ISLAMABAD: Renowned classical singer Pathany Khan will be remembered on his death anniversary on 9 March.
The government acknowledged Pathany Khan's work by awarding him "Pride of Performance Award".
Pathanay Khan was born in 1926 in the village Basti Tambu Wali, situated in the heart of the Thal Desert, several miles from Kot Addu. He was a great Seraiki folk singer of the country.
He mostly sang Kafis and Ghazals (traditional forms of poetry) which were largely based on the Sufi poetry of Khwaja Ghulam Farid and Shah Hussain. He was totally devoted to Khwaja Farid.
He gave his own deeper meaning to Khwaja Sahib's poetry through his style and spirit of singing. Pathanay Khan introduced many great, but unknown poets of the Seraiki belt through his dhoras (traditional folk poems) that appeared as a preamble to Kafis.
Pathanay Khan died after protracted illness in his native town of Kot Addu on Thursday, March 9, 2000.
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