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    In pictures: Meet the famous Pakistan folk singers who spread message of love across the world

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    In pictures: Meet the famous Pakistan folk singers who spread message of love across the world

    Pakistan folk music includes the traditional forms of Balochi, Pashto, Punjabi, and Sindhi


    Published:  November 24, 2019 16:28 Ashfaq Ahmed, Senior Assistant Editor

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    Sain Zahoor
    Pakistani Sufi musician Sain Zahoor cuts an impressive figure. Dressed in embroidered kurta, beads, tightly bound turban, as well as ghungroos (anklet-bells worn by dancers), he has spent his life singing at Sufi shrines, but now tours the world to give his intensely transcendent performances. Image Credit: Social media
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    Reshma
    Legendary singer Reshma, who died of throat cancer in Lahore, was one of the most popular folk singers of Pakistan. She first appeared on Pakistan television in the 1960s. She recorded songs for both the Pakistani as well as the Indian film industry. Born in Bikaner in India’s Rajasthan state to a Banjara family around 1947, her tribe had migrated to Karachi shortly after partition. He most popular song was ‘Lambi Judai’ for Indian film Image Credit: Social media
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    Alan Fakeer
    Allan Fakeer is considered one of the top Sindhi Sufi singer in Pakistan. He gained popularity for bringing the Sufi poetry of Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai to wider audiences. He was particularly popular for extreme ecstatic style of Sufi dancing along with his singing; with facial expressions to amuse the audience. Image Credit: Social media
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    Sanam Marvi
    Sanam Marvi hails from the small city of Hyderabad, in Sindh. By the age of 7, she began singing with her father, Faqir Ghulam Rasool, during festivals and ceremonies held at shrines throughout Pakistan’s Sindh and Punjab provinces. Now a rising star across the subcontinent, Marvi made a breakout performance on Pakistan national television in 2009. Marvi sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, and Saraiki. Image Credit: Social media
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    Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi
    Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi is a Pakistani award-winning musician and folk singer from Mianwali, Punjab. He was thrown out of his house for wanting to become a singer, against his father's wishes. He is traditionally considered a Saraiki artist, but his music albums are in both Saraiki and Urdu. The Government of Pakistan awarded him the Sitara-e-Imtiaz on 23 March 2019 and he also got the Pride of Performance Award in 1991. Image Credit: Social media
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    Abida Parveen
    Known as the Queen of Sufi music, Abida Parveen is one of the top Pakistani Sufi singers, composer and musician. She sings mainly ghazals, Thumri, Khyal, Qawwali, Raga (raag), Sufi rock, classical, semi-classical music and her forte, Kafis, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium. Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Saraiki, Punjabi, Arabic and Persian. Image Credit: Social media
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    Akhtar Chanal Zerhri
    Akhtar Chanal Zehri is a famous Balochi folk singer from Balochistan. He became famous worldwide for his singing in Coke Studio 1 and season 4. In 1973 he brought regional folk to national attention after he was discovered by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)'s Balochi Radio Station. In 1998, he was also awarded the Pride of Performance by Government of Pakistan. Image Credit: Social media
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    Arif Lohar
    Arif Lohar is a Punjabi folk singer from Pakistan. He usually sings accompanied by a native musical instrument resembling tongs (called a ‘Chimta’). His folk music is representative of the traditional folk heritage of the Punjab. He is the son of the renowned folk singer Alam Lohar who popularised the Jugni style, which involves storytelling through songs. Image Credit: Socia media
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    Shazia Khushk
    Shazia Khushk is a popular folk singer of Sindhi, Balochi Dhatki, Sairaiki, Urdu, Kashmori, Gujrati, Brelvi and Punjabi. She has quit singing and now is religious preacher. Folk music is generally considered to be an expression of life in the communities in which the music was developed and its a great help to historians in discovering the way of life of a people. Image Credit: Social media

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