PESHAWAR: A session was organised at Pearl Continental Hotel on Friday in a bid to pay tribute to Qawwali maestro Amjad Sabri. The event was titled ‘Mystical Qawwali Night’. The event was the first of ...
HIS father, Ghulam Farid Sabri, sang that way. His uncle, Maqbool Ahmed Sabri, sang that way. His ancestors had done so too, right back to the time of Mian Tansen, a favourite musician at the Mughal ...
Four years ago today, the untimely demise of the renowned Qawwal Amjad Sabri shocked fans and the music fraternity alike. Sabri was known for his craft, who ruled over hearts and minds. The fourth ...
Last week, the music died. Amjad Sabri, a master of qawwali, the devotional music that is wildly popular across the Indian subcontinent and well beyond, was gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan. The man ...
The family of prominent Pakistani qawwali singer Amjad Sabri said they were trying to leave the country as they felt they were “being watched”, Dawn reported. “We are trying to settle in London, we ...
Malini Nair is a Senior Editor with The Times of India in Delhi. It takes a sufi to go looking for trouble, irreverently turning his face away from the reigning gods, clerics and rituals. “Na toh ...
The rehashed version of the 'Bhar do jholi' qawwali in Salman Khan-starrer 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' has landed in a copyright controversy with the heir of original composers Sabri brothers, Amjad Farid ...
Karachi, Nov 7: Two Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) militants have been arrested for killing Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s finest Sufi Qawwals, in a sectarian attack, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said ...
Karachi: One of Pakistan's best known Sufi musicians was shot dead by unknown assailants on a motorcycle in Karachi on Wednesday, triggering an outpouring of grief over what police described as an ...
Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s most well-known Sufi musicians, was gunned down Wednesday in the southern city of Karachi. Sabri, 45, was the victim of what police are calling a targeted killing. Two ...
This week, the music died. Amjad Sabri, a master of qawwali, the devotional music that is wildly popular across the Indian subcontinent and well beyond, was gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan. The man ...
HIS father, Ghulam Farid Sabri, sang that way. His uncle, Maqbool Ahmed Sabri, sang that way. His ancestors had done so too, right back to the time of Mian Tansen, a favourite musician at the Mughal ...