Famous Pashto singer Nazia Iqbal has a huge fan following not only in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Gulf, but all over the world in areas where Pakhtuns live. She sings in Urdu, Punjabi, Persian and ...

PESHAWAR: Senior Afghan folk artist Barialay Wali has asked music buffs to ensure revival of traditional Pashto music along with quality poetry. He said that losing classics Pashto music traditions ...

PESHAWAR: Folk singers across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa released over 500 albums online for fans on the occasion of Eidul Fitr, with music experts terming it the largest number ever as digital studios around ...

Ghazala was born in the Swat valley which fell to Taliban rule in 2007. When Taliban captured her home town, she was forced to migrate 170 kilometers away with her family to the city of Peshawar.

Fifth death anniversary of Famous female Pashto singer and drama artist Mahjabeen Qazalbash was observed on Wednesday. She was born in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1958. Her real name was Surraya Begum. Her ...

Since 2001, Taliban militants operating in the Pashtun-dominated tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province have destroyed as many as 800 music shops, according ...

In Peshawar, artists have urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to posthumously honour two recently deceased folk musicians, Farooq Ustad and Khalid Malik Haider, whose contributions to Pashto and ...

When future generations ask who silenced Pashtun music, the Taliban won’t get the blame – it will be piracy. The “pirates” are easily identifiable – they are the young men armed with laptops who can ...

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Artists have urged the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government to posthumously honour two recently deceased folk musicians, Farooq Ustad and Khalid Malik Haider, whose contributions to Pashto and Urdu ...