Classical music in Pakistan has not been very successful. It is something meant for those who understand music and have regard for this style of singing. Pop music has now been introduced. It is gaining ground despite protests from religious circles. It has not so far gained the speed of Western Pop music but it is coming up.
P ainting is yet another facet of Pakistani art which has come of age.
Pakistani art galleries are not flooded by the paintings of the Pakistanis but occasional art exhibitions are arranged and the paintings exhibited speak of the maturity of the artists and painters. Pakistani painters are patronizing two trends. A class of painters influenced thoroughly by the West is devoting attention to foreign looking alien abstract art. The other class more conscious of its identity has of its region of greatest activity the local scenes and local environment.