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Alive - Rich Poor Boy

Up and coming Pakistani Indie band “Rich Poor Boy”. Just shows how far the underground music scene in Pakistan has progressed over the years. Do give it a listen. 

Classical Pakistani interpretation of Dave Brubeck’s Take Five from Sachal Studios Orchestra in Lahore, Pakistan.

Original can be found here. 

insaniyat:

Aalu Anday (Potato and Egg) by the Pakistani Punjabi band Beygairat (shameless) Brigade

Its scathing lyrics take on taboo subjects such as Islamic fundamentalism and the Pakistani army chief in a way that no one has done before. It also pours scorn on Pakistani society where ruthless killers - such as Mumtaz Qadri who killed a politician for his religious views and Ajmal Qasab the sole surviving gunman from the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks - are glorified as heroes by some.

This is a place, the song goes, where a Pakistani Nobel prize-winning physicist, Abdus Salam, is forgotten because he is from the minority, and much reviled, Ahmadi community.

Bayghairat Brigade are three young men with a sense of humour but also, clearly, with a sense of despair about Pakistan.

The potato and egg curry of the title is just a way of lamenting how Pakistani society dishes out the same old rubbish year after year. (Read More)

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swagistani:

Islamabad Fashion Week SWAG.

Islamabad Represent!!!!

Shows a different side of Pakistan that tends to get overlooked in the media. I thought it was somewhat interesting and strange that they overlayed the text for the show over an explosion at the beginning of the clip? Doesnt really help the misconceptions that people have regarding Pak…

cheatsheet:

Pakistan After the Floods: 1 Year Later

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