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Zara Madani
The sixth season of the hit Pakistani music television series ''Coke Studio'' was premiered on 27 October 2013. Rohail Hyatt and Umber Hyatt continued as producers of the show. Among the houseband, Louis 'Gumby' Pinto & Jaffer Ali Zaidi returned to the show on drums and keyboards respectively after their absence from last season. Other members included Asad Ahmed on guitar, Babar Ali Khanna on dholak, Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar on bass, Sikandar Mufti on percussions and drums, Omran Shafique on guitar, Zoe Viccaji and Rachel Viccaji on backing vocals The houseband also featured international musicians for the first time in show's history, from countries like Italy, Serbia, Nepal, Turkey, Bangladesh, Morocco and Norway. Official Site. Artists The sixth season saw a return of artists like Atif Aslam, Ali Azmat, Zeb & Haniya, Sanam Marvi and Saieen Zahoor. This season marked the first time for foreign artists to be featured on the show, with the likes of Sweden-based Balochi sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanam Marvi
Sanam Marvi ( sd, ) (born : 17 April 1986) is a Pakistani folk and sufi singer. She sings in Sindhi, Punjabi, and Balochi languages.'First person: Sanam's Sufi calling', Dawn (newspaper) Published 21 July 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018 Early life and career Sanam Marvi's childhood was full of hardships and poverty. Marvi started getting music training at the age of 7. She is from a Sindhi Family. Her father, Faqeer Khan Muhammad, was also a Sindhi folk musician/harmonium player. He gave Marvi initial classical music training for 2 years, and later she learnt classical singing and raags from Ustad Fateh Ali Khan from in the |
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation founded in 1892, best known as the producer of Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Company also manufactures, sells, and markets other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, and alcoholic beverages. The company's stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of the DJIA and the S&P 500 and S&P 100 indexes. The soft drink was developed in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton. At the time it was introduced, the product contained cocaine from coca leaves and caffeine from kola nuts which together acted as a stimulant. The coca and the kola are the source of the product name, and led to Coca-Cola's promotion as a "healthy tonic". Pemberton had been severely wounded in the American Civil War, and had become addicted to the pain medication morphine. He developed the beverage as a patent medicine in an effort to control his addiction. In 1889, the formula and brand were sold for $2,300 (roughly $71,000 in 2022) to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand. Essentially, webcasting is "broadcasting" over the Internet. The largest "webcasters" include existing radio and TV stations, who "simulcast" their output through online TV or online radio streaming, as well as a multitude of Internet-only "stations". Webcasting usually consists of providing non-interactive linear streams or events. Rights and licensing bodies offer specific "webcasting licenses" to those wishing to carry out Internet broadcasting using copyrighted material. Overview Webcasting is used extensively in the commercial sector for investor relations presentations (such as annual general meetings), in e-learning (to transmit seminars), and for related communications activities. However, webcasting does not bear much, if any, relationship to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babar Khanna
Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' (Persian: ببر), meaning "tiger". There is a similar name in connotation to the Arabic male given form and generic name of the animal by the name " Nimr" (Arabic: نَمِر ''namir'') which means "yellow-black stripped cat", i.e. "tiger". The word repeatedly appears in Ferdowsi's ''Shahnameh'' and was borrowed into the Turkic languages of Central Asia.Thumb, Albert, ''Handbuch des Sanskrit, mit Texten und Glossar'', German original, ed. C. Winter, 1953Snippet, p. 318/ref> Thackston argues for an alternate derivation from the PIE word "beaver", pointing to similarities between the pronunciation ''Bābor'' and the Russian ''bobr'' (, "beaver"). The most famous bearer of this name was Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, known popularly as Babur, a prince of the Timurid dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asad Ahmed
