Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group, spoken by around 28 million people primarily in the south-western half of the province of Punjab in Pakistan. It was previously known as Multani, after its main dialect.
Niazi, Niazai or Niyazai is one of the largest Pashtun tribes which resides in Afghanistan and northwestern part of Pakistan.
Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri was a politician and was actively involved in the Pakistan Movement.
The Mianwali District is a district located in the Mianwali division of the Punjab province of Pakistan created in November 1901, were separated from Bannu District and separated from Dera Ismail Khan District to integrate into new district named Mianwali. Mianwali District remained part of Rawalpindi Division until 1963, when Mianwali District became part of Sargodha Division. According to 2023 Pakistani census Population of Mianwali District is 1.79 million.
Attaullah Khan NiaziSI PP, known professionally as Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, is a Pakistani musician, singer, and poet from Isakhel in Mianwali District, Punjab. He is mainly associated with Punjabi folk music and has written various songs and poems in Punjabi language.
Ghulam MohammadPP, known popularly as Pathanay Khan, was a Pakistani folk singer from Kot Addu, Punjab. He was associated with the Punjabi folk music industry and mostly sang kafis and ghazals, usually drawing on the Sufi poetry of Bulleh Shah, Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Pir Meher Ali Shah and Shah Hussain. He is regarded as a "legendary" figure of folk music.
Saraiki culture is the culture of the Saraiki people, residing in Pakistan and outside Pakistan.
Shaukat Ali, also known as Shaukat Ali Khan, was a Pakistani folk singer.
Muhammad Humair Hayat Khan Niazi was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He defeated a federal minister, Sher Afghan Khan Niazi, in the 2008 elections for the NA-72 constituency. He previously served as District Nazim of Mianwali from 2001 to 2005. From 1991 to 1993, he was the chairman of the Zila Council of Mianwali. He was also elected as the youngest sitting chairman at 25.
Pakistani folk music refers to the local genre of folk music that originates from Pakistan.
South Punjab, also proposed as Bahawalpur-South Punjab; or Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab; are the names for the proposals to create a new province in Pakistan, out of the southern regions of Punjab. The region comprises the Bahawalpur, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions. The proposed province would form about 52 percent of the total area and almost 40 percent of the population of the current Punjab province. It has also been proposed to create instead two provinces in South Punjab.
Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq or S M Sadiq is a Pakistani lyricist and a poet whose written songs frequently have been sung by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and other singers like Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Aziz Mian, Shabnam Majeed, Shahid Ali Khan and Arif Lohar.
The fourth season of the Pakistani music television series Coke Studio Pakistan commenced airing on 22 May 2011 and ended on 17 July 2011.
Sanwal Khan Esakhelvi is a British-Pakistani visual effects supervisor, sound designer, singer, musician and songwriter. Before establishing himself as a singer, Esakhelvi was a professional cricketer until 2006 and has worked in British film industry as a VFX artist and sound engineer. He released his first album Teray Khayal Mein (2017) and debuted as a featured artist in the tenth-season of Coke Studio along with his father.
Events from the year 2020 in Pakistan.
Mashooq Sultan, was a Pakistani folk singer and the former actress. The recipient of numerous accolades, including, a highest national literary award of Pakistan the Pride of Performance, she is sometimes referred to as "Melody Queen of the Pashto folk music" for her contributions to Pashto music and "Queen of the stage" for representing Pakistan in numerous foreign countries such as the US, the UK, France, Belgium, the UAE and in Afghanistan. As a multilingual singer, she worked in 1,500 albums written in different regional languages such as Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki and primarily in Pashto language. She is also credited for singing gazals, and also worked as a playback singer in Pashto films.
Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf was Pakistani Islamic scholar of the Ahl-i Hadith and was former editor-in-chief of Al-Aitisam Weekly for twenty four years. He was the head of Darussalam's Research Division department in Lahore.
Abdul Majid Jahangir was a Pakistani comic actor. He was best known for his comedy roles and caricatures acted in PTV's show Fifty-Fifty.
Bazgha is a Pakistani actress. She acted in both Urdu and Punjabi films and is known for her roles in films Saima (1980), Athra Puttar (1981), Amanat (1981), Khubsoorat (1982), Ek Din Bahu Ka (1982), Dehleez (1983), and Tina (1983).
