PRIDE OF BRITAIN FINALIST

Prince Naseeb Abbas

Former bus driver and singer Naseeb Abbas, also known as Prince Naseeb, from Glodwick in Oldham has raised just under £4 million for charities at home and abroad.

Naseeb became a bus driver at the age of 17. He did this for 12 years, while also pursuing his passion as a singer.

Naseeb became an ambassador for the Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust – one of Asia’s biggest orphanages. More recently, he began raising awareness and cash for victims of the Pakistan floods.

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Born and raised in Glodwick, Naseeb Abbas, otherwise known as Prince Naseeb, became a bus driver at the age of 17. He did this for 13 years, while also pursuing his passion as a nasheed singer.

Nasheeds are songs that carry beliefs and lessons about Islam.

Prince Naseeb, 32, told the M.E.N.: ” I was working full time as a bus driver, when a friend called me and invited me on a trip to Jordan tohelp Syrian refugees there.

From young fans to the older generations, Prince Naseeeb gets recognised by people all over the world, thanks to the millions of streams he has generated on his YouTube and Spotify channels.

Throughout the year, his calendar is booked up with requests for him to perform at weddings and events. He enjoys singing in Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic, but has also been requested to sing in other languages. Performing is also the perfect platform to amass more donations to charity.

“I absolutely love performing,” he said. ” I have done 50 weddings this year alone. I enjoy talking to people at weddings and telling them about my charity work. It works wonders.

“I have walked out of weddings with thousands of pounds of donations because people say ‘we want to donate, we are big fans.’

“Wherever I go, I get recognised.People take pictures with me and they are starstruck!

“Parents have said ‘instead of watching cartoons, my child is listening to your nasheeds.’ It’s rewarding- my nasheeds area relaxed way of learning about Islam.”

It was also Prince Naseeb’s social media helped him land an appearance on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway , after a TV producer discovered his impressive charity work.