A. Nayyar

A Nayyar
Born 17 September 1950
Genres Playback singing
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1974–present

A Nayyar is a Pakistani ghazal/film Singer. He started singing in 1974, beginning his career from film Bahisht. His first film song Yunhin din cut jayen, yuhin shaam dhal jaye was a duet song with Rubina Badar in film Bahisht (1974), composed by A. Hameed. Nayyar claims famous singer Ahmed Rushdi an important contributor to his career as he learned screen playback from Rushdi. Nayyar and Akhlaq Ahmed remained dominant playback singers of Pakistan film industry in 1980s. Nayyar also runs a music academy in Lahore.

Like Saleem Raza, S. B. John and Irene Perveen, Nayyar belongs to a Christian family.

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