As a child growing up in Pakistan, Kausar Safar loved listening to the fast-paced, vibrant sound of Qawwali music. She knew that there was a religious aspect to the music played on the radio on Friday ...

Pakistani mourners gather around an ambulance carrying the coffin of Sufi musician Amjad Sabri during his funeral in Karachi on June 23, 2016. Thousands of Pakistanis on June 23 thronged the streets ...

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NEW YORK, May 8, 2016 — The classically-trained Saami Brothers Qawwal perform traditional qawwali music following the two-day Lahore Literary Festival at Asia Society in New York. (2 hr., 7 min.) ...

Prominent Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri has been shot dead in Karachi in what police consider an act of terrorism. Two unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle fired on Sabri's car in the southern port ...

Today’s show is a little different: it simply features three devotional songs from India and Pakistan. The first is a raga by Ravi Shankar for his beloved music guru, Baba Allaudin Khan. The ...