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South Asia’s number one rock band Junoon has been nominated for the top 4 awards at the Bollywood Awards to be held in Dubai on January 21st. The leading stars of Pakistan and Bollywood, including Junoon, Hadiqa, Sonu Nigam, Ishaa Koppikar, Yana Gupta, and many others will be performing in the first Indo-Pak Awards show [...]

Mekaal Hasan Band is very popular in Pakistan. It is now making inroads in the international scenario. Mekaal Hasan is the guitarist and music composer for his band. He is also the guest guitarist with Junoon. It is a band of seven members. Javed Bashir is the vocalist. Mohammad Ahsan plays the flute, Mohammad Fahad [...]

The Samjhauta Express, the Sada-e-Sarhad Delhi-Lahore bus service, cricket diplomacy or Dostkari, the handicraft workshop, these are all a part of the government’s confidence-building measures designed to thaw cross-border relations between India and Pakistan. And now independent business collaboration between the two countries is trying to create a similar goodwill. Pakistan’s well-known sufi rock band [...]

United Kingdom-based Pakistani singer Raja Kashif, trained by acclaimed composer Ravi Shankar, has announced the completion of a duet album with film singer Alga Yagnik. The duet, produced by Indian company Saray Gama HMV, is Yagnik’s first non-film work…

A crowd of about 400 girls and boys went wild chanting the band’s name as the charismatic pair from Pakistan led them to the land of musical bliss. This was the scene on Thursday evening at the Gargi College fest, where Strings gave a rousing performance. As soon as the concert began, the barricades were [...]

The Annemarie-Schimmel-Haus, a non government organisation, in collaboration with Goethe- Institute in Karachi and the Lahore Arts Council organised a concert titled ‘Woodwind Chamber Music Concert’ at the Cultural Complex on Friday. Orsolino Quintet, a musicians’ band comprising Walter Auer, Anne Marckardt, Jochen Tschabrun, Jan Wessely and Marion Reinhard, performed in the concert. Orsolino Quintet, [...]

Music for a noble cause, and this year, it’s not just a journey beyond barriers, but beyond borders, too. On December 23, the St Xavier’s College grounds will reverberate with the beats of Strings — the duo of Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood from Pakistan, MTV veejay-turned-singer Sophiya and popstar Shibani. ‘It’s an effort to [...]

THERE’S a first time for everything as singer Khadija Hayder proved with her debut album ‘My First Time’. The singer has already featured the The Secret Service album, D-Classified, and the compilation album Love Is… But now Khadija has surpassed herself with the release of her debut album. My First Time has been released by [...]

The occasion: a jazz-cum-pop concert held under the joint aegis of the Italian Consulate-General at Karachi, and the Citizens Foundation, an NGO dedicated to combating illiteracy, having set up a hundred-and-fifty schools for the least fortunate segments of society all over the country. The programme featured the visiting Italian Jazz group, Luigi Cinque, and his [...]

Two years after its “Passion for Peace” tour stop here rocked Miller Auditorium, Pakistani-American rock group Junoon is back in town with the same goal in mind: To use its music to unite people across ideological and religious divides. The trio, consisting of founding members Ali Azmat on vocals, guitarist Salman Ahmad and bassist Brian [...]