Quaid Ahmed (), also spelled Qua-id Ahmed, is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Karachi. He sings in various genres including Sufi rock.
Ahmed started out on Pakistani television before becoming a fulltime musician.
After releasing the albums Elhaam and Sunlo<nowiki/>', Ahmed released Nirali, his third overall and second solo album with an EDM artist/producer Zaphixx 2022. Quaid has worked in collaboration with artists from several countries. He toured the US and Europe in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
He was associated with the Pakistani band Sounds Of Kolachi as a founder and lead vocalist (2013-2021).
He was one of the 140 voices that sang and recorded âÂÂThe Official National Anthemâ of Pakistan, produced by Rohail Hyatt and Arshad Mehmud.
Sounds Of Kolachi's debut album was Elhaam."SOK" was a commercial success.
He works with Geo TV, singing and writing satirical music pieces for the show Hasna Mana Hai with Tabish Hashmi, as a producer, composer, writer and curator. He worked with Atif Aslam, Fawad Khan, EP, Zulfi, Meesha Shafi, Natasha Baig, Zeb Bangash, Sounds Of Kolachi, and Mekaal Hasan.
In 2025 he participated in the reality show Tamasha but was evicted after just one week.