HYDERABAD: Describing Ustad Bukhari as a great poet of the 19th century, Sindhi poets and writers paid him tribute at a programme held at Mumtaz Mirza Auditorium, Sindh Museum Hyderabad, organised by the Sindh culture department here on Monday evening...
They say a pupil can only be as good as his teacher...
To be honest, in this case it is difficult to define the teacher-student relationship
KARACHI: A few months after the passing of Ustad Rais Khan, a bethak was arranged at the Arts Council where a large gathering of classical music lovers came together to pay homage to a legend whose equal may never come again...
However, what was thought to a be a musical tribute ended up becoming a platform where numerous individuals, no doubt deserving in stature, came forth and shared their love and experiences of Ustad Rais...
A master calligrapher Ustad Irfan Ahmad Khan was born in 1947 to a family of Hindko speaking farmers in a small village of Mansehra...
He was among the team of calligraphers who volunteered to work at the sharine of Data Sahib and later formed the Pakistan Calligraphy-artists´ Guild in 1997...
Immersed in the ancient visual culture of the Indus Valley, art in Pakistan evolved with modern and postmodern ideologies under the colonial and post-colonial inspirations...
After the Company painters, Anna Molka Ahamad and Shakir Ali, at the fine arts department of the Punjab University and at the National College of Arts (NCA) Lahore, guided and helped in cultivating the new generations of upcoming artists in Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: Ustad Fateh Ali Khan’s matchless contribution to the music world will always be remembered...
This was stated by the director general, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), Jamal Shah while speaking at a reference arranged by the council to pay tribute to the music icon...
KARACHI: The death of legendary Ustad Fateh Ali Khan of the Patiala Gharana is an irreparable loss, but it did result in a rare moment of solidarity among the music fraternity on Thursday at a gathering held here to celebrate his life and contribution to classical music...
Organised jointly by the Karachi Arts Council, Tehzeeb Foundation of Pakistan, MoUSICi, and the All Pakistan Music Conference, the commemorative gathering was a...
His father and mentor, legendary Ustad Sharif Khan Poonchwalay passed away when he was just 11...
“Once mesmerised by a stunning performance of an Indian artist at a private gathering in Lahore, I decided not to play at the All Pakistan Music Conference on the following day...
WASHINGTON: Days before crucial talks with the US defence secretary, Pakistan has welcomed an American offer to take action against militants involved in cross-border raids from the Afghan soil, the Voice of America radio service reported on Wednesday...
The official US news outlet also reported that Pakistan believed the US offer “augurs well” for regional counterterrorism cooperation...
KARACHI: Pakistan 2 overcome fighting Pakistan 1 by 5-4 frames in agonising all-Pakistan final played for the first time in any global event to win the IBSF Team Event Snooker Championship in the Egyptian city of Hurghadha on Thursday evening...
Pakistan 2 was represented by the former world amateur snooker champion Mohammad Asif and Babar Masih while Pakistan 1 comprised national champion Mohammad Sajjad and runner-up Asjad Iqbal... ...
As Partition approaches in 1947, large convoys of Sikh and Hindu refugees head towards East Punjab, and Muslims flee to the two wings of Pakistan...
This iconic photograph raises the curtain on a special Dawn feature beginning today and running on to commemorate Pakistan’s seventieth birthday...
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rallied on the post-election positivity with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 750 points to close at 42,089 points...
In the previous outing between these two on Wednesday, Pakistan were horrible to watch, failing miserably in what was a lop-sided eight-wicket defeat...
Read: 5 takeaways from Pakistan's predictable meltdown against IndiaIn the game against Afghanistan days later, they regressed more, and were quite possibly the worst version of themselves...
LAHORE: Needless reduction in the number of athletes in Pakistan’s contingent by Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Nepal has affected Pakistan’s chances of winning more medals in the mega event...
In a press release, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) stated on Friday that while small countries like the host Nepal (596 athletes), Sri Lanka (564 athletes), Bangladesh (470 athletes) and India (487...
As Test cricket returns to Pakistan after over a decade, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in the first Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday...
Ahead of the start of the series, Pakistan's skipper Azhar Ali on Tuesday thanked Sri Lanka for returning to Pakistan for the first Test tour in the country in a decade, after a fatal militant attack on their team in 2009 drove international cricket away... ...