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Indeed a big moment in the life of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Saheb and Pakistan too. Our congratulations and May God bless you to carry this journey of bringing smiles through music to all your fans

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Wow wow, no words sir! Respect to you.

Should have named the hall after NFAK!

just because he became celebrity in India... Thanks to India... Without India that was impossible and worthless...

Well deserved and source of pride for the nation. Congratulations. Now, if we can find just one hospital in Pakistan which can be named after Nawaz Sharif or Zardaris? Heck, even a highly decorated local Bus does not carry their image, name or slogans.

why not after his guru and mentor Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan?

The good thing is the plate also has Hindi(devanagari) script.Which shows Rahat Bhai is mutual treasure of Indian and Pakistan.

Very nice. Congratulations to Rahat Fateh Ali and Pakistan.

It should have named after Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Just saw his show in Edmonton, Canada last Sunday. Venue was packed and people enjoyed his show immensely. Indeed a great honor for him to have a music room named after him at Oxford.

@sachin panwar Indian music industry progreessed due to him, he was a legend before the bollywood and is, even after bollywood. Stop this narrow minded thinking. Just look at bollywood songs without Pakistani singers, which forced them to remix and mashup old songs.

@sachin panwar Very sad at your comments, we should all be proud he is one of us. Please do not be so narrow minded.

@Dr BN Anand . Very proud of your comments. Thanks

it should have been named after nustrat fateh ali khan who was his mentor , and uncle and who was a legend of indian subcontinent

Congratulations!

Welcome to the club.

Wow! what an honor!

@sachin panwar Sure. That's why he is the first one in South Asia to receive this honor!

A pakistani does it again. The best of the best. We are a immensely talented nation with none to equal us.

@sachin panwar india contributed nothing. Bollywood is cheap copies of Hollywood. Pakistani talent has kept it alive.

An old urdu saying "Ghar ki murghi daal barabar" ... Pakistan is home to numerous celebrities and Noble personalities, be it scientists, doctors, engineers, artists, musicians.. but they hardly get the respect and honor they truly deserve. Malala youngest noble prize winner in the world is hardly spoken or discussed at any platform in Pakistan, she is rather considered a puppet agent of the west! Similarly, RFAK got fame only when he toured India, and now Oxford gave him this honor which should have been awarded long time back in home country! We ought to learn from other nations who honor our heroes and feel proud of our talented people.

I wish Rahat, had also mentioned the name of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib, his mentor, who taught him the skill sets needed to bring him to the position that he is in today. It is very sad and disappointing, that we choose to ignore those, whom we owe a lot, especially if they are no longer in this world, and now of no worldly benefit to us.

Congratulations

He is truly a legend and the part is that he humble.

Great honor for Rahat Fateh Ali Khan , but why is there inscription in hindi??

I am happy that a talented person is honoured.And secondly the British did not consider this man as unchristian.

@sachin panwar what a joke sachin, he is talented and hard working, most importantly a believer that is why. They do not have anything to name for corruption and cowardice otherwise they will get a lot of names from india.

He is far by the best. No one has voice even closer to him. He is an asset for the Indo Pak subcontinent. Can we Indians and Pakistanis stop fighting. We would have been developing at rocket speed to gather...I am not sure how many would agree but peace is the only solution forward.. we have lost enough lives money and hatred towards each other.

Congratulations to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Nobody knew him outside Pakistan n handful ppl in India #before his Bollywood songs. He was not famous but Thanks to Bollywood the world know him and love his songs. I am glad for him. Many yrs ago i met some of his family members on different occasions here in Holland because of my love for Indian classical music. #Bollywood has been a tremendous platform on world stage for other Pakistani singers/musicians n few actors who were part of ...even Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ghulam Ali. Through local Indian/hindustani radio stations around the world ppl got to know Noor Jehan, Mehdi Hassan, Parvez Mehdi, Tari tabla maestro, Mehnaz, S.B John etc. etc #GoodProgress (I knew them all through their work (met many in person), musician, actors, Moin Akhtar (friend)

Bravo. Makes us proud.

I wonder what that non-Pakistani & non-English script has to do with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. In any case, Urdu would have been better as that is the language of his home country.