What no one told you about Pakistan

Bolo - Zoe and Zohaib 

Video Credits:
DOP: Mo Azmi, Yasir Khan, Ahsen Ali, Zeeshan Contractor,
Edited by Yasir Khan

Audio Credits:
Produced by Zoe and Zohaib
Guitars: Omran Shafique
Drums: Gumby (Louis J. Pinto)
Mixed and mastered by Kashif Ejaz
Recorded and engineered at LJP Studios

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“Bum Phatta” by Ali Azmat, Directed by Jami

Credits
Vocalist: Ali Azmat
Album: Klashinfolk (2008)

Director: Jami
Stylist: Ehtesham @ E Styles
Wardrobe: Munib Nawaz
Make Up: Kamal Ahmad
Producer: Rehan Noorani (Azad Film Co.) (via 
shariques)

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Pakistan Inflight Music Series

Khatak Instrumental - The Panthers

This is one of my favorite pieces. It was performed by The Panthers and was played on PIA flights during the mid 1970s.

The Panthers were a band consisting of four members that formed in 1967 Karachi.

To learn more about The Panthers, visit: http://radiodiffusion.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/the-panthers/ 

Also, a special thanks to silverfishes of Tumblr to provide the link to The Panthers above. Visit his blog here: http://silverfishes.tumblr.com/ (via pakistank2)

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Parkour in Karachi

Vernin U’Chong started jumping around at home at an early age – around when he was six or seven. It was only when he watched a documentary on parkour and free running later in life did he realize that what he was doing was an actual sport. After a little research he took his passion to a whole different level. He is the one of the pioneers of parkour and free running in Pakistan and has inspired many youth into the sport. Vernin is also a professional athlete and has taken part in many national and provincial games. In the recent Sindh games in 2012, Vernin took the gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay races.

Meanwhile his brother, Neil U’Chong, who also practices parkour, has also been break dancing in Pakistan for many years now and has been teaching it to children from his community for around half a decade. He now teaches at the Body Beat Recreational Centre and trains various people in break dance. Neil is also a graffiti artist, who practices the mantra that it’s not vandalism if someone wants it to be done on their property. He has been appointed to do graffiti for various television commercials and also promotes the activity if it is done legally.

For those who are new to this urban sport, parkour was developed in the 1990’s by David Belle in France. The sport is a training discipline that has been developed out of military obstacle training courses. The point is to move from point A to point B, overcoming all obstacles in between. It is a non-competitive sport and all one needs is a good pair of sneakers and the city is your playground.

Free running on the other hand is described by its creator Sébastien Foucan as “the art of expressing yourself in your environment without limitations: It is the art of movement and action”. Foucan explains that free running developed from parkour when he started making the sport more personal — by adapting it to each person’s strengths and weaknesses.

Both the brothers have done various parkour, free running, break dancing, and graffiti commercials and projects and intend on promoting the sport as much as they can in the city and hopefully the country.  - Text by Kurt Menezes


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Naseer and Shahab - Pakistan

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Symt feat. Sanam Marvi - Koi Labda (Coke Studio Pakistan, S05E05 / 2012)

ہر کسے نوں مکمل جہان نئیں ملدا
har kise noon mukammal jahaan naeen milda
Nobody gets a perfect world

5:00+ *two thumbs up*

For complete lyrics and translation, check this link. (via umalik)

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Bumbu Sauce - Mojambo (fan made video)

Moustache on Shahrukh Khan = WIN!

Guess I like Bumbo Sauce. (via umalik)

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Arsalan & Yahseer - feat Abbas Jafri

For all the girls (and some men) out there, we present you a Pakistani man! Abbas Jafari is a highly acclaimed model from Pakistan.

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Ahmed Siddiq - Sher Khan (2012)


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