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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|2|17}}<ref name=Dawn4>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1039761|title=Interview: No ordinary singer (Shehzad Roy's interview)|author=Shahnaz Ramzi|date=2 September 2013|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|accessdate=13 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Entertainment/375326|title=Shehzad Roy celebrating 40th birthday today|date=17 February 2017|accessdate=2 February 2018|publisher=[[Dunya News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/415651|title=UNODC Goodwill Ambassador: Shehzad Roy visits juvenile jail|date=22 November 2017|accessdate=2 February 2018|publisher=Dunya News}}</ref>

'''Shehzad Roy''' (born 17 February 1977) is a [[Pakistani]] singer-songwriter, guitarist, activist, social worker and humanitarian. He started his singing career in 1995 and has recorded six albums since. He has recorded many hit songs such as "Saali," "Teri Soorat" and "Kangna," but is most famous for his 2008 socio-political album ''Qismat Apney Haath Mein''.<ref name= "nation.com.pk">Emanuel Sarfraz, [http://www.nation.com.pk/lahore/28-Jul-2008/Roys-loud-and-clear-political-message-clicks "Roy's loud and clear political message clicks"], ''The Nation'' (newspaper), published 28 July 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2019</ref> Roy is also the president and founder of [[#Philanthropic work|Zindagi Trust]],<ref>{{cite news|title= Pakistani pop star uses music to educate|url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-13/news/0911120831_1_honors-kids-street-children|accessdate= 13 May 2019|newspaper= [[Chicago Tribune]]|date= 13 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Zindagi trust|url= http://www.zindagitrust.org/}}</ref> a non-government charitable organisation, that strives to improve the quality of education available to the average Pakistani.<ref>{{cite news|title= Profile: Shehzad Roy|url= http://www.pakistanherald.com/Profile/Shahzad-Roy-706|accessdate= 13 May 2019|newspaper= PakistanHerald.com}}</ref>

Shehzad Roy was born in [[Karachi]] on June16 2February 1977 to Kabir Roy and Nazli Qamar.<ref name=Dawn4/> His father was a businessman. Shehzad Roy said in an interview to a major Pakistani newspaper that his father always encouraged him to do whatever he had his heart set on because his father wanted to play cricket in his childhood, but was not allowed to do so by his own father.<ref name=Dawn4/> He finished his basic High School education in Pakistan Community School (Saudi Arabia).<ref name=Dawn4/> He did not like studying.

*[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]] (Star of Excellence) Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] for his public service to the nation in 2018<ref name=GeoNews>{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/187649|title=Shehzad Roy awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz|date=23 March 2018|accessdate=13 May 2019|publisher=Geo TV News}}</ref><ref name=Dawn5>[https://www.dawn.com/news/386263/karachi-22-get-sitara-e-imtiaz-pride-of-performance KARACHI: 22 get Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance] Dawn (newspaper), published 24 March 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2019</ref>