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Pakistani media is too limited in its view of its own people. The country’s linguistic and cultural diversity, given its size and heritage is comparabl…
Zeerak Ahmed
Jun 12Share
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and pillar for Lahore’s music scene – Farhad Humayun – passed away tragically at the age of 42. Humayun was one of the…
Zeerak Ahmed
Jun 8Share
Maanu and Talal Qureshi recently put out a pair of recordings. Talal is an artist’s producer. In that his reputation as an electronic musician is so es…
Zeerak Ahmed
Jun 4Share
I’m excited to announce Hamnawa Select: playlists of our favorite Pakistani music. I’ll publish these playlists periodically. The playlist for May is a…
Zeerak Ahmed
Jun 2Share
The best Faris Shafi songs – and Introduction is one of them – deliver hard-hitting truth with two essential sides: some artfully constructed swearing,…
Zeerak Ahmed
May 28Share
I just ask Natasha Noorani to tell us about her music herself: Choro is about the labour of leaving a toxic environment. Each space in the music video …
Zeerak Ahmed
May 25Share
A year ago, Kaky Thou$and was notable for being just 8 and rapping like the big guys. Aside of a growth spurt, his age is not relevant to why his music…
Zeerak Ahmed
May 21Share
Towers collaborate with producer and filmmaker Jamal Rahman for their third single. There’s lots to like about this: the visuals, the synth, that bass …
Zeerak Ahmed
May 18Share
Farooq Qaiser passed away on May 14 – a loss of immense proportion. 
Zeerak Ahmed
May 16Share
Omer Tariq writes: Really enjoyed the recent features on Qawwali especially Hina Husain’s interview of Michael Brook. The interview reminded me of anot…
Zeerak Ahmed
May 11Share
Huz Kai is of Pakistani descent and makes K-pop. I don’t know too much about this except that it is awesome. h/t resident K-pop expert Natasha Noorani
Zeerak Ahmed
May 7Share
One of the things I enjoy most about Pakistani hip hop is that it actually speaks in the language spoken by its audience. Whereas much of the pop rock …
Zeerak Ahmed
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