 Later the same year, Gumby and Aamir Zaki left the band to work on Najam Sheraz's second solo studio album, "Roop Nagar", released in 1999.Also in December 1999, Karavan went on releasing their second studio album, "Safar".On their debut album "Awaz", songs were written in both the English and Urdu languages, but since then the band has only written songs in Urdu, with the only exceptions being "Shine" and "Never Get Away" from their third album "Shola" and the unreleased single "Believe in Love", recorded in 1995.