Arif Lohar is one of the most famous Pakistani folk singer. It has been reported that he will now start singing across the border for Indian films too. Already he is known in India for his folk music, now he will get a chance of being recognized even more so. He received offers for singing again when he visited India recently. He is hopeful that he will make his mark and has accepted these offers.

Getting offers from India to sing for their films is nothing new for Pakistani musicians. Arif Lohar is no different. He has been receiving offers to sing for the past 12 years, but up till now he has not accepted a single one of them. Now, for some reason he has changed his mind. Music has no language and no boundaries, and the musical cultures of both India and Pakistan are similar and diverse. (more…)

“Music is my soul, I breathe it”, says BAQIR ABBAS

Baqir Abbas, a name with greatness hooked to it, is the musical maestro and brains behind countless melodies, innumerable compositions and myriads of instrumentals. He is genuinely the backbone of the Pakistan music industry for over two decades. From lending his voice of flute to the king of qawaali, Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to creating the beats of Shehenshah-e-ghazal, Mehdi Hassan; from the music of Malika-e-tarannum Noor Jehan to the melodies of the legendary Asha Bhosley and from the exceedingly gifted Ustaad Salamat Ali coming down to the highly acclaimed Adnan Sami, Baqir Abbas leaves no stone unturned in creating a name having no counter part. (more…)

Well, there was so much hype regarding a concert that recently took place in Lahore last weekend. The mega event was organized by Octave Entertainment and it was one of its own kind of event that happened in Lahore in recent years. The musicians who performed LIVE there were: Arif Lohar, Raga Boyz, Shazia Manzoor, Annie and Falak. While the one celebrity who literally attracted thousands of Lahoris, was none other than Atif Aslam.

Aslam, who was performing after a long time in a public concert in his town, was seen in very casual looks. Wearing not a corporate, branded or decent wardrobe (as he used to wear in major events) but rather a black sleeve-less TEE, he was definitely looking very ‘different’ that night. More than that, what he did there, with his casual behavior was surprising for many. (more…)

*NOTE: This post is the predecessor of Revisiting Coke Studio Season One and Revisiting Coke Studio Seaon Two.*

Disclaimer: This series only highlights the performances that are given in the previous Coke Studio seasons, it is CERTAINLY NOT a TOP 10 LIST or the best of the best produced by PakiUM. PakiUM may or may not agree with the order of songs reviewed in this post.

As of today, Coke Studio has aired three successful seasons, and today we are going to take you back to the third and the last year season:

Coke Studio – Season Three:

The third installment of Coke Studio was aired in between the summers of June and August 2010. Five episodes were aired in the third season and they were entitled Reason, Will, Conception, Form and Realisation. It mainly focused on the Sufism and the artists that performed in this season are: (more…)

As a series of Priority Night concerts, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, another event was held in Lahore featuring Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Saeen Zahoor and Arif Lohar. The top performers of the country performed at a private event place, along with the 22 persons orchestra. The Priority Night is directed by Shahi Hasan of Vital Signs.

Watch out the some video clips from this Exclusive Event: (Courtesy : Abbas)

Tu Jaane Na  (Part 1) – Atif Aslam

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The most popular track of Coke Studio Season3 – Jugni by Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi – has now been featured in Syed Noor’s new punjabi movie ‘Jugni Nachdi Ae’  as ‘Dam Gutkoon’.

This recent development has just come into our attention after we randomly reached a Youtube video. As per the video title , Arif Lohar along with Nooran Lal has sung this different version track ‘Dam Gutkoon’ for an upcoming punjabi movie ‘Jugni Nachdi Ae’ directed by Syed Noor. The movie cast includes all old champs: Shaan, Saima and Moammar Rana. Whereas Arif Lohar can also be watched dancing with Saima on his own track. (more…)

Video Courtesy : Fahad Suleman & Muhammad Owais

Atif Aslam covers Guns N’ Roses number “Sweet Child Of Mine” [Good Quality]

25^th March is the date that will be remembered for the years to come, as the day witnessed all the Major Music Sensations of Pakistan at one platform. Today Ali Zafar, Arif Lohar, Atif Aslam, Saeen Zahoor, all performed side by side at the Exclusive Standard Chartered Priority Event that was held today at Mohatta Palace, Karachi.

As we reported earlier that Karachiites had the opportunity to enjoy this once in a life time opportunity, it has been now availed by the luckiest audience that was present there on invitations.Our team were there to cover this most exclusive event of the decade. Till we process and release the HQ Pictures and Videos that we took there. Enjoy the bits that was reported by the eye witnessed team members of ours.

Fahad Suleman, Waqas Sarwar and Arsalan Ali were the team members that attended this fabulous event on behalf of Team PakiUM.

Here are the timely reports that we received: (more…)