The son of a scientist father, Jaswal initially studied dentistry before switching to geology, but always kept an interest in the arts during all these academic years, in music by joining a band and in acting by doing theater plays.[1]
He completed his schooling from IMCB F-10/3 Islamabad.[3]
On October 20, 2020 it was announced that he has married Pakistani actress Sana Javed.[4] Beginning in 2023, the marriage was rumoured to have ended, rising to new height after both of them removed all pictures of each other from their Instagram profiles.[5] The rumour was eventually confirmed with the marriage of Sana with Shoaib Malik, with both posting pictures from their wedding on their respective Instagram pages.[6]
Career
Music
Jaswal started his career in 2008 by joining the rock band Qayaas and gained popularity in 2009 with the song Tanha and Umeed.
He joined Coke Studio season 5 with his band in 2012 and performed the song Charkha Nolakha with Atif Aslam. Qayaas released their debut album Uss Paar in 2011 with Umair as a lead vocalist. The songs Halaak and Inquilaab from the album were featured in the film Waar. In Coke Studio season 6, Umair decided to go solo. He performed the song Khayal on the first episode of Coke Studio season 6 which was also featured in film Waar.
In Coke Studio season 8 Umair performed the song Sammi Meri Waar with QB which received more than two million views in two weeks.[8] In an interview to The Express Tribune he told that he also received hate mails after release of the song. Umair said: "Man! I’ve received audio messages from places like Iraq. The main idea behind doing this song was to penetrate a bigger market and fortunately that is exactly what happened".[9]
Being one of the promising artist of Coke Studio, Umair has performed below songs with the grate platform.[10]
Charkla Nolaka – Coke Studio Season 5
Khayaal – Coke Studio Season 6
Sammi Meri Waar – Coke Studio Season 8
Khaki Banda – Coke Studio Season 9
Sasu Mangay – Coke Studio Season 9
Dam Mast Qalandar – Coke Studio Season 10
Chal Raha Hoon – Coke Studio Season 12
Har Funn Maula - Coke Studio Season 13
First solo album
Na Rahoon – New single released from most waited solo album of Umair Jaswal,[11] featuring Faraz Anwar on lead guitar. The music video was directed by his brother and director Yasir Jaswal. The full album was scheduled to release in 2018.[12]
^Isani, Aamna Haider (8 May 2016). "Rocking on to royalty". Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Born and raised in Islamabad, Umair Jaswal is one of seven siblings: six brothers and one sister. Two of the brothers - Uzair and Yasir - we know and the rest of his siblings are happily settled all over the world.
^Desk, Magazine. "MY TEEN YEARS". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 23 December 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)