Today, 16 th August marks the 21 st death anniversary of the King of Qawali (Shahenshah-e-Qawali), Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (NFAK) who died at the age of 48 years leaving behind a legacy of more ...

Pierre-Alain Baud was at Theatre de la Ville in Paris by chance. He had just finished listening to a concert by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party. Like many other foreign ears, before and since, he was ...

It was in 1940s and 1950s that Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan and Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was a popular duo in qawwali singing. Ustad Fateh Ali Khan used to lead his family’s qawwali party. They were generally ...

What more can be told about a man whose life has so emphatically been documented? Shahenshah-e-Qawwali Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has been the subject of many a book, film and blog. Countless admirers have ...

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the much-revered qawwal, passed away on August 16, 1997 due to cardiac arrest. However, he leaves behind a legacy of greatness, and continues to be remembered for his ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited for bringing global attention to Qawwali music, extending the 600yr old Qawwali tradition of his family. By the time of his death following a heart attack, ...

On what would have been the 77th birth anniversary of the legendary Qawwal Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, his ancestral Haveli in Faisalabad stands as a haunting reminder of official neglect. Once ...

Two decades after Nusrat, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan takes the qawwali even closer to the song format and strengthens its place in film music It has been twenty years since Nusrat Fateh Ali passed away and ...

He’s an artist that put Pakistan and qawwali music on the international map. Decades after his death, he continues to influence popular art and music, not only in Pakistan but among desi communities ...