Ghulam Mohammad PP, known popularly as Pathanay Khan[a] (Punjabi: [pəʈʰaːɳeː xãː]; 1926 – 9 March 2000), was a Pakistani folk singer from Kot Addu, Punjab.
He was born in 1926 in the village Basti Tambu Wali, situated in the heart of the Thal Desert, several miles from Kot Addu, (Punjab).
[1][2][3] Ghulam Mohammad was born in 1926 in his ancestral village, Basti Tambu Wali, in Kot Addu, British Punjab to a Punjabi Muslim family.
It is said that remembering those days brought tears to his eyes and he believed that it was his love for God, music, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid that gave him strength to bear the burden.
For example, Khwaja Farid's kafi "Piloo pakian ni vay" has been sung by Suraiya Multanikar, Hussain Bakhsh Dhadhi and many others.
When Pathanay Khan sang "Jindarri lutti tain yaar sajan, Kadi mor maharan tay wal a watan", Bhutto broke into tears.
[7][2][3] His funeral was attended by a large number of people including poets, intellectuals, lawyers, educationalists and district officials.