five seasons of songs.
Coke Studio called him back season after season to write and produce a set of songs — for Abida Parveen, Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali. Some of them he sang himself.
Live
A full band, and a crowd
that sings back.
Festivals, corporate stages, universities and national events — playing the songs that made his name, with musicians on the floor rather than a backing track.
Pakistan Idol · 2025 — 2026
Every song the finalists sang,
rewritten.
A new key, a new arrangement, scored for the live band — then the hours sitting with a nervous singer until they could carry it. Music Producer and mentor across the whole season.
- New arrangements every week
- Played live, not to a track
- Sitting with the singers
Idol Online, 2020 — when the country shut down he built his own talent hunt on a phone, so that a generation of new singers would still get heard.
Beyond the studio
Drama, film, and songs for the country.
The title tracks of some of Pakistan's best-known drama serials, music written for cinema, and national songs made with ISPR for the Armed Forces.
In the media
Interviews
and features.
Podcasts, television and radio — the long conversations about how the songs were actually made.
Short cuts
Full episodes
Print & digital
In print,
and online.
Profiles and interviews in the Pakistani press. Each one links through to the original piece.
- Dawn Images
- The Express Tribune
- Synergyzer
- The News
Interview and press requests go through the contact page.
The Masterclass — enrolling
The method,
taught first-hand.
An online school taught by Shuja himself — live classes each week with a small group, your own song taken apart on camera, and an honest answer about what is not working yet.
- 01The Idea Before the Sound
- 02Composition & Melody
- 03Lyrics & Storytelling
- 04Production & Arrangement
- 05Vocal Craft
- 06The Career
12
Live sessions
40
Seats a term
6
Modules
Bring a project
to the studio.
Original songs, film and drama scores, brand music, or a live show. Every enquiry is read and answered.