Noor Zehra Kazim accompanied by Shaukat Raza [tabla] performed raga jaijai wanti on the unique instrument sagar veena.–Photo by White StarKARACHI: Music lovers witnessed some fine performances on the ...

Resting on the floor, in a cramped room in a bungalow in Sunder Nagar, an upscale New Delhi neighbourhood, the sagar veena, the latest improvisation on a 2,000-year-old instrument, looked promising.

There is an elderly gentleman residing in Lahore who is a ­lawyer by training. Though he enjoys practicing law, he says it holds no real interest for him. He’s a former Congress Party and Muslim ...

KARACHI: It is no mean feat to create a musical instrument. Not only does it require a profound understanding of the art of music but also an in-depth knowhow of how string or wind instruments work.

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from ...

Shiva Musicals on Sampige Road has been serving artists since 1982, holds record for making world’s biggest veena, thambura Tucked away in Sampige Road, 40-year-old instrument store Shiva Musicals has ...