NEW YORK, May 8, 2016 — The classically-trained Saami Brothers Qawwal perform traditional qawwali music following the two-day Lahore Literary Festival at Asia Society in New York. (2 hr., 7 min.) ...

Between 1947 and the early 1950s, much of the music played on the state-owned Radio Pakistan comprised Urdu film songs, some Western popular and Eastern classical music, ghazals and patriotic ditties.

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This year’s World Music Arts and Dance (Womad) festival held in the United Kingdom flaunted an exquisite assortment of global music legends, ranging from Ziggy Marley to Salif Keita to Robert Plant.

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the much-revered qawwal, passed away on August 16, 1997 due to cardiac arrest. However, he leaves behind a legacy of greatness, and continues to be remembered for his ...

New Delhi: Pakistan ODI captain, Babar Azam and ex skipper, Sarfaraz Ahmed was seen in party mood on Friday at Qawwali Night of Imam-ul-Haq’s wedding. ‘Qawwali’ is the celebration of sufi songs and it ...

Today’s show is a little different: it simply features three devotional songs from India and Pakistan. The first is a raga by Ravi Shankar for his beloved music guru, Baba Allaudin Khan. The ...