Pakistani maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Who died on August 16,1998,at a relatively young age,almost single-handedly put the name of his country on the music map of the world. In his death, Pakistan lost one of its most talented and prolific singers .whose replacement, history will require several centuries to procedure.

It will be seven years on August 16,2005,since NUSRAT ,the Titan of fusion music ,died in London Hospital,when he was scheduled to visit the United States to fulfill his contractual obligations.The maestro ,who introduced mystical QAWWALIS and captivating plebeian songs-a blend of Oriental melody and occidental harmony-was held in high esteem equally by connoisseurs and music buffs all over the world. especially in US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia and India. He had visited these countries many times over to demonstrate his melodic prowess. His ecletic songs and polyphonized qawwalis became a rage in these couintries,Where music buffs feel over each other in seeking admission the concert halls where the late magician from Pakistan was to perform.

His Lovers still remember his marathon performance at the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, Canada,in 1992,where the enthralled a standing-room-only audience comprising white canadians and immigrants from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.In the same year, he taught qawwali music to students at Washington State University at Seattle, which had engaged him and his entire group for one academic year. The late Khan saheb avail the opportunity in touring different regions in the US to introduce his brand of modernized Pakistani songs among the American audiences. << Read Biography of Great Khan >>

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