Her patriotic songs became anthems of courage, resistance and spiritual armor for soldiers and civilians of Pakistan ...

KARACHI: On the second day of the four-day “18th World Urdu Conference- 2025 titled “ Celebration of Pakistan” organized by ...

The nineteenth death anniversary of legendary singer Malka-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan was observed today. Noor Jehan was born in Kasur‚ Punjab on September 21st‚ 1926 in a family of musicians. She recorded ...

Noor Jehan ruled the film industry for more than 35 years and recorded about 10‚000 songs in various languages including Urdu ...

Showcasing BBC News Urdu’s network of correspondents, Jahan Numa brings global and regional news stories to serve its diverse audiences Khalid Karamat and Samrah Fatima (Image: Jeff Overs/BBC) Our ...

BBC News Urdu has launched TV programme Jahan Numa (Window to the World) on Pakistan’s TV channel Aaj News. Broadcast on Aaj News 19:30 local time (14:30 GMT), Monday to Friday, the programme also ...

BORN in the dusty village of Kotla Sultan Singh in Amritsar district on Christmas Eve in 1924, Mohammad Rafi was wonderstruck ...

December 30, 2025 • On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an exceptional year in guitar music. From Gwenifer Raymond's ...

Ghulam Haider, Allah Ditta and Mohammad Bakhsh — all past 90, sat on a cracked mud platform beneath a single bulb. They began after maghrib [sunset] and finished only at the fajr azaan [call to prayer ...