The veteran band, which is led by award-winning musician Qawwal Ghulam Fareeddin Ayaz al-Hussaini, is in Iran to take part in the celebrations of Pakistan’s Independence Day, which occurs on August 14 ...

Poems from Allama Iqbal and Iranian poets Rumi, Ferdowsi and Hafez were recited during the performance, the Embassy of Pakistan announced on Sunday. The performance was organized to promote cultural ...

Pakistan is mourning the death of one of its most famous musicians, a Sufi Muslim who was shot dead in an attack claimed by the Taliban, who consider his music blasphemous. Amjad Sabri, 45, was ...

Pakistan joined the 18th 'World Samaa International Festival for Chanting and Spiritual Music' in Egypt on Thursday as an honorary guest, marking a significant cultural presence at an event regarded ...

Born in Nova Scotia in Canada, Tahir Husain Faridi Qawwal left as a teenager on a spiritual search that took him to Pakistan and India. In last twenty years his team has performed across in east and ...

Pakistani singer Ali Sethi, best known for Pasoori, posted a Holi message on his Instagram. He sang Amir Khusro’s Aaj rang hai ai maha-rang hai ri. He wrote, “Happy holi bhardo jholi.” The song is a ...

Pakistani devotees of qawwali music refer to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as "the voice of heaven." This double-CD release—featuring the last tracks he recorded before his death in 1997—is a stirring… By ...

The great Pakistani qawwali singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, dubbed the "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (the King of the Kings of Qawwali) died in 1997 at the young age of 48. He was right at the peak of his ...