Pathanay Khan

Pathanay Khan
Photograph of Pathanay Khan
Born
Ghulam Mohammad

1926
Basti Tambu Wali, Kot Addu, Punjab, British India
Died9 March 2000 (aged 74)
Kot Addu, Punjab, Pakistan
Known forFolk music
AwardsPride of Performance (1979)

Ghulam Mohammad PP, known popularly as Pathanay Khan (Punjabi: [pəʈʰaːɳeː xãː]; 1926 – 9 March 2000), was a Pakistani folk singer. He was associated with the folk music of Punjab 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.


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