“I have kept this family tradition of ours alive since I was made the successor by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan over 20 years ago. In lieu of commenting on Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s daughter, he chooses to talk about his relationship with Ustad Nusrat Fateh Khan and his legacy. When my father Ustad Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan and Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recited Kalams of my Dada Ustad Fateh Ali Khan and other members of our family, no permissions have seemed.” “We are a family and everything belongs to us as a family. Why would I need any permission? This has never been the scenario in the history and legacy of our family which has a rich heritage of over 600 years in the field of Qawali and Sufi music. Upon asking whether he needs permission to sing Kalams of the maestro, he says, “I’m the successor (Janasheen) and the adopted son of my Ustad and Uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. In the wake of the revelations made by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s daughter regarding copyright infringement of Ustad’s Kalams, his nephew, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has come up with his statement to dissolve the clouds of ambiguity. If anyone wants to sing my father’s songs, they need to seek permission from me.” Responding to a question about taking a legal action against Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, she said, “Rahat is my brother and I will not take any action against him.”
She told, “I am the sole heir of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and the copyrights of my father’s songs are only with me. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s daughter had spoken to the media at the Lahore Press Club about her plan to send legal notices to the people and companies who had used her father’s Kalams without permission.
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