[1][2][3] Haroon is a British-born Pakistani Peabody award winning[4][5] singer-songwriter, music producer, composer, director, script-writer and social activist.

[6] Formerly a member of the pop band Awaz in the 1990s, Haroon as a solo artist has sold millions of singles and albums worldwide and has performed at large venues such as the Wembley Arena.

His birth name is Aaron Haroon Rashid[10][11][12][13] After graduating in the early 1990s with a degree in business administration from George Washington University in the United States,[2][14] he formed the band Awaz with a couple of musician friends, Faakhir and Assad Ahmed.

[16] The band gained instant fame because of their catchy tunes, good looks, lavish music videos, and crazy stage performances.

[citation needed] Haroon is the creator and director of Burka Avenger, described as Pakistan's first ever full-length 3D animated television series for children.

[3] The series won several major international accolades, including: Time magazine named Burka Avenger as one of the most influential characters of 2013.

[9] The show features Jiya, an "inspirational school teacher" whose alter ego is a burka-wearing super-heroine that fights for justice, peace and education for all.

[11][12][13] According to Haroon, he belonged to a musically-inclined family and had always wanted to become an artist; his mother, Lynley Ruth Richards, was a professionally trained opera singer, and has taught Western classical music in Pakistan for nearly 50 years.

Haroon's grandfather, Abdul Rashid, established a reputed carpet manufacturing business specialising in handmade Pakistani and Persian rugs since 1947.