Source: Dawn Images Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 | 01:49 AM PST | His music videos introduced us to Jal and to EP, and ever since then ace director Umar Anwar has not looked back. Shooting commercials and music videos alike, he is known for bringing his unique touch into all of his videos.
Dawn – Images Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 | 05:04 AM PST | lt was quite a sight watching Laal ( a ‘revolutionary pop band’), being scrutinised by some three dozen young men and women on a TV channel this year on Pakistan Day. The band is being aggressively promoted by the said TV channel — […]
Playing a different tune By Andrea Anastasiou | Feature Writer Published: March 22, 2009, 23:15 “Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.” – Herbie Hancock It can be argued that music is the universal language. Through it, we have the ability to communicate messages that otherwise may be lost in translation, and […]
The Art of Mixing With this blog, I really want to start an informal interaction with all of you whereby you get to to see the internal workings of the band, the various logistics that we face, my thought process and input in terms of songwriting,coming up with interesting parts, tracking the songs in their […]
Noori, at present is a two member band by the brothers Ali Noor and Ali Hamza. Initially when it started the band consisted of four members including Louis J Pinto (AKA Gumby) and Ali Jafri apart from the brothers. The name Noori is not derived from Ali Noor. Noori is a Persian word which means […]
I really wanted to share the story behind Qayaas with all of you on my blog but that is still a few more days away. Since I just can’t wait to get it out of my system, so here it goes …. This all started when OP, a dear friend was shooting a show for […]
I gotta begin by saying, WHAT A KICK-ASS lineup! So I’ve been listening to the two songs Umeed and Tanha on repeat for the past week and here are some of my thoughts. First of all, I’m already well aware of Fifu, Sarmad, Sherry and Khurram and how they are the best at what they […]
Source: Dawn Images “You know Zeb and Haniya?” asked the Turkish Ambassador Engin Soysal. No, I don’t, I said. “Well then come over and hear them.” I did. Pakistani youth was there. Fresh, beautiful and honest. Untouched by the phony stench of politics in the capital. Guitarist Haniya sang a vintage Paul Simon number 50 […]
Easy style of Zeb and Haniya takes audience by surprise Saturday, March 07, 2009 By Ishrat Hyatt Islamabad In keeping with promoting culture whether its own or Pakistan’s, the embassy of Turkey, under the aegis of Ambassador of Turkey and Mrs Engin Soysal, arranged a concert by Pakistani artistes Zeb and Haniya (Zebunnisa Bangash and […]
Ali Zafar Blogs about the Terror Attacks “And there goes cricket too” “Why does it take so long for something right to happen in this country. And why does it take no time for something like this to happen. Where’s the accountability? People have been on the streets commenting, screaming , protesting, debating to see […]
