[1] In September 2017, he appeared again in Coke Studio (season 10) and sang Sab Maya Hai with his traditional band.
[4] His school teacher made him practice the songs by Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh and told him never to stop singing.
He has performed Na`at and Kalaam by famous Sufi poets, such as Mian Muhammad Bakhsh's Saiful Maluk and Bulleh Shah's Keey Bay Dardan Sang Yaree.
Khan sang his Achha Sila Diya Tune Mere Pyaar Ka and other Pakistani Sufi hits for the audience.
This Mianwali-born vocalist, with his swashbuckler moustache, kameez shalwar, and shawl on one shoulder, became the poster boy for traditional Pakistani music.
[1][2] Singing in various Lahnda varieties, his searing, impassioned songs became popular almost from the moment he recorded his first session for Radio Pakistan, Bahawalpur, in the mid-1970s.
[8] For years, Esakhelvi reigned supreme and unchallenged, in a universe that existed parallel to the cultured music salons of the elite.
[1][3] He has received a lifetime achievement award from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and had his name entered in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1994 for the highest number of audio albums released.