Ask a young Pakistani to name five songs they love. Then ask them to name one Qawwali. One Ghazal. One folk melody from Balochistan or Sindh.

The silence that follows isn’t their fault. Somewhere between streaming platforms, algorithmic playlists and a global culture that arrived faster than our own could be handed down, Pakistan’s most extraordinary music quietly slipped out of reach.

Not lost. Not dead. Just undelivered — sitting in the hands of masters, waiting for someone to build the room where a new generation could finally hear it.