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Alam Lohar

عالم لوهار

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Pakistani Punjabi folk singer (1928–1979) from Achh village in Gujrat district, born into a blacksmith family; he created and popularised the Jugni narrative form, made Waris Shah's Heer famous in his high-pitched chimta-accompanied style, dominated folk singing in Pakistan from the 1950s until his death in a road accident, and received the Pride of Performance (1979). He was the father of Arif Lohar.

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singer
Region
South Asia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari · Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda · Abd al-Rahman Badawi · Abd al-Razzaq Nawfal · Abd Allah ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari

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    Arif Lohar

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    Sources

    • Alam Lohar — English Wikipedia
    • Alam Lohar — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Alam Lohar — Wikidata
    • Arif Lohar — English Wikipedia
    • Arif Lohar — Urdu Wikipedia
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    islam.museum contributors. “Alam Lohar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/alam-lohar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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    Arif Lohar

    Pakistani Punjabi folk singer (born 18 April 1966), son and successor of Alam Lohar; he sings accompanied by the chimta, became famous with Jugni alongside Nooran Lal (2006) and his Coke Studio performance of Alif Allah (Jugni) with Meesha Shafi (2010), acted in some 45 Punjabi films, and received the Pride of Performance (2005).