Artists termed the demise of music masters a great loss to the world of folk music. They said both of them enriched Pashto and Urdu folk music with their innovation. He said the contributions of Farooq Ustad and Khalid Malik Haider to radio, TV and film were immense, but regrettably, their works went unnoticed. “Farooq Ustad aka Gul Ji (1948-2025) spent some time in Punjab and parts of KP. A resident of Swabi district, Farooq Ustad was a down-to-earth personality having mastery over all shades of Pashto folk music compositions.