{"id":15768,"date":"2025-12-30T14:58:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/30\/reviving-classical-music-rawalpindi\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T14:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T14:58:45","slug":"reviving-classical-music-rawalpindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/30\/reviving-classical-music-rawalpindi\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviving Classical Music in Rawalpindi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Arts Council Rawalpindi staged an evening dedicated to <em>Classical Music<\/em> aimed at preserving traditional forms and giving music lovers a memorable cultural experience.<\/p>\n<p>Renowned maestros <strong>Ustad Ijaz Tokal Khan<\/strong>, <strong>Haider Tokal<\/strong> and <strong>Ali Raza Tokal<\/strong> delivered soulful performances that held the audience rapt, while celebrated flautist <strong>Ustad Hanif Khan<\/strong> cast a special spell with an outstanding set that drew warm applause throughout the hall.<\/p>\n<p>A large and enthusiastic audience attended the programme, reflecting strong local interest in classical arts. Among those present were the family of Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Culture Shazia Rizwan, Director General Arif Malik, Bank of Punjab Manager Safwan Munir, calligraphers Shabbir Zia and Younis Rumi, Vice President PML-N Rawalpindi City Raja Nasir Ahmed, Director Punjab Arts Council Rawalpindi Muhammad Shakoor and council officers Waqar Ali, Muhammad Zeeshan and Arsalan, along with other notable personalities.<\/p>\n<p>The Punjab Arts Council administration congratulated the organisers on the successful conduct of the programme and highlighted the role of such events in sustaining <em>Classical Music<\/em> traditions across the city and the wider Punjab cultural scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Arts Council Rawalpindi revives Classical Music with maestros and Ustad Hanif Khan enchanting a large audience at a vibrant cultural night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}