Pakistan before 90s

[ghazi52]

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Karachi
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[dexter]

thanks @Khafee bhai for +ve rating

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Lack of Jobs , Falling School standards together with Job via political means , have ruined Pakistan of 60s , since 70s Pakistan is in a decline

• Intellectual decline
  
• Reduction in quality of Human Resources
• Extremism brewing from low quality social environment
  
• Lack of Sporting

Pakistan's Human Resouce power has constructed Gulf cities and projects leaving Pakistan itself seeking outside help to complete their projects

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Lack of Jobs , Falling School standards together with Job via political means , have ruined Pakistan of 60s , since 70s Pakistan is in a decline

• Intellectual decline
  
• Reduction in quality of Human Resources
• Extremism brewing from low quality social environment
  
• Lack of Sporting

Pakistan's Human Resouce power has constructed Gulf cities and projects leaving Pakistan itself seeking outside help to complete their projects

... Your post shows me you lack alot of knowledge.

1: Pakistan is the only country in the region to have never had negative growth. For a country to "decline" you need negative growth, although War on terrorism has slowed us down we still have a growth rate of 4.5% compared to 7-8% before war on terrorism, although our current growth is expected to sharply increase due to decline in terrorism, crime, corruption and construction of economic focused projects such as CPEC. We are growing faster than average countries and our peak was at 11.5%.

2: What intellectual decline? Literacy rates are going up, more people are in schools than ever and colleges are facing significant increases in students.

3: Again, Human resources are significantly increasing in all areas around Pakistan thanks to more government and military grip from operations such as Zarb e Azb and Karachi Operation.

4: Extremism in our country has decreased to near extinction. Extremism is no longer "brewing" but infact is in decline, just 4 years ago most of the population support the Taliban - but now i can easily say only less than 1-2% support the Taliban. Even so, most Extremists here hate the Taliban and are very patriotic Pakistanis.

5: Lack of Sporting...?

7: We have a 50 million strong Labor force, those Pakistani "human resources" in the Gulf countries bring in over 18 billion dollars worth of remittances - you should thank them rather than criticize. Other countries are helping because they see potential.

 

[anant_s]

LP cover of Nazia and Zoheb Hassan’s first album, ‘Disco Dewane’ (1980).

One of the best voices of early 80s. All her albums were huge hits in India as well.
Brother Sister team with producer Biddu gave us some really memorable songs including Aap Jaisa koi from 1980 hit Qurbani.

Nazia went on to win Filmfare best female singer award for the same. She remains youngest recipient of this award till date.

 

[ghazi52]

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Remembering 80s & 90s: The Best Era of Pakistani Music

80’s & 90’s was surely the best era for the Pakistani music; experiencing artists like the Vital signs, Junoon, Strings, Awaaz, Hasan Jahangir, Nazia & Zohaib Hassan, Fakhr-e-Alam and many more…It was the blend of the best which will never be forgotten.

This post is NOT gonna be ‘the best collection’ or ‘the top 10 list’ but rather it would help peeping you back into the 90’s era. Whattay decade it was in terms of Pakistani Music! Lets start with:

*Disco Deewane!!*

Yes I mean Nazia Hassan, surely an icon for our country. Her tracks received great acclamation worldwide especially in our neighbors and they also made it to different night clubs across India and UK. Check out this song picturised on legendary actress Babra Shareef in a Pakistani movie called Sangdil (1982) featuring Nadeem as a lead actor. If you have watched this Pakistani movie or have loved this song in past, this video will surely bring back old memories to you.

*Hawa Hawa*!!

The “Pop Star” Hasan Jahangir came in with this sensational hit and took many hearts away..The song took him to Bollywood where it received a great response. (I hope we all remember his kingly entrance through a helicopter in a concert).

*Billo De Ghar!!*

How can we forget “Billo”? Pakistan’s pop industry cannot end without Billo being involed..The famous hit by Abrar Ul Haq * Billo K ghar* was a major hit with in the country and did contribute to the local music scene to a great extent. The beat got popular among the young boys at that time!!

