Asia Times: Coke Studio adds life to Pakistani pop scene

Updated 06 July 2018
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Asia Times: Coke Studio adds life to Pakistani pop scene

July 6: Asia Times report by Turyal Azam Khan states that since its inception in 2008, Coke Studio has become Pakistan’s most popular TV music show and an international franchise with a huge following on social media. It is seen as something that promotes a positive image of Pakistan, a country that often makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. Coke Studio started airing in broadcast syndication in 2008 with former member of popular Pakistani pop and rock band Vital Signs (1986-1998) Rohail Hyatt as executive music producer. It was a terrible time for the Pakistani music industry, with record labels going bankrupt, music channels shifting to foreign content, piracy increasing, and suicide bombis going off across the country.

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Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader

Updated 11 January 2024
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Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader

January 10: TOLOnews has reported citing a source that Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, met with Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate, Wednesday morning in Kandahar. Read more I