I wonder why the same self-professed devout people who are offended by me do not react as zealously when it comes to saving Pakistan from the terrorists who are chopping off heads, whipping girls and destroying schools and our culture. The Taliban and al Qaeda are doing far more damage to Islam and Pakistan than a 15-second clip on It’s my country too on YouTube.
Allama Iqbal spoke profoundly when he said: “Khirad ko ghulami sey azad kar, Jawanon ko peeron ka ustad kar.” (Free the mind from slavery, Make the youth the teachers of the old.)
The “controversial” sequence was taken out of context for the film It’s my country too. The family discussion at my aunt’s house in Colorado over dinner was part of a larger view on the Quran’s candid view on natural, physical relations between a husband and wife. “Only good men for good women” (Surah Noor) and “man and woman are a garment for each other” (Surah Baqarah). {Read More…}
Atif Aslam came to Dhaka on 30th July to perform at a concert and on his 4th visit to Bangladesh, Atif in an interview with the local newspaper of Dhaka shared his love for the ‘City of Mosques’, Dhaka, his views on the music reality shows and responded to the criticism he gets.
On Asking about the city and how well the audience here at Dhaka receives him, he said,
“The people here are very nice to me. They seem to have something to say me all the time which is either related to me or my music.”
He also added that Dhaka is one of his favorite cities. He said,
“To be very honest with you, Dhaka is one of my favorite cities. The city is amazing and it relaxes me to a great extent. Apart from the horrible traffic jams of Dhaka, the city is great to explore for the enthusiastic. The women in saree look awesome here. They look gorgeous, gracious and lovely.”
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The Pakistan America Peace Through Music Project A Musical Journey to Peace, Freedom and Understanding
(A Collaboration of The Sonic Peace Makers and SHINE HUMANITY)
Background:
Mention Pakistan today and what comes to the minds of most Americans is terrorism, poverty, and hopelessness. That’s all they see in the news. But Pakistan also has one of the world’s most diverse and rich cultures, equaled only by its spectacular natural beauty as home to part of Kashmir, the Khyber Pass and high mountain peaks like K2. Once upon a time in the not so distant past, Texan gun enthusiasts brought their prized antique revolvers to Peshawar’s gun smiths to make copies, actor Robert DeNiro posed for pictures with restaurant owners while vacationing in Chitral, and Mick Jagger tested his dance skills with Lahore’s most well-known Mujra dancers. And many of Pakistan’s greatest musicians and singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan regularly collaborated with their counterparts in Europe and America such as Peter Gabriel and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder. {Read More…}
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Today Fox News published a report on Pakistan and refereed to it as Pornistan claiming that it is “No. 1 Nation in Sexy Web Searches”. Whatever keywords Fox News has mentioned are factual and not made-up. I don’t deny the fact that Pakistan ranks 1st on these keywords. I also don’t deny the fact that porn is popular in Pakistan. However, I deny that Pakistan is “No. 1 Nation in Sexy Web Searches” as claimed by Fox News.
Pakistan is top dog in searches per-person for “horse sex” since 2004, “donkey sex” since 2007, “rape pictures” between 2004 and 2009, “rape sex” since 2004, “child sex” between 2004 and 2007 and since 2009, “animal sex” since 2004 and “dog sex” since 2005, according to Google Trends and Google Insights, features of Google that generate data based on popular search terms.
It’s funny how the mentioned keywords are few of the least popular keywords when it comes to pornography. Below is the image of comparison of these keywords along with other major keywords related to pornography like “sex”, “porn”, “big tits” {Read More…}
The 50-member Sufi group will be headed by Abida Parveen in the festival
Pakistani Peace Builders Sufi Festival
The Pakistani Peace Builders Sufi Festival is an independent cultural diplomacy campaign to give voice to the true Pakistan and reaffirm shared values of tolerance and peace that celebrates Pakistan’s rich cultural heritage through the universal language of music. PPB stands in solidarity with New Yorkers and the world against violence perpetuated in the name of Muslims and Islam.
Responding to the negative stereotyping of Pakistani-Americans and Pakistanis after the recent failed bombing of Times Square, we invite all Pakistani-Americans, Muslim-Americans and concerned global citizens to come together with this peace-building message. {Read More…}
Steadily but surely creating a niche for herself, Meesha Shafi boasts of a multitude of talents.
A graduate from the NCA in Lahore, she is a popular artist with a flair for oil on canvas. The gifted gal has also dabbled in acting and modeling along with representing L’Oreal Paris in Pakistan as one of the spokespersons, as well as being the lead vocalist for the percussion-based fusion band, Overload.
On how she manages to multi-task, Meesha says, “Multi-tasking is not a problem. In fact, I would probably bore myself if I stuck to only one thing. What’s important is being surrounded by supportive friends and family who understand my often demanding schedule.” {Read More…}
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After the Huge Success of Record Breaking Single “Chue Chue”. Artist Zaain is coming back to bubble gum our summers with another promising Single “Puch Mera Kiya Naam”. Zaain is done with the video of this song and is planning to release it in second week of July.
After reading your deluge of e-mails and tweets of disgust concerning Ali Azmat‘s recent appearance on Dawn TV, I saw the programme myself and I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!
I’m stunned at the audacity of ignorance, the dishonesty and the complete hypocrisy uttered by Ali Azmat on the recent Dawn TV show.
Pakistan does not need the “Danda” or a “Khilafat” any more than it needs corrupt politicans, suicide bomb blasts and drones that kill innocent civilians.
I wonder why Dawn TV doesn’t choose to invite serious people who have contributed positively to Pakistan’s culture, education and society rather than trying to get cheap laughs out of confused and brainwashed celebrity addicts. {Read More…}
The second episode of Coke Studio 3 aired on June 20th. The episode featured five tracks out of which only two proved to be extremely amazing. Coke Studio is famous for maintaining its style of fusion and diversity in music, this time flavored a bit experimental and mind-numbing. It was nice to see EP performing together but they could not maintain the real essence of the beautiful song “Bolo Bolo” by Sajjad Ali. A very famous song from hit album “Babia” of Sajjad Ali, which was released in early 90’s, had “Bolo Bolo” as the second most favorite song, after “Babia”. The vocalist Fawad did little justice with this legendary and gorgeous song of Sajjad Ali. The bona fide quintessence of the song wasn’t felt at all. Upon asking Ahmed Ali Butt about the Coke Studio sessions, he shared, {Read More…}
I wonder why the same self-professed devout people who are offended by me do not react as zealously when it comes to saving Pakistan from the terrorists who are chopping off heads, whipping girls and destroying schools and our culture. The Taliban and al Qaeda are doing far more damage to Islam and Pakistan than a 15-second clip on It’s my country too on YouTube.
Steadily but surely creating a niche for herself, 
