Zebunisa Bangash (Urdu: زیب النسا), better known as Zeb Bangash (Urdu: زیب بنگش), is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Lahore, Punjab celebrated for her soulful vocals, versatility, and contributions to the South Asian indie and mainstream music scenes. Her family originally comes from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Apart from her solo career, she was a member of the music group Zeb and Haniya along with Haniya Aslam, her first cousin.
She has sung several songs for Coke Studio, including Paimona, Chup, Chal Diyay, Bibi Sanam Janem, and Tann Dolay. She then also performed a single in the second season of Pepsi Battle of the Bands. In 2019, she performed "Roshe", a Kashmiri ode to loss in Coke Studio Pakistan season 12.
Zeb Bangash is the first Pakistani artist to serve as music director of an award-winning Bollywood film. She is part of the Brooklyn-based ensemble Sandaraa, with the klezmer clarinetist/composer Michael Winograd and a number of other leading Brooklyn-based musicians. In 2026, she served as one of the judges on the second season of Pakistan Idol, alongside Fawad Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, and Bilal Maqsood.
Following the death of Haniya Aslam in August 2024, Bangash paid tribute to her cousin and former bandmate, remembering her as "the most brilliant, God-gifted musician". She reflected on the legacy of Zeb and Haniya, stating that Haniya was the "wind beneath my wings" and that the duo's music continues to resonate with listeners.
Personal life
Zeb was born in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and is of ethnic Pashtun heritage. She is the first cousin of the late Haniya Aslam, with whom she formed the musical duo Zeb and Haniya. She studied at Mount Holyoke College and Smith College in Massachusetts, earning a degree in Economics and History of Art. She married a US-based psychiatrist on 5 November 2017 in an intimate ceremony in Lahore; because her husband was completing his residency at Duke University at the time, the couple exchanged their vows over Skype.
