uratulain Balouch and Shafqat Amanat Ali have been announced as headliners for the upcoming Lahooti Melo being held in Larkana at the end of the month.
The 16th edition of the melo, which is set to take place on September 21, seeks to commemorate World Peace Day.
Lahooti Melo began dropping names of the lineup for the Larkano Edition 2026 on Instagram earlier this week.
In addition to mainstream singers like QB and Shafqat Amanat Ali, the festival will platform folk singers like Tahir Mithu, Ustad Noor Bux, Fakir Zulfiqar, the father-son duo of Ashique and Musadique Nizamani and Farzana Bahar.
The organisers of the festival are also in discussion with artists from other provinces, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan, and will soon be announcing the rest of the lineup as names are finalised.
Lahooti Melo was co-founded by Saif Samejo, a member of the Sufi rock band The Sketches, and the founder of the Lahooti ashram in Hyderabad, and his wife Sana Khoja in 2016. Samejo will also be performing at this year’s melo.
The melo has always centered a particular cause. This year’s theme is centred around peace, cultural diversity, and music and the arts as a means of bringing people together and promoting peace, with a focus on celebrating our shared cultural heritage, Khoja told Images.
