Lahore
The world renowned Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was remembered on his 22nd death anniversary on Friday. Born on October 13‚ 1948 in Faisalabad, the legend Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musician, vocalist, instrumentalist and Qawwal. He was a singer of Qawwali and considered one of the greatest singers ever recorded; he possessed a six-octave vocal range and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours. Extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family‚ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited with introducing Sufi music to international audiences. He was popularly known as Shahenshah-e-Qawwali (The King of Kings of Qawwali). He also did music projects with India music composer A R Rehman and film lyricist Javed Akhtar.—INP
