Talented women were always there. The permission, infrastructure and recognition were often not

Why Punjabi Zaboor remains one of Pakistan's richest yet least recognised cultural inheritances

From vanished audiences to algorithm-driven listening, two books explore how cultural change reshapes sound

Songs repeated on loop at celebrations, roadside stalls, and truck stops are now part of an official debate

Despite demographic marginalisation and cultural retreat, Hindu sacred music continues to live in Pakistan.

From Tharparkar to Lahore, devotion flows across inherited lines. Artists do not abandon identity; they expand it.

Once spread across Punjab’s shrines, Sikh liturgical music now survives as a small but vibrant practice in Pakistan

Kalasha hymns are the living archives. To hear them is to witness a culture resisting disappearance

In Punjab, church music constitutes a space where colonial form intersects with local expression