Ismail and Junaid (Pashto: اسماعیل او جنید) is a Pashto musical band originating from Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[1] The band consists of two members - Ismail Khan, the lead vocalist, poet and composer and Junaid Javed, a guitarist, composer and supporting vocalist.
Ismail and Junaid achieved first position in the All Pakistan Battle of the Bands contest at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2010.
The track hit radio and T.V channels all over the country and Goher Mumtaz, the lead guitarist of the pop rock band Jal, personally approached the duo to express his liking of the song.
The lyrics of the song are based on poetry by the famous Pashtun poet, Ameer Hamza Khan Shinwari.
[7] In February 2012, Dawn News reported that the duo received the Young Achievers Award in music by the Tourism Corporation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.