KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts-NAPA held an evening of classical and ghazal singing with Ustad Salamat Ali at NAPA’s Zia Mohyeddin Theatre on Tuesday.
The ustad presented some of his famous renderings such as Dr Tariq Mirza’s ghazal Zamana Chahiye tha, Hasrat Mohani’s Dekhna bhi to unhe door se dekha karna, Amjad Islam Amjad’s Kahan aa ke rukne the raste kahan moD tha use bhul ja, and Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Tum aae ho na shab-e intiz?r guzr? hai. He also presented a couple of bandishes that he had composed when he was a faculty at NAPA.
The evening culminated with Chairman NAPA Syed Jawaid Iqbal presenting Ustad Salamat Ali with the NAPA memento to honour his services to the Academy and the music industry at large.
A large number of music lovers enjoyed themselves with the melody-filled evening.
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