Pakistan Pop Bands Continue to Churn out Great Music

Currently the biggest band in Pakistani pop, Strings has had a tumultuous history of disbanding and then reuniting. What hasn’t changed is the consistency of Faisal and Bilal — the band duo — at churning out good music. As for the band’s as yet untitled next album, “it’ll be different — more rock-oriented and not as mellow as our previous work,” informs Bilal. In Pakistan, where there is hardly a parallel film industry, the music industry is flourishing with different sounds: ghazals, qawalis, Sufi rock, pop.