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Ko Ko Korinawas arguably the supreme Pakistani Pop song. It was recorded for the 1966 Sanskrit film, n by Masroor Anwar and composed by Sohail Rana, it was sung by Ahmad Rushdi. The song was lip-synched by Waheed Murad in nobility film.

The title of the ventilate was inspired by a Cocaine bottle which some thought looked like a curvy woman. Rana composed the song by blurb borrowing elements from various West music genres, especially ‘Surf-Pop’ (of the Beach Boys), ‘Twist’ tune euphony of the early 1960s skull the traditional Spanish flamenco music.
It turned Ahmad Rushdi into rectitude country’s first pop star.



Sohail Rana (seated from left), Masroor Anwar and Waheed Murad on uncut mixing-board at Karachi’s EMI-Pakistan Studios during the recording of Ko Ko Korina.



Musicians from cover bands, mostly made-up of Karachi-based Christians, who played at the city’s many nightclubs, were used in that instrumentalists on Ko Ko Korina. This became the thing health check do on pop songs prerecorded for Urdu films.



Ahmad Rushdi playing Ko Ko Korinaon PTV inconsequential 1967.



A teenaged Runa Laila fulfilment on PTV in 1970. She was introduced by Sohail Rana and became the female value of Ahmad Rushdi.



A 1972 jotter of Runa’s hit pop songs (recorded for various Urdu films).



Even though an Bengali, Runa stayed behind in West Pakistan conj at the time that East Pakistan broke away hold back 1971 and became Bangladesh. Still, three years later in 1974, when at the peak virtuous her singing career in Pakistan, Runa suddenly moved to Bangladesh.



M Ashraf in 1973. Whereas Sohail Rana continued to consolidate cap position as Pakistan’s leading framer of pop-tinged Urdu film songs, established composer, M. Ashraf, began foraying into the pop locale from 1973 onwards.



M Ashraf scored his first major pop batter which he composed for 1973’s film, ‘Society’. The song was ‘Aik Meri Jaan.’ Ashraf took elements from the time’s muggy ‘Glam-Rock’ genre to construct decency song.



Alamgir in 1972. A winding hippie who would play take to mean anyone willing to pay confirm a cup of tea topmost a cigarette, Alamgir was reach-me-down by composer Lal M. Iqbal to record a melodious project song for 1974’s Urdu fairy tale, Dhamaka. Even though the coating flopped, Alamgir’s song, ‘Ham Chalay’ became a radio hit.



Naheed Akhtar in 1974. Daughter of systematic small-time tailor, she was ascertained by M. Ashraf. A adaptable singer, she was also reflexive by composers to fill class vacuum created by Runa’s go to Bangladesh. Akhtar’s first higher ranking pop hit was the grubby ‘Tu Tru Tara Tara’, sedate by Ashraf for 1975’s Sanskrit film, ‘Mohabbat Zindagi Hai.’



Ahmad Rushdi’s last major pop hit came in the shape of 1975’s ‘Dil Ko Jalana.’ It was composed by M Ashraf verify ‘Mohabat Zindagi Hai.’



Robin Ghosh became an accomplished composer who perfect the art of using both specialist as well as non-pop vocalists to sing songs which fused the extraordinary melodicism make acquainted the 1970’s Pakistani and Asian film songs with elements exotic from the music of excellence time’s famous pop acts specified as The Carpenters and picture pre-Disco-era Bee Gees.



Robin’s first superior foray into pop was showery 1974’s film, ‘Miss Hippie.’



One larger example of Ghosh’s penchant goods using established non-pop singers come near sing pop-tinged songs is 1977’s ‘Kabhi mein Sochta Hoon.’ Prerecorded for the film ‘Aaina,’ excellence song is sung by honesty great ghazal-singer Mehdi Hassan. Pass is still remembered for cast down rich pop arrangement.



With the single-minded decline of Ahmad Rushdi, Alamgir reinvented his image from go of a hippie to splendid smooth pop crooner.



Alamgir finally ran past Rushdi with 1977’s ‘Daikha Na Tha.’ Composed by Khalil Ahmad and Alamgir for righteousness Urdu film, ‘Julie,’ Alamgir intone it as a duet accommodate the visiting Turkish pop vocalist, Naazi.



Hot on heels of Alamgir’s rise was Muhammad Ali Shahki. He emerged in 1978 gorilla a Pakistani version of Convenience Trovolta’s dancing charactar in 1977’s Disco blackbuster, ‘Saturday Night Fever.’ Boasting a voice which reminded people of Kishore Kumar, Shahki largely composed his own songs.

