Amjad Sabri

Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa today approved death penalty for 10 "hardcore terrorists" including those who shot dead Amjad Sabri, one of the country's renowned Sufi Qawwals.

Renowned Pakistani qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Karachi, Pakistan, last month. Soon after that another Pakistani actor and television presenter Nadeem Jafri was shot and wounded outside his house during a robbery attempt

Asked to comment on the incident, Sami told IANS here: "It's a very tragic thing. Musicians, irrespective of the place they belong to, are messengers of peace. When you start to silence messengers of peace, then I think you need to wake up and smell the coffee because it's staring you in the face."

Amjad Sabri, a master of qawwali, the devotional music that is wildly popular across the Indian subcontinent and well beyond, was gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan.

Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif flew to Karachi on Sunday for security meetings following high-profile attacks that have raised fears of a slide back into chaos in the busy metropolis once known as the world's most violent megacity.

Pakistani investigators have uncovered "important leads" in the murder case of one of the country's finest Sufi Qawwals Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead by Taliban militants this week, the government claimed today.

Thousands of mourners crowded the funeral procession of a beloved Pakistani singer on Thursday, a day after he was gunned down in the Karachi in an attack claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban.

"It's very unfortunate, heartbreaking and sad that something like this has happened to an artiste,- said Alia Bhatt

Pakistan's Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri, of the noted Sabri Brothers group, was shot dead in Karachi this afternoon. He was in the city's Liaquatabad area when unidentified gunmen attacked his car. He died later at a local hospital.

Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa today approved death penalty for 10 "hardcore terrorists" including those who shot dead Amjad Sabri, one of the country's renowned Sufi Qawwals.

Renowned Pakistani qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Karachi, Pakistan, last month. Soon after that another Pakistani actor and television presenter Nadeem Jafri was shot and wounded outside his house during a robbery attempt

Asked to comment on the incident, Sami told IANS here: "It's a very tragic thing. Musicians, irrespective of the place they belong to, are messengers of peace. When you start to silence messengers of peace, then I think you need to wake up and smell the coffee because it's staring you in the face."

Amjad Sabri, a master of qawwali, the devotional music that is wildly popular across the Indian subcontinent and well beyond, was gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan.

Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif flew to Karachi on Sunday for security meetings following high-profile attacks that have raised fears of a slide back into chaos in the busy metropolis once known as the world's most violent megacity.

Pakistani investigators have uncovered "important leads" in the murder case of one of the country's finest Sufi Qawwals Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead by Taliban militants this week, the government claimed today.

Thousands of mourners crowded the funeral procession of a beloved Pakistani singer on Thursday, a day after he was gunned down in the Karachi in an attack claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban.

"It's very unfortunate, heartbreaking and sad that something like this has happened to an artiste,- said Alia Bhatt

Pakistan's Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri, of the noted Sabri Brothers group, was shot dead in Karachi this afternoon. He was in the city's Liaquatabad area when unidentified gunmen attacked his car. He died later at a local hospital.