# Young musicians connect a community across the Line of Control

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/young-musicians-connect-a-community-across-the-line-of-control/
- Published: 2026-11-14T13:56:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T23:37:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/editorial/longform/2026/11/14/young-musicians-connect-a-community-across-the-line-of-control?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Shina songs are finding listeners across the Line of Control.
- Paras hopes to collaborate and perform in Gurez and Ladakh.
- Musicians see their work as a way to sustain Shina identity.

## Summary

Shina folk music is reaching listeners across the Line of Control, connecting communities in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan with Shina speakers in Indian-administered Kashmir and Ladakh. Singer Salman Paras says the music helps people recognise shared cultural and family ties despite political division.

Paras’s song “Karay Karay”, recorded with Ali Zafar, has been viewed millions of times on YouTube, and his Instagram live on 3 November drew listeners from Gurez, Drass, Kargil and Gilgit-Baltistan. Listeners in Gurez say local singers perform his songs at community events; Paras hopes to collaborate and perform there if permissions and a visa can be arranged. Gilgit-based singer Iftikhar Uddin Iftikhar also says his audience now includes Shina speakers across the border, and sees his work as helping keep the language alive.

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