The Internet comes alive with the resounding cheer ‘Pakistan Zindabad!’ Social networking website Facebook and microblogging website Twitter were chock-full of celebratory messages. PakCricket became one of the top 10 topics being talked about on Twitter on Sunday night
Madeeha Syed gets through high security for a backstage peek at the most elusive recording studio in town. I drive several miles out of the main centre of the city, cross a bridge into an area dominated by warehouses and industrial mills and arrive at a venue marked only by a tiny sign. The only […]
Pakistan has won the T20 World Cup 2009 yesterday on 21st of June. The response from the audience has been remarkable. Pakistani crowd has proved to be one of the most patriotic crowd of the world. We can see the Patriotism everywhere, let it be on social networks or the streets of Pakistan or London. […]
Source: Dawn.com LONDON: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets to win the Twenty20 World Cup at Lord’s on Sunday. An exceptional bowling performance was followed by some sensible batting to see Pakistan emerge triumphant in what was a match of tremendous importance for the embattled country. Pakistan Innings: Once again, Afridi came to the […]
“If you have to listen to local female musicians, you should take note of Zeb and Haniya’s compositions,” Sajid Ghafoor (from Sajid and Zeeshan) commented several years ago. We were having a discussion on the dearth of female musical groups in the country and how one or two aspiring artistes had managed to generate acclaim […]
Forming a union for musicians is a noble initiative and one which has also been taken in the past [Association of Music Professionals of Pakistan (AMPP) formed in April 2006] albeit without any visible success. There is again talk of a section of the musician community in Pakistan getting together to form another union — […]
Despite all of the sociopolitical and economic odds it faces, art serves not only as a breath of fresh air but also motivates those exposed to it. Recently, episode one of the second season of Coke Studio titled Individuality was aired on private networks across Pakistan, giving audiences a flavour of the music coming out […]
Bringing on the blitz Coke Studio pushes the technology envelope as the Worldwide Web resonates with the sessions Muniba Kamal Karachi The Coke Studio sessions have begun and the impact of Season Two is more far reaching than Season One. After the sessions went on air, the tremors were felt far and wide on the […]
Hadiqa Kiani and Rohail Hyatt praise Zeb and Haniya! Within a span of a very short period, the one-album old duo of Zeb and Haniya has managed to leave their mark on everyone. Zeb and Haniya, who are also a part of Coke Studio season two, have bowled over producer Rohail Hyatt. Speaking with Instep, […]
With relations between India and Pakistan still at a stalemate, the musical exchange between the two countries has found new meeting points: Dubai and the Internet. And Indian news websites report that Pakistani musicians are not allowed to do public performances and are not getting visas to travel to India for recordings.
