Profile Shoot: Gumby, Khalid Khan & Omran Shafique

Wardrobe: Kash Hussain Photography: Fayyaz Ahmed Styling: Sajid Models: Gumby, Khalid Khan & Omran ‘Momo’ Shafique Fashion Editor & co-ordination: Madeeha Syed Source: BandBaji | Madeeha Syed In the Drummer’s Den By Khaver Siddiqi Drummer Louis John Pinto, aka Gumby, talks exclusively to Images on Sunday about the new studio he set up with Mauj-frontman […]

Music in the Naughties: A turbulant soundtrack

January 10, 2010

By Madeeha Syed With 2010 slated to be a comeback year for the music industry – provided everything goes as planned – here is a concise look at Pakistani pop music this past decade From 2000 to 2001: Slow beginnings Pakistani rock phenomenon Junoon was at the peak of its glory and had just released […]

Kostal hit the dance floor with ‘Jaan Jaye’

December 6, 2009

Song: ‘Jaan Jaye‘ Artist: Kostal Directed by: Uns Mufti (ROLA) It is every begum’s darkest (domestic help-related) fantasy come true. With ‘Jaan Jaye’, Kostal’s hip-hop ditty that first became popular in 2006, we are treated to a colourful peek into the secret life of the cook and maali (gardener) in those gloriously unsupervised moments which […]

Shehzad Roy and Najam Shiraz win at the Lux Style Awards ’09 leaving veterans Ali Azmat, Strings, Shafqat Amanat Ali and newbies Zeb and Haniya high and dry

November 26, 2009

Rock ’em shock ’em: Maheen Sabeeh Karachi Deciphering the numbers The music winners at Lux Style Awards ’09 indeed came as a surprise. Who would’ve thought that Najam Shiraz would walk away with Song of the Year over Ali Azmat, Shehzad Roy, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan and Zeb and Haniya? But he did. In reality, […]

Uth Oye Shirts: Wear Sarcasm on Your Sleeve

November 13, 2009

Finally…desi statement tees that have punch! Saba Imtiaz Karachi Set to make its way into must-buy lists everywhere is the new range of t-shirts by Uth Oye!, a social enterprise that gives 50  percent of its profit to charity. And while this year alone has seen the launch of several Pakistan-themed t-shirt lines, Uth Oye! […]

Is the Internet the future of music in Pakistan?

November 8, 2009

As Overload and Mekaal Hasan Band release their records without the backing of a record label and pull it off without a glitch, Instep takes a look at the burgeoning music scene, record label battles and how the Internet just might be the way out By Maheen Sabeeh Throwing out the blame Internet. The inescapable […]