Pakistani Guitar School a Hit Among Rock’n'Roll Youth
As Pakistani rock’n’ roll music begins to heat up, Pakistan’s youth have taken upon themselves to teach and learn to play the guitar in bigger numbers than ever - with …
Continue reading »Pakistan’s First Girl Pop Band Creates Waves
A Pakistani all-girl pop band - Zeb and Haniya - is creating quite a stir with the Pakistani youth. They recently debuted their first album Chup (”Quiet” in Urdu) …
Continue reading »Pakistan Pop Sensation Swoons Indian Fans
With his catchy numbers and boyish good looks that make female fans swoon, Roy is the latest musician to try his luck in India from across the salt desert. While …
Continue reading »Lahore Amateur Night Features Student Talent
About 31 students from various schools, colleges and universities and 23 amateur singers enthralled performed during the session. As per the conference’s 50-year-old tradition, the first session featured students and …
Continue reading »Pakistan Sitar Maestro Casts Indian Spell
Sitar maestro Ustad Rais Khan and his son Farhan presented a duet and left the audience spellbound by their skillful rendition of various ‘ragas’.Ustad Rais Khan delineated the intricacies of …
Continue reading »10,000 Karachiites Enjoy Bryan Adams’ Pakistan Concert
Adams, who performed most of his hits and moved the audience with “Summer of 69″, said he was glad to discover new fans in Pakistan. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams thrilled …
Continue reading »Pakistan Music Conference Draws Karachiites
Young, old, ladies and gentlemen all remained mesmerized under the spell of the melodies of the musicians and songsters, who kept them enthralled in pin drop silence listening to the …
Continue reading »Lively Lahore Thursday Sufi Nights
The day kicks off in the afternoon at the shrine of Data Ganj Baksh Hajveri (Bestower of Treasures), a 11th century Sufi mystic renowned for his concern for the poor, …
Continue reading »Pashto Music Gets Some Glamour
Among other creative works like Pekhawar Kho Pekhawar Dey Ka Na; Bibi Sherine, etc, reproducing a ghazal of prominent mystic poet Rehman Baba with video shots is another attempt to …
Continue reading »Pakistani Rock Star Inspires Across Faiths
His group was banned from performing in Pakistan from 1996 to 1999 after referring to government corruption in a song and protesting Pakistan’s and India’s nuclear testing. One of Salman …
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