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Xulfi Khan

Artist, Songwriter, Music Producer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ26436123 ↗
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Zulfiqar "Xulfi" Jabbar Khan (born 28 October 1980) is a Pakistani composer, singer-songwriter, music producer and guitarist. Starting his career in 1994, Khan is the recipient of multiple awards in Pakistan. He is currently working on the television series Coke Studio, for which he is the producer and mentor.

Life and career

Xulfi graduated from the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences with a CGPA of 2.4. He was the composer, music producer, guitarist for Entity Paradigm (EP). Entity Paradigm was formed by Xulfi between 1996 and 1999 but was officially announced as a band only in 2000.

He is currently the music producer, songwriter, and lead guitarist for the band Call. After the vocalist's exit from the band, he continued with other projects at his studio Xth Harmonic. The band made a comeback after 3 years to produce and perform new songs for the fans. He has always been a music fanatic and tries to come up with new ideas.

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The public source identifies “Xulfi Khan” as artist, Songwriter, Music Producer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Xulfi, Khan and Artist.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1980, 1994, 1996, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1980-10-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Xulfi, Khan and Artist providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q26436123. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1980, 1994, 1996 and 1999.

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This entry incorporates text from “Xulfi Khan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.