Sardar Ali Takkar is a U.S.-based Pakistani singer, songwriter, and international broadcaster with Voice of America, Washington D.C. He was born in the village of Takkar in the district Mardan which is located in Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He completed his mechanical engineering degree at the University of Engineering and Technology in Peshawar, Pakistan. He works diligently to educate the world about the history and identity of Pashtuns through poetry, literature, song, and culture.