Shehzad Roy

Shehzad Roy

(Urdu: شہزاد رائے) is pop singer and humanitarian from Karachi, Pakistan. Since his first album debuted in 1995, with a revolutionary approach to fusing his lyrics with music of different genres, he has been a successful and popular singer in Pakistan. He says that, “the authenticity of the message in a song produces meaningful music.”

With five hit albums under his belt, including the 2008 ‘Qismat App Kay Haath Main Hai,’ (Fate Lies in One’s Own Hands) he is also the President and founder of Zindagi Trust,a non-for-profit charitable organization, that seeks to educate the underprivileged children of Pakistan. In June 2004, Roy was honored as one of the youngest ever recipient of the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, which is one of the highest Civil Honors awarded in Pakistan for excellence in serving humanity. For his organization’s earthquake rehabilitation in Kashmir, he was awarded with the Sitara-e-Eisaar. He was also selected to be a torch bearer for the 2008 Olympic Torch relay as the pride of Pakistan.

Zindagi Trust

After pondering over the state of education and health in our country, I realized that the ‘something is better than nothing’ view cannot apply to education and health.”
(Shehzad Roy)
Zindagi Trust is a non-profit 501(c)3 philanthropic organization that aims to provide quality education to the underprivileged children of Pakistan. It has established 29 operational schools with over 2800 children currently being educated across Pakistan. Additionally, Zindagi Trust is committed to promoting quality Government school reform and improving the curriculum and textbooks of the education system of Pakistan. Zindagi Trust along with the Book Group was successful in the remarkable transformation of Fatimah Girls Government School in Karachi where 2500 students are enrolled. Zindagi Trust has also founded vocational centers and health care clinics aimed at providing quality care to disadvantaged citizens.