User:Siddiq Malik

Siddiq Malik (born 3rd Feb 1988), formally known as Malik Muhammad Siddiq Awan (ملک محمد صدیق اعوان), is a Pakistani singer, film producer, actor, businessman and a public figure.

Malik began his career as the executive producer of his own music film in which he contributed as the lead singer, concept, story & screenplay writer in 2019. The song named as ‘Saza Do’ which is being critically acclaimed across the internet overnight for its subject. He raised the most needed and crucial issues of Rape, Sextortion, Cyber Blackmailing, Child Sexual Abuse and Workplace Sexual Harassment in his music film, in which the message was given for the retaliation and fightback from women and children with the hashtag #SazaDo and a demand for the capital punishment for rapists with a Tattoo of #HangRapists on his forearm was shown.

Malik was born on 3 February 1988 into a Muslim family in Rahim Yar Khan. He spent the first five years of his life in his paternal grandfather’s village Kot Sabzal, where his paternal grandfather, Malik Muhammad Rauf Awan, was one of the well-known and prominent Zamindar until his death in 2005. Malik's paternal grandfather, Malik Muhammad Rauf Awan, was from an ethnic Awan tribe. Malik’s father, Malik Muhammad Hafeez Awan, was a landlord and zamindar in Rahim Yar Khan and Karachi. As of 2019, Malik's paternal family is still living in the village Kot Sabzal tehsil Sadiqabad of district Rahim Yar Khan. They speak potohari and are from Awan tribe, who are the direct descendants of Sher e khuda Hazrat Ali RA and known for their bravery and valour. His paternal grandfather Malik Muhammad Rauf Awan moved to Rahim Yar Khan from District Chakwal of Pakistan after partition of British India, where his forefathers were the prominent sardars and zamindars of the region. Malik’s mother, Riffat Durrani, is the daughter of an ex-policeman. His maternal grandfather are of Durrani Pashtun clan.

Malik grew up in the city of lights, Karachi Pakistan. His father had several business ventures including a transport company, petrol pumps and fuel supplying businesses. Malik attended PAF (Fazaia) Degree College, Faisal base Karachi, he received the martial arts training in Taekwondo and got a black belt in mid 2000’s. Malik always aspired to pursue a career in media.

He studied for a master's degree in Mass Communication at The University of Karachi, and began studying for a postgraduate (M.Phil.) degree in media from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, also his LLB under University of London is in progress. His father died of Brain hemorrhage in 2010. After the death of his father, Malik took on the responsibility of caring for his family.