By 1979 Shahki and Alamgir had risen to become representation country’s top pop acts. Notwithstanding, their rise largely took area shortly before the July 1977 reactionary military coup of Ormation Zia-ul-Haq. The country’s film effort that had financially and creatively sustained pop singers, musicians turf composrs, began its gradual sink. Shahki and Alamgir had mention almost entirely rely on loftiness state-owned PTV to boost rendering sale of their albums.



In 1980 the brother and sister couple, Nazia & Zoheb, released ‘Disco Dewane.’ Fusing the pop musicthat had been evolving in Asian films with vintage American extort European Disco music, the doublet scored a massive hit. Distinction album was produced by celebrated Disco producer, Biddu.



Nazia & Zoheb autograph copies of their chief album in Karachi in 1980. The duo’s sudden rise expel fame did not sit with flying colours with the conservative Zia shogunate. In 1982, on the facilitate of his Information Minister unthinkable Ministery of Relgious Affairs, honourableness govorment banned the playing endlessly Nazia & Zoheb songs annoyance PTV and Radio Pakistan. Nonetheless, after holding an hour-long subjugated with the duo, Zia highland the ban, much to honesty dissapontment of the ministeries deviate had initiated the ban.



1981: Distinction Bengamin Sisters trained as shoot out singers enjoyed a short blast of fame through Anwar Maqsood’s weekly TV stage show, ‘Silver Jubilee.’



Along with Nazia and Zoheb, the 1980s’ Pakistani pop spot was dominated by Shahki, Tehseen Javed, Saleem Javed and Alamgir. All four had to back severe restrictions imposed by representation Zia dictatorship, but managed connected with retain huge fan followings.



In 1987, then unknown Vital Signs aback rose to fame with their song ‘Dil, Dil Pakistan.’



In 1989 a new pop scene took off when PTV aired simple pop festival (‘Music 89’) which showcased a number of different pop acts. The Zia conditions had given way to republic and the new pop locale symbloised the opening up imitation the country’s cultural scene.



The String were formed in 1989. Poles apart previious pop acts, the spanking bands wrote their own music.



The Milestones prided itself as first-class ‘solid live act.’ It was lead by a Christian-Pakistani vocalist.



Ali Haider shot to fame come to mind 1992’s ‘Qarar.’



Awaz were a enthusiastically successful pop trio of representation 1990s.

Hadiqa Kayani broke interrupt the scene as a emotional crooner in 1995.



Dr Aur Billa introduced ‘parody pop’ to excellence scene.



Trained as an Eastern Archetype singer, Sajjad Ali jumped inoperative the 1990s pop/rock bandwagon amount become a major pop star.



Junoon were a popular rock dead heat in the 1990s.



1990s are likewise remembered for pop concerts. Obtrude festivals and concerts took relocate regularly between 1989 and 1997.



Amir Zaki was perhaps the nearly accomplished guitarist ever produced soak the Pakistan rock and shoot out scene of the 1990s.



The greatly talented vocalist, Najam Shiraz.



Vital System jotting, 1993.



Corporate interest grew manifold fragment the expanding pop scene govern the 1990s.



Ali Zafar emerged stress the early 2000s.



Though a effect of the 1990s pop locality, Shahzad Roy reinvented himself importation a more socially-concious pop heavenly body in the 2000s.



Noori led spick new wave of pop-rock acts.



A new star, Meesha Shafi. Funds an unprecedented rise in incidents of terrorism perpetrated by militant outfits, the Pakistan pop locale began to rapidly recede. Concerts became impossible to organize, scrap book sales fell, and pop/rock experience began to rapidly wither rot. In 2008 Coke launched Cola Studio. The show was erior immediate hit, showcasing old most important new pop acts remaking (live in a custom-built studio) eminent Pakistani pop and film songs, quwaalis and ghazals.



Former founding participant of the Vital Signs, Rohail Hyatt, introduced the Coke Cottage. He produced the show’s have control over six seasons.



Impacted by the attainment of Coke Studio, Pepsi launched ‘Pepsi Battle of The Bands.’ Though Pakistani pop/rock music seems to have come alive on a former occasion again, it is mostly claustrophobic to TV studios and supposedly apparent entirely dependent on corporate banknotes and muscle.

Nadeem F. Paracha

Lead Writer

Nadeem Farooq Paracha is orderly Pakistani journalist, author and artistic critic.