The author is a culture critic based in Lahore
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, like other Pakistani artistes rising to stardom, received death threats but did not back away from what he was singing
Another conference on culture was held in Lahore with nothing to show for
Mohammed Rafi, the most popular male singer in the subcontinent, never tinkered with the essentials of the music tradition
It is not easy to translate Ismat Chughtai because her style is firmly rooted in her cultural tradition but Noor Zaheer has accepted this challenge
Did any real rupture occur in the organic unity in our music and poetry?
One of PTV’s most beloved men, Agha Nasir was a broadcaster, administrator, director, and publisher who achieved creative heights at a time when...
Creativity in music is now explained in terms of arrangement of sound patterns already existing rather than creating sound itself
Shahbaz Ali has gathered scraps of information from here, there and everywhere to build credible sketches of little-known masters of music
Through his work, the playwright and actor dispelled the belief that theatre could not be adopted as a viable profession
Anjum Rehmani writes a reliable account of the city’s history and architecture