Music has a unique way of crossing borders, languages and politics. As the we celebrate World Music Day today on June 21, it is worth looking at one of South Asia’s most fascinating cultural ...

Pakistani musical stalwarts have enjoyed enduring adoration across the Indian subcontinent for decades, transcending ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sonya Rehman reports on art and culture from South Asia and beyond. Currently working on their third album, slated for release ...

A new release featuring British pop star Zayn Malik singing in Urdu has gone viral in South Asia, and it's giving fans in the West a taste of Pakistani music. ONE DIRECTION: (Singing) Baby, you light ...

21-year-old Econ major who is obsessed with gaming and lifting weights. Currently catching up on popular TV shows and Fantasy novels. Being the first Marvel show with a Muslim and a Pakistani ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a legendary Pakistani musician, was one of the most iconic qawwali singers of all time. His incredible voice, unique style, and immense talent earned him a global following and ...

A few years ago, the musician Ali Sethi was driving through Punjab, behind a jingle truck—the long-haul trucks known in his native Pakistan for their filigreed paint designs—when he spotted a phrase ...

Digital distribution has opened global markets to independent artists, but it has also made ownership harder to verify. A ...

2022 saw a rise of Pakistani pop culture worldwide, punctuated by a Grammy win, Ms. Marvel and an ovation at Cannes. ALI SETHI AND SHAE GILL: (Singing in non-English language). SHAPIRO: For the first ...

When Farhan Bogra was teaching himself how to play the rubab, an ancient instrument played by ethnic Pashtuns, 15 years ago in Peshawar, little did he know that his native Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ...