PESHAWAR: Clad in a traditional dress and a thick khakhi shawl, Zainullah Khan Umerzai clutches his Chitrali sitar with pride. He is touted as one of the finest Chitrali sitar players who are ...

PESHAWAR: Noted Chitrali sitar player Zainullah Jan has asked the provincial culture department to preserve traditional musical instruments to enrich live music as the art of making musical tools is ...

Sitting in a bicycle workshop in one of Mardan’s oldest settlements, Babini village, he tunes his Chitrali sitar with shaky hands, the rifle to his soldier. Shad Muhammad today is one of the few ...

A book that gives a comprehensive theoretical understanding of the most recognised symbol of subcontinental music Sitar became the most recognisable symbol of subcontinental classical music during the ...

PESHAWAR: Noted sitar player Ustad Zainullah Jan died of cardiac arrest in the wee hours on Saturday at his residence, family sources confirmed on Sunday. The artist was one among a few surviving ...

PESHAWAR: Once popular in Pashto cultural Hujra music, the early age string music instrument sitar has been disappearing from the stage of Pashtuns cultural musical shows and has been widely replaced ...