Salauddin is also known to promote new artists through Virsa and other platforms. “Each year, we introduce fresh talent. This time, we have Zahra Faraz Butt – the granddaughter of Azam Chisty, who is ...

It was a cold Saturday morning when I received phone calls from fellow artists Ghulam Abbas and Mudassar Malik saying that Akhtar had died. He died like my mother used to pray that she would be taken ...

KONAIN SANA TERI - Naats by Muhammad Nawaz Aiman; pp 208; price Rs.300; publishers Idara Adabi Jhok, Mandi Colony, Jhang Sadar. In the recent literary history of Jhang district some strikingly ...

Every time Atif Aslam raises his hand in prayer a blessing falls from the sky, and with it, a kalaam that everyone listens to. The crisp white kurta shalwar and the soft top lighting almost give the ...

NAAT poetry in Urdu has a long history, but, surprisingly, it was not until the latter half of the 20th century that serious critical and research works on it began appearing. It does not follow that ...