KOHAT: Folksinger ZarSanga, known as the “Queen of Pashtun folklore”, has been living a miserable life in Kohat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in a tent under open sky.
She is the recipient of Pride of Performance and performed internationally for Pakistan, now ZarSanga is living in worst condition under open sky.
The condition of lady singer is speaking loudly about the callous attitude of the authorities, who have failed to pay the stipend of a singer having international fame and forced her to live in open. Her son told me that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has stopped her honorarium.
ZarSanga was living in a rented house in Kohat, which was being paid by local authorities under a two-year agreement. She was receiving a Rs30,000 monthly stipend as well. But the authorities stopped to pay the house rent as well as her honorarium.
ZarSanga has performed internationally, including in the US, UK, France and Germany.
ZarSanga is not only Pride of Performance recipient with no money to get by. In October 2020, Balochi folksinger and banjo player Taj Mohammad Tajal was fired from Radio Pakistan, where he offered his services for Rs12,000 a month. Tajal can’t afford two full meals a day.
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