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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPakistani music

Topic: Pakistani music

Atif Aslam’s Bollywood career, break-up of Jal band—and Pakistani artist’s pent-up grouse

Pakistani musician Goher Mumtaz targeted his former Jal band member Farhan Saeed, saying the singer 'with an average voice' left the group because he wanted to be join Bollywood like Atif Aslam.

Arooj Aftab wants to be more than an ‘Urdu singer’. Now she’s being called anti-Pakistan

The singer’s tweet on labels by Western media opened a can of worms. Many accused her of wanting to shed her roots.

Pakistani singer Zeeshan Ali has more Indian fans. They call him new Ali Sethi

A third-generation migrant from India, Zeeshan Ali’s great-grandfather Balak Singh was a Sikh from Jalandhar in Punjab.

‘Thief, have shame, stop ruining songs’—Pakistani singer gives T-Series lesson on ‘plagiarism’

Farasat Anees’ song Biba and T-Series' version of the same name are inspired by Pakistani qawwali legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Je Toon Akhiyan De Samne.

Pakistan national anthem to get a makeover. More artists, regions—just like Coke Studio

A new version of Pakistan’s Qaumi Taranah or national anthem, ‘Pak Sarzameen’, will mark the country's 75th independence anniversary. Some ask if it's the right time.

Coke Studio 14 now faces plagiarism charge. Pakistanis back ‘underdog artist’

Sung by Abida Parveen and Naseebo Lal, 'Tu Jhoom' song had Pakistani fans excited until an emerging artist accused season 14 producer Xulfi of 'lifting her tune'.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.