Pakistani folk music

The Sindhi kafi is an indigenous musical form of Sindh and Punjab, Pakistan.

The satirical tone of these kafis, sometimes, depicts true picture of political situations and social conditions of their own days.

Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, a renowned Sufi saint and mystic poet of Sindh (d. 1752), contributed considerably to the development of the Sindhi kafi, writing many verses and composing tunes which he named “The Sur of Shah Latif”.

Her daughter, Shahida Parveen, possesses her mother's command of the form and her devotional urge.

Yet today's trends, and perhaps necessity, have led her away from kafis and towards the geet, the ghazal, semi-classical and folk forms.