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Dama Dam Mast Qalandar: The man behind the melody

Suhail YusufMuhammad Umar Published April 17, 2014
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Clarification: Lal Meri Pat was not written by Ashiq Hussain, but his compositions of the famous song featured in Pakistani cinema. The origins of the first composition lie in the history of the Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh.


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