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This is a list of songs about Pakistan (known as Milli naghmay, Urdu: ملی نغمے) listed in alphabetical order. The list includes songs by current and former solo-singers and musical bands. The list includes songs by current and former solo-singers and musical bands.
'The New York Times' says the song "takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at religious extremism, militancy and contradictions in Pakistani society", "as a rare voice of the country’s embattled liberals." It "delivers biting commentary on the current socio-political milieu of the country", and "rues the fact that killers and religious extremists are ...
Atif Aslam (Urdu: عاطف اسلم) is a Pakistani pop, rock, film and playback singer, songwriter, composer and an actor. His discography consists of three studio albums, songs from Pakistani films, Hindi films and Hollywood films, and many other popular songs. He predominantly sings in (Urdu) and Punjabi. He has also sung a song in Bengali.
Qayaas (Urdu: قیاس transl. Deliberation) was a progressive rock band from Islamabad, Pakistan, founded in 2008 by lead guitarist and songwriter, Khurram Waqar, who was soon joined by vocalists Umair Jaswal and Mohammad Hashir Ibrahim, guitarist Sarmad Abdul Ghafoor, bassist Shaheryar Ghayas and drummer Salman Rafique, completing the band's lineup.
The first season of the Pakistani music television series Coke Studio Pakistan commenced airing on 6 February 2008 and ended on 18 April 2008. The show was produced by The Coca-Cola Company and Rohail Hyatt. The production team included Rohail Hyatt as the executive producer along with Umber Hyatt and Nofil Naqvi being the producers of the show.
As of 2015, EMI Pakistan is the country's biggest record label, holding the licenses of some 60,000 Pakistani artists and around 70% of the total music of the country, [9] while streaming service Patari has the largest independent digital collection, with some 3,000 artists and 50,000 songs. [10]
Jogi, a song by Pakistani sufi-rock band The Sketches has been nominated for Best Song in the World Beat category at the New Mexico Music Awards. Jogi is the first single from the forthcoming full-length album of The Sketches, the track was recorded in Pakistan and USA and features a guest appearance by Grammy Award winning harmonica player ...
"Zaroori Tha" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the most-viewed Pakistani video on YouTube. It is also the first Pakistani video to reach 1 billion views. On the American video-sharing website YouTube, "Tajdar-e-Haram" sung by Atif Aslam became first Pakistani music video to cross 100 million views.