It was a late Friday afternoon in 1990 when I got a call at the Los Angeles Times office inviting me to see a show by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan that evening. The qawwali master was performing in, of all places, a conference room at the LAX Airport Hilton, headlining a benefit to help build a cancer hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, hosted by that nation’s cricket hero Imran Khan.
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A Tribute to Nusrat – The Man & His Music Concert Videos
Vishal Vaid, ” Sanu El Pal Chain Na Aawe – Nusrat Tere Bina”
A Tribute to Nusrat – The Man & His Music Concert Videos (ft.Karsh Kale, Vishal Vaid, Brooklyn Qawwali Party), live at Makor, NYC, January 18 2007 . Concert Videos, Promotion Videos, Press kit and more ..
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live In Lahore, 1995 (Shalimar)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan With his Ghazals at Shalimar
A wonderful evening with Ghazals, Nusrat Solos, Interviews and more …
“The first time I saw Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” – Memories by Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif, Pakistani writer and journalist.
“The first time I saw Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” is a deeply touching narration by Pakistani writer, Mohammed Hanif of the incident when he first saw NFAK in his village in 1972. The eight years old Hanif was so moved that he decided his career even before the Party’s performance ended ” He wanted to sit behind the large man (Nusrat) , clap, sing and make the audience go wild ” … Did he live his dream ? The program also takes a very wise take on accusations following the “Global Nusrat” …… A Must Listen..
How We Won the World Cup – “‘We played Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan all the time”
Wasim Akram talking about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
In today’s video treat, Wasim Akram remembers how the team won the World Cup & How much obsessed they were with “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” . It was 1992, and cricketers like Javed Miandad were already die-hard NFAK fans. NFAK himself started taking interest in cricket those days as he was becoming a good friend of the Pakistani cricket team. Just before the team left home for World-Cup, NFAK personally recorded many songs specially for the team on request of Javed Miandad. Team played these songs pretty much every time (before match-after match, during practice sessions, during breaks and of course to celebrate the victory)…
We all know the result of World Cup…. “The team brought the trophy home”
Click Here To Play the video (Move to 6:40)