The annual all Pakistan Naat competition jointly organized by Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television in connection with Eid Mild-un-Nabi (SAW) is underway at Bukhari Auditorium, National Broadcasting House, Islamabad.
Proceedings of the competition are being broadcast live.
Participants from all the four provinces, including Islamabad capital territory, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir are participating in the contest. They have qualified for the annual Naat competition after winning similar contests held at the provincial level.
The final competition is being held in four categories. Winners of each category will be awarded a cash prize of 50,000 rupees, second and third position holders will get 40, 000 and 30,000 rupees respectively.
Rest of the contestants will get 20,000 rupees each, while Syed Abdul Rehman Foundation will award Gold Medals to the first position holders in each category.
Arbab Zafarullah, Muhammad Akhtar Bazmi, and Qari Dr Muhammad Younas are judges of the competition.