Sana Tajik

PESHAWAR: Sana Tajik, a rising Pashto singer from Lower Dir, has not lost her hope and just a year ago has launched her career in music despite unfavourable conditions for artists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a chat with this scribe, she says that one should not take art as something to fetch earning only rather talent should be used for positive cause and change in society. Her recent Pashto video album has shot her to fame on social media. She is currently doing BS from a college in Peshawar but also pins her hopes on her career in music despite unfavorable conditions for artists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Ms Tajik says that she got inspiration from Haroon Bacha, a noted Pashto singer, when she was in 8th grade and fell in love with Pashto folk music. Defying social taboos, she sought permission from her educated parents to learn the basics of music. Sana Tajik says talent should be used for positive change in society Ms Tajik says that two years ago her family shifted from Dir to Peshawar where she met senior folk singer Gulzar Alam, who taught her for a few months. “Now I have been taking music lessons from Ustad Safdar Ali from Punjab. I got a tremendous response from audience on social media. The number of my fans has crossed more than a million,” she claims. Ms Tajik has recently released her Pashto video album ‘Deedan’, a medley of traditional, modern and rock music.