[2] It aired on Pakistan Television from 1964 (its establishment) to the late 1980s.
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 or sometimes also called the First war of independence from the British rule, most Mughal court musicians moved from Delhi to the relative peace and safety of smaller towns after the failure of the 1857 rebellion.
This new trend resulted in the development of two closely related music genres, the thumri and the dadra.
Thumri and dadra have been and still are popular among contemporary classical vocalists in Pakistan.
[3] Pakistani pop music, despite starting as completely westernized music, has been heavily influenced by semi-classical by the passage of time.