Jal

He used to sing at the college canteen when his friends urged him to participate in the singing competition on Independence Day celebrations at PAF College Lahore in 1998. He performed there and won the competition. Thereafter, he also won several other college competitions.
He met Goher, a guitarist and future Jal. bandmate, at his college. Together they practiced and started doing mini-concerts for their friends whether they wanted to hear them play or not. Atif used to perform Junoon and Strings songs at these concerts. They started performing in their college, McDonalds, Uncle Bubba’s Rabba Dabba and other restaurants. Thus began the original line up of Jal.
Jal recorded the song Aadat at Mekal Hassan’s Studio. The song became popular on different musical websites in Pakistan. The song was also being on aired on major Radio channels of Pakistan like City FM 89, FM 100, Mast FM 103, FM 105 etc. The video for this song was released on Ary The Music and then it was played on almost all the channels. Recently, Atif sang two songs for a Bollywood film ‘Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani’ called ‘Tera Hone Laga Hoon’ and ‘Tu Jaane Na’, both of which have been well-received by the Indian audience.Atif also sang many more songs for Bollywood Like in Race “Pehle Nazar mein”, in Kismat Konnection “Bakuda Tum Hi Ho”, “Tera hone laga hoon” & “Tu jane na” in Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani.

Academics
Initial Schools
Grade 1 to 3 Kimberley Hall Model Town Lahore ho;;o Grade 4 to 8 Saint Paul School Satellite Town Rawalpindi Grade 9 to 10 Division Public School Model Town Lahore
School Distinctions
Always being the youngest kid in the class because of Double Promotions.Main Attack Bowler of School Cricket Team
College FSc. Pre-Engg:Garrison Science Degree College Lahore Cantt.
College Distinctions
Main Attack Bowler of College Cricket Team representing college in various other cities and ultimately got selected in under 19 National cricket team of Pakistan. Won his First Singing Competition on independence day celebrations in college.
University
BCS ( Hons):University of the Central Punjab Won a lot of singing competitions in college
Controversy
After the release of the song “Aadat” by Jal, there were disputes within the band about Atif’s brother being the band’s manager. At this point Atif broke off from the band to do his own solo album. His solo album was released a few weeks before the release of the new Jal’s (Goher Mumtaz, Farhan Saeed, Shazi) “Aadat”. As both Jal’s “Aadat”, and Atif’s album, Jalpari, shared certain tracks (such as “Aadat”, “Wo Lamhey”, “Rangon Mein” and “Dil Harey”), an unofficial war over rights began between both the groups. Goher Mumtaz sued Atif Aslam for using the name “Jal” in his album title cunningly (Jal pari, meaning mermaid). As the copyright law in Pakistan is quite ambiguous (people can change the name of the content and use the content labelling it as their own property).