The
following 5 iconic men are part of
Pakistan’s rich music culture and have helped promote it, as they are famous in
and outside of Pakistan and are attracting crowds worldwide to get a greater
insight into our Pakistani culture.
Atif Aslam:
Despite
his current successful singing career, Atif’s first love was cricket and he
dreamed of representing his country. While training for the cricket team he
simultaneously began to sing and recorded his first single “Aadat” with money
he had saved.As it went viral Atif recorded more songs some of which are
“Bheegi Yaadein” and “Ehsaas” and his popularity escalated almost overnight, as
concerts all across the subcontinent sold out.Atif has toured internationally
in US, Canada and Royal Albert Hall London. He has performed alongside Western
singers like Jay Sean and Pitbull.Today Atif has expanded his career to include
acting and his debut movie was the 2008 Pakistani film “bol”.
Ali Zafar:
Pakistani
singer, composer and artist Ali Zafar is most famous for the range of his
vocals which has shocked and yet won over the hearts of local and international
audiences.His instant hit debut album “Huqa Pani” won him worldwide
fan-following. He is also known as the most versatile singer because of his
pop,folk and classical renditions in coke studio.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan:
Rahat Fateh
Ali Khan is a Pakistani Qawwali singer,a devotional music of Muslim Sufis. He
is trained but his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who brought Qawwali to
international audiences. His talent inherent talent allowed him to perform from
the young age of 9 and at the age of 15 he joined his uncle’s Qawwali group. He
has performed in Pakistan, India and the United Kingdom to a combined audience
of over 20,000.In Light of recent years he has been an integral part of
Pakistani nationalism through his songs like “Hum Pakistan” and “DhartiDharti”.
He has performed concerts in all big cities like Karachi, Lahore, Hyderabad and many more.
Shafqat Amanat Ali:
Interested
in music since he could talk shafqat Amanat ali was successfully able to pursue
the career of his dreams, first as part of the Pakistani rock band Fuzon and
then as a soloist.Fuzon merged Pakistani classical and modern rock to create a
new genre.Following his departure from Fuzon, he began solo performances and
won the president’s Pride of Performance award on Independence day 2007.His
most famous works are “AnkhonkeSagar” and “Mitwa”.
Ali Azmat:
Ali Azmat is
a Pakistani singer-songwriter.In the early part of his music career he
struggled and performed at most at small gigs in Lahore. Once he joined the Sufi
rock band Junoon the band gained fame over the span of a few years and became
quite influential. The band’s most famous their debut album “Junoon” and
“Inqilaab”(Revolution).Their most famous song is Jazba-e-Junoon which is one of
the nations most loved songs and the signature song of the Cricket world Cup.Following
these successes Azmat is the first musician to perform his single “dosti” at
the UN assembly to aid the UN Mission of World Peace in 2001.
[Pakistan, Wednesday 8th July’15]: It is no secret that Faysal Quraishi is a social media enthusiast. Not only is the Pakistani actor active on almost all mainstream social networking websites, but he also shares a very special bond with his virtual followers and makes it a point to regularly interact with them. The latest application that has caught Faysal’s interest is Dubsmash. The viral lip-syncing app allows users to mimic numerous sounds including their favorite quotes and songs from films.
