Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2023
Altaf Hussain Tafu Khan (born 1945), better known as Ustad Tafu or simply Tafoo, is a Pakistani musician from Lahore, Pakistan known as a 'master tabla player'. Ustad Tafu is especially adept at playing the musical instrument Tabla . Ustad Tafu has also been associated with Coke Studio in Pakistan.[1][2]
He is the father of musicians Tariq Tafu, Tanveer Tafu, and Sajjad Tafu.
^Faiza Shah (9 August 2017). "I helped Madam Noor Jehan return to the film industry, says tabla maestro Ustad Tafoo". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^Ustad Tafu profile on Coke Studio (Pakistan) website Retrieved 26 December 2021
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