The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...

Experience one of Pakistan’s most treasured singers, Arif Lohar. Inheriting the talent and traditions of his iconic father, the legendary singer Alam Lohar, Arif Lohar embraces his heritage and ...

NEW YORK, April 5, 2017 — Pakistani singer Sanam Marvi offers insights into her music, vocal techniques, and philosophy in this lecture-demonstration, which includes Marvi performing several songs.

Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan — When Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s best known performers of Sufi devotional music, was gunned down in Karachi, the country’s private news channels ran continuous ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Internationally acclaimed Pakistani Sufi opera singer Saira Peter has been honoured at the "She Leads the Nations" Global Summit, held at the United States Congress in Washington DC, in recognition of ...

For Umer Piracha, sufi music was a constant soundtrack as he grew up. He was born and raised in Multan, a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan that’s also home to a rich history of Sufism, a mystic ...

Pakistan is mourning the death of one of its most famous musicians, a Sufi Muslim who was shot dead in an attack claimed by the Taliban, who consider his music blasphemous. Amjad Sabri, 45, was ...

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 ...