ISLAMABAD: Actor and singer Fawad Khan is all set to croon for the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) upcoming season by lending his voice for the event’s anthem.
The song, which Khan will collaborate with rapper Young Desi for, will represent the series’ fourth chapter.
Khan takes over the mantle from another singer and actor, Ali Zafar, who performed for the past three editions of PSL, wherein he sang ‘Ab Khel Kay Dikha,’ ‘Ab Khel Jamay Ga,’ and last year’s ‘Dil Se Jaan Laga De.’
Though the reports have yet to be made public, Khan’s manager confirmed to several mediahouses that the former rocker turned heartthrob for millions will be performing at the event.
Khan was the lead singer for Entity Paradigm — a band also known as EP — before landing his first TV role as Bond in ‘Jutt and Bond’.
He went on to essay several critically-acclaimed roles including that of Ashar in ‘Humsafar’ and as Zaroon in ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’ — both of which were huge successes in Pakistan and across the border in India, and are some of the few Pakistani shows to feature on Netflix.
His performances won the hearts of millions across the border, eventually landing him a role in ‘Khoobsurat’, ‘Kapoor and Sons’ and ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’.
And while acting may be his first love, Khan continued to sing, especially in his role as a judge on Pepsi’s Battle of the Bands, performing in the show's finales, too.
Khan’s journey with the PSL will also be undergoing a few changes — he will no longer be acting as an ambassador for Islamabad United, an office which he held since the PSL’s inauguration four years ago.
Along with headlining Pakistan’s biggest sporting event of 2019, next year might very well be Khan’s too what with the release of his highly-anticipated film ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ where he plays the titular role. The film is set to release on Eid ul Fitr.
Fawad Khan to lend his voice for PSL
Fawad Khan to lend his voice for PSL
- To collaborate with rapper Young Desi to create anthem for the event
- Series is in its fourth year since being conceptualized in 2014
Pakistan condemns Sudan attack that killed Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers, calls it war crime
- Six peacekeepers were killed in a drone strike in Kadugli as fighting between Sudan’s army and the RSF grinds on
- Pakistan, a major troop contributor to the UN, says perpetrators of the attack must be identified, brought to justice
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday extended condolences to the government and people of Bangladesh after six United Nations peacekeepers from the country were killed in a drone strike in southern Sudan, condemning the attack and describing it as a war crime.
The attack took place amid a full-scale internal conflict that erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful paramilitary group, following a power struggle after the collapse of Sudan’s post-Bashir political transition.
Omar Al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan for nearly three decades, was ousted by the military in 2019 after months of mass protests, but efforts to transition to civilian rule later faltered, plunging the country back into violence that has since spread nationwide.
The drone strike hit a logistics base of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan state, on Saturday, killing the Bangladeshi peacekeepers. Sudan’s army blamed the RSF for the attack, though there was no immediate public claim of responsibility.
“Pakistan strongly condemns the attack on @UNISFA in Kadugli, resulting in the tragic loss of 6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers & injuries to several others,” the country’s permanent mission to the UN said in a social media message. “We honor their supreme sacrifice in the service of peace, and express our deepest condolences to the government and people of #Bangladesh.”
“Such heinous attacks on UN peacekeepers amount to war crimes,” it added. “Perpetrators of this horrific attack must be identified and brought to justice. As a major troop-contributing country, we stand in complete solidarity with all Blue Helmets serving the cause of peace in the perilous conditions worldwide.”
According to Pakistan’s UN mission in July, the country has deployed more than 235,000 peacekeepers to 48 UN missions across four continents over the past eight decades.
Pakistan also hosts one of the UN’s oldest peacekeeping operations, the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), and is a founding member of the UN Peacebuilding Commission.
More than 180 Pakistani peacekeepers have lost their lives while serving under the UN flag.
Pakistan and Bangladesh have also been working in recent months to ease decades of strained ties rooted in the events of 1971, when Bangladesh — formerly part of Pakistan — became independent following a bloody war.
Relations have begun to shift following the ouster of former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina last year amid mass protests.
Hasina later fled to India, Pakistan’s neighbor and arch-rival, creating space for Islamabad and Dhaka to rebuild their relationship.
