The Pashtun singer grew up in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Dir district, where performing arts were widely considered to be un-Islamic. In 2018, five female singers were killed in the northwest and in March this year, a popular Pashtun stage singer and actress was shot and killed near Peshawar, allegedly by her husband. But two years ago, Tajik’s family moved from their ancestral village to Peshawar where she managed to convince her parents to allow her to sing. Young stage dancer allegedly shot dead by suitor in Peshawar“At first, there were a lot of objections, from family, as well as people in our village. Even though it’s the other end of the country, Sana Tajik’s music is known, though not accepted by all.

Source: The Express Tribune April 09, 2019 14:37 UTC