Pakistani classicial singers

Pakistani classical singers have an increasingly strong presence in the country, even though the musical arts still, relatively speaking, lack government patronage.

But the classical arts are on a comeback.

Some famous singers include (Past and Present):

Male

*Umrao Bundoo Khan
*Naseeruddin Saami Khan,
*Naseer Ahmed Khan (a delhi based Indian singer from Delhi gharana)
*Salamat Ali Khan-Nazakat Ali Khan
*Fateh Ali Khan-Amanant Ali Khan
*Hussain Baksh Gullo
*Ghulam Hassan Shaggan
*Umeed Ali
*Bhailal Mohammed
*Fateh Ali Khan - Ustad Hameed Ali Khan
*Ahmed Ali Khan - Rehmat Ali Khan
*Zafar Ali Khan
*Mohammed Hafiz-Mohammed Afzal
*Faheem Mazhar
*Akhtar Hussain
*Ashiq Ali
*Ilyas Hussain Khan
*Rustam Khan
*Hamid Ali Khan - Asad Ali Khan
*Sardar Khan
*Chotay Ghulam Ali
*Barkat Ali
*Niaz Hussain Shammi
*Shafqat Ali
*Latafat Ali
*Sharafat Ali
*Ghulam Shabbir Khan - Ghulam Jaffer Khan
*Valiyat Ali
*Imtiaz Ali Khan - Riaz Ali Khan
*Ghulam Haider
*Nazir Batt
*Akhtar Ali-Zakir Ali
*Mehfooz Khokhar
*Mehar Ali
*Ramzan Khan
*Mubarak Ali Khan
*Feroze Nizami
*G.A.Farooq
*Tawakkal Hussain Khan
*Asad Ali Khan
*Wahid Hussain Khan
*Hashmat Ali Khan
*Tassadaq Ali Khan
*Nusrullah Khan Noori
*Chand and Suraj Khan
*Pathane Khan

Female

*Roshanara Begum
*Sarah Zaman
*Zahida Parveen
*Shahida Parveen

References

* [http://sarangi.info Pakistani Classical Music recordings available on www.sarangi.info]
* [http://www.sadarang.com Articles on Pakistani Classical Music available on Sadarang Archives]