*Aye jawan!!*

Tu mere liye Jadoo ka chiragh hai…Tu ye tou butaa paani hai k aag hai….Oops! sorry for that….How can we forget “Awaz”!!!..The trio comprising of Haroon, Fakhir and the leading guitar player in today’s Pakistani music industry Asad Ahmed gave us great hits like“Aye jawan” , “Mr. Fraudy” and ” jadoo Ka chiraagh” which surely rocked many hearts..

*Jazba-e-Junoon*

When we talk about Rock music in Pakistan the first name that hits our minds isJunoon!!! A band who took Pakistan’s name to different parts of the world and gave out the real image of what this country is capable of by giving a new dimension to music known as “Sufi Rock”,with their hits like “Neend Aati Nai”, ” Khudi”, “Sayonee”, “Saeen” and the ever popular “Jazba-e-Junoon”. Junoon surely influenced many other local rock bands to come in the main stream .

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[ghazi52]

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*JUGNI!!*

Speaking of “JUGNI!!!” we have to talk about Saleem Javed, another pop artist from Pakistan who did bring some great music to the country. You must check out the Semi-Rap style of the female vocalist in this modern version of Jugni of that time.

*Duur*!!

Further moving on with an era of good music and lyrics “Sar Kiye Pahar” and “Duur”are worth of listening.. The boys from Karachi “Faisal Kapadia” and “Bilal Maqsood”when merged formed one of the greatest sensations in the subcontinent’s music industry known as “Strings’. Strings, now surely the most successful band in South Asia brought a new sense of music which mostly focused Pop/rock. The band still stands today and the success story goes on as they go on with their journey.

This article would completely be useless if it ends without including the most highly acclaimed band in Pakistan’s music industry i.e “Vital Signs”, comprising of some great talent like Junaid Jamshed, Rohail Hayat, Shahzad(Shahi hasan) and Nusrat Husain and with their most of the songs being written by Shoaib Mansoor .The band touched the skies…Dil Dil Pakistan standing 3rd on BBC world music charts and giving out hits like “Aitebaar”, ” Wo Kon Thi” And “Sanwali saloni” Vital signs gave rise to a new era of music with in the country which they will always be remembered for. Check out the last one song which is not less than a national song of Pakistan :

*Dil *Dil *Pakistan


When ever I have listened to these people I have always cherished those moments that I have spent in my childhood listening to these songs. I would only say that those were some great times which shall always be remembered.

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[anant_s]

Billo De Ghar

Really catchy song, i had a cassette of motley mix of songs, Billo was one song, over which me and my younger brother danced like hell.
& of course Duur...

How good is that guitar...

Fuzon's Akhiyan (well not from 90s), but another great song!

 

[[Bregs]]

nice share dear

 

[EternalJives]

Beautiful pictures.. Beautiful thread.. Thanks for taking us down the memory lane of old Pakistan..
Our history aside, I wish all the very best for the future of Pakistan and prosperity to the people of the land..

 

[Khafee]

thanks @Khafee bhai for +ve rating

An excellent thread - You deserve it

 

[dexter]

Nov 1995
To many he's the Mother Theresa of Pakistan. Every day Sattar Edhi collects the dead from the streets of Karachi for burial.

Around him, one of the world's biggest cities is descending into chaos. Edhi's massive graveyard outside Karachi looks like a war cemetery. In a back street police pick up yet another victim although there is little hope of catching his murderers. Karachi's economy is fuelled by drug dealing, gun running and bribery. It's a black joke that when the police hear gunfire, they run in the opposite direction. A millionaire businessman has developed Karachi's only computerised investigation system to try to control crime. But avoiding the battlegrounds is becoming more difficult. We follow one injured woman to hospital where there's little hope of saving her life. Small businesses and shops are too afraid to open and it's difficult to sell anything legal. For many of Karachi's orphans Sattar Edhi is their only hope. Interview with Benazir Bhutto.

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