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By Amna Toufeeq | 09 October 2025
Khudgharz’s performance of Zubeen’s famous song ‘Ya Ali’ greatly touched the audience.
Music can connect people from different places because it doesn’t care about language or borders; it speaks to the heart. That’s what happened in Karachi when a Pakistani rock band, Khudgharz, honored the Indian singer Zubeen Garg who passed away.
Khudgharz, known for their lively shows and special rock style, really touched the audience when they played Zubeen’s famous song ‘Ya Ali’. This song was first made for the Bollywood movie Gangster in 2006.
The movie, directed by Anurag Basu and starring Kangana Ranaut, Emraan Hashmi, and Shiney Ahuja, had once captured the hearts of listeners in both India and Pakistan. These two countries haven’t always gotten along, and things have been especially bad lately.
When the band started playing, the crowd cheered loudly and sang along. Short videos from the concert quickly became popular online, with many people praising the band’s kind musical act
. Indian news also noticed the performance, pointing out that it was a special moment of shared enjoyment between countries.
Farrukh Siddiqui, the main singer of the band Khudgharz, told Geo Digital that while they’ve played Zubeen’s songs before, this time felt different because he had recently passed away, leaving music fans heartbroken.
He said their performance was a tribute to a great artist, and the audience in Karachi showed a lot of love.
Zubeen Garg, from Assam in northeastern India, died on September 19 in Singapore, where he was supposed to perform; he was 52 years old.
Indian news said he drowned.
His death was a shock to many fans in the region, who were sad to lose a singer who sang in over 30 languages and mixed Assamese culture with modern music.
Arsalan Ali, Khudgharz’s manager, said that cricket and music have always connected people from both India and Pakistan.
However, recently, especially after the Asia Cup, there has been more distance. So, they decided to use music to improve relations.
Online, fans from both countries agreed, calling the tribute a nice reminder that art can still unite people even when politics create divides.
