Canadian MPs, officials, diplomats enjoy soul Qawwali performance at Canadian Parliament.

Canadian Parliamentarians, Senators, MPs, senior government officials, High Commissioners, ambassadors and members of the diplomatic community, were entertained by a splendid display of mystical Sufi music of Pakistan through a soulful performance of famous Qawwali singers Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad Qawwal Brothers in the Canadian capital.

Arranged under the auspices of Pakistani Canadian Senator Salma Ataullahjan and MP Paul Chiang in association with the Pakistan High Commission, at the historical Sir John A.

Macdonald Building in Ottawa, the Qawwali event brought together 'the Sound of Pakistan: Mystical Sufi Music and Dinner' through a combination of various Sufi musical colours scattered from Khyber to Mehran in Pakistan. A large number of Pakistani diaspora was also gathered on the occasion to lend a touch of 'Pakistaniat' to the colourful evening.

Speaking on the occasion, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer A. Janjua lauded the organisers Senator Salma Ataullahjan and MP Paul Chiang for bringing Pakistan's Sufi music to Ottawa and presenting it to their colleagues and others in town as part of the ongoing celebration of the Asian Heritage Month at the Canadian Parliament.

Janjua said the Qawwali event was justifiably themed as 'From Khyber to...