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US guitarist, rabab maestro enthrall audience

By Bureau report
January 02, 2018

PESHAWAR: American guitarist Timothy Todd Shea and Pashto singer and rabab maestro Shahid Malang along with the winners of the National Youth Carnival (NYC) singing competitors enthralled the audience at the Musical Night concert held here at Nishtar Hall.

The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) and the Directorate of Youth Affairs had jointly arranged the event on the new year night, which was attended by a large number of youth and families.

Secretary Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Culture, Museums and Youth Affairs Department Muhammad Tariq and Director General Youth Affairs Asfandyar Khattak were present on the occasion.

Timothy Todd Shea is running a worldwide charity under the name of Comprehensive Disaster Response Services (CDRS) that is providing quick, efficient and compassionate medical and humanitarian relief and disaster recovery operations to the people living in the disaster affected areas of Pakistan, with concentration of efforts on Mother and Child Health and assistance to special patients. He along with Shahid Malang with their melodious voices and musical instruments enthralled the spectators and received applause on their performance on guitar and rabab, a combination of famous Pashto instruments.

“I love to visit Peshawar, the people of Peshawar and whole of Pakistan are so sweet, near and dear to me,” Shea said. Shea is in constant motion, ready to meet anyone who can help him procure medicines, raise funds or promote understanding, his guitar and a plastic shopping bag of essentials in tow.

Besides Shea and Shahid Malang, the winners of National Youth Carnival recently held in the City, had live performances. “The aim of the event was to provide international platform to the youth who got position in the National Youth Carnival singing competitions to come and show their skills,” Director General Youth Asfandyar Khan Khattak said.