{"id":1720,"date":"2026-10-08T18:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:12:35","slug":"wasim-akram-names-diljit-dosanjh-his-favourite-punjabi-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/2026\/10\/08\/wasim-akram-names-diljit-dosanjh-his-favourite-punjabi-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasim Akram names Diljit Dosanjh his favourite Punjabi singer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI (Voice of Russia): Former Pakistan cricket team captain Wasim Akram has praised Indian singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh&#8217;s music and global popularity, naming him his favourite Punjabi singer.<\/p>\n<p>In a video circulating on social media, Wasim Akram was asked about his favourite Punjabi singer. The former cricketer named Diljit Dosanjh without any hesitation and praised him openly.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wasim Akram, Diljit&#8217;s music is outstanding and he counts among the world&#8217;s biggest stars. He said Diljit Dosanjh deserves the success and recognition he has achieved at the global level.<\/p>\n<p>Wasim Akram&#8217;s statement drew a positive response from social media users. Many users appreciated the mutual respect between these two well-known personalities from Pakistan and India.<\/p>\n<p>Diljit Dosanjh has in recent years transformed from a popular Punjabi artist into an internationally recognized singer and entertainment personality. His Punjabi songs, energetic stage performances and unique fashion style have earned him a large fan following around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI (Voice of Russia): Former Pakistan cricket team captain Wasim Akram has praised Indian singer and actor Diljit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-showbiz-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",600,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",150,113,false],"medium":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",300,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",600,450,false],"large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",600,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",600,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",600,450,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",600,450,false],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diljit.jpg",547,410,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/category\/breaking-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Breaking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/category\/showbiz-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Showbiz<\/a>","tag_info":"Showbiz","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}