Bali Jatti, the first women to own a travelling stage theatre in Punjab, did not allow her daughter to join her profession. She knew of the stigmas that marred it. Women have and play a vital role in ...

ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) on Sunday commemorated iconic theatre artist ‘Bali Jatti’ by naming the Lok Virsa rooftop theater in her honour as the “Bali ...

For folk artist Saima Akhtar, it is unfair that she does not get the same respect as other performing artists in Pakistan. Akhtar, granddaughter of famous folk theatre performer Bali Jatti who enjoyed ...

LAHORE: Azad Theatre, a parallel theatre group from Lahore, will stage a play on Bali Jatti, a noted folk singer of her times, while it is also producing a street play to create awareness about the ...

With little scholarship available on theatre in Pakistan, a book that promises to offer insights into the lesser-known tradition of folk theatre may be viewed with keen anticipation. In its heyday in ...

In the Indian Punjab, two young teenage girls are singing ancient poetry written by a Muslim Sufi saint buried over the border in Pakistan. Meanwhile, across the barbed wire in Pakistan, the female ...

Asad Ali Chaudhry explores music of the world that unites fans, including Pakistani folk singer Bali Jatti, whose music is inspired by Indian culture, Cypriot folk music shared by Greeks and Turks, ...