Mohsin Abbas Haider (Urdu: محسن عباس حیدر) is a Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, poet and television presenter.
Haider is best known for his acting roles in the successful films Na Maloom Afraad (2014), and Baaji (2019), and in the television productions Mazaaq Raat (2013–2019) and Meri Guriya (2018).
Haider started his career as radio jockey at a radio station in Faisalabad, and, in 2005, moved to Karachi in order to learn the art of singing and sharpen his skills at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), formally trained by Ustad Salamat Ali, ultimately launching himself in Punjabi folk music in 2009.
[6][7][8] From 2013 to 2019 he was a DJ in the Dunya News talk show Mazaaq Raat, where he has, as of April 2018, performed more than 1,500 songs in different genres (ghazals, filmi, naats, etc.).
[10][11] During the same year, he starred in the drama Meri Guriya, where he plays the antagonist, a child rapist and murderer, and earned critical appreciation for his acting performance.