Asad Ahmed (born 21 July 1971 in Karachi) is a Pakistani guitarist. His first stint was forming The Barbarians (Pakistani Rock Band). He has been a member of the famous pop trio Awaz, has played with Junoon, Vital Signs and was a founding member of the rock band Karavan. Asad is considered as the founder of Rock Music in Pakistan. He is currently a Solo Artist. Early life His family moved to Dubai when he was quite young. His elder brother was a guitarist and when he left for college, he left his guitar back at home. Asad picked it up and quickly learnt to play. His family returned to Karachi in 1984. Music career ''Coke Studio'' Asad played in ''Coke Studio'' (Produced by Rohail Hyatt) and was one of the house band members from season 2 to season 6 and reappeared in season 13. The Barbarians Asad started his music career in 1987 with The Barbarians, which is regarded by many as Pakistan's first rock band. The band's first single "Yeh Zindagi Hai" (This is Life) set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zara Madani
The sixth season of the hit Pakistani music television series ''Coke Studio'' was premiered on 27 October 2013. Rohail Hyatt and Umber Hyatt continued as producers of the show. Among the houseband, Louis 'Gumby' Pinto & Jaffer Ali Zaidi returned to the show on drums and keyboards respectively after their absence from last season. Other members included Asad Ahmed on guitar, Babar Ali Khanna on dholak, Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar on bass, Sikandar Mufti on percussions and drums, Omran Shafique on guitar, Zoe Viccaji and Rachel Viccaji on backing vocals The houseband also featured international musicians for the first time in show's history, from countries like Italy, Serbia, Nepal, Turkey, Bangladesh, Morocco and Norway. Official Site. Artists The sixth season saw a return of artists like Atif Aslam, Ali Azmat, Zeb & Haniya, Sanam Marvi and Saieen Zahoor. This season marked the first time for foreign artists to be featured on the show, with the likes of Sweden-based Balochi sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umair Jaswal
Umair Jaswal is a Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter and music producer from Islamabad. He was also lead vocalist of the rock band ''Qayaas''. Umair is the brother of singers Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal. Personal life Jaswal, whose father is "one of the best scientists in Pakistan", initially studied dentistry before switching to geology, but always kept an interest in the arts during all these academic years, in music by joining a band and in acting by doing theater plays. He completed his schooling from IMCB F-10/3 Islamabad. On October 20, 2020 it was announced that he has married Pakistani actress Sana Javed. Career Music Jaswal started his career in 2008 by joining the rock band ''Qayaas'' and gained popularity in 2009 with the song ''Tanha'' and ''Umeed''. He joined Coke Studio season 5 with his band in 2012 and performed the song ''Charkha Nolakha'' with Atif Aslam. ''Qayaas'' released their debut album ''Uss Paar'' in 2011 with Umair as a lead vocalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fariha Pervez
Fariha Pervez ( pa, ) is a Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, and a music producer. She is specially known for the rendition of various popular and famous Ghazals. She started her career anchoring and acting from a very young age on PTV (Pakistan Television Corporation). She also co-hosted a popular children's music program "Aangan Aangan Taray". After the release of her debut album "Nice & Naughty", her song "Patang Baaz Sajna" (a.k.a. Bo Kata song) became an instant hit and from there, her musical career took off and she decided to focus solely on singing. Early life Fariha Pervez was born in Lahore, Pakistan on 2 February 1974. She claims to have inherited her singing talent from her father. In 1995, Pervez joined ''Master Feroze Gill'' for classical training in music. She belongs to an artist family of Pakistani showbiz. She is the only sister of two brothers and likes to spend her spare time with her family. Career Fariha Pervez started her career with anchoring and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayesha Omer
Ayesha Omar (born 12 October 1981) is a Pakistani actress and YouTuber. Considered as a style icon in her home country, Omar is one of the most popular and highest-paid actresses of Pakistan. In 2012, she released her first singles "Chalte Chalte" and "Khamoshi" which, although a commercial success in Pakistan, was met with a mixed reaction from critics. Omar went on to win Lux Style Award for Best Album. She made her film debut in the lead role with successful romantic-comedy '' Karachi Se Lahore'' in 2015, followed by supporting characters in war film ''Yalghaar'' (2017) and the drama ''Kaaf Kangana'' (2019)''.'' Early life and education Omar was born in Lahore. She was one year old when her father died and her mother raised Omar and her brother as a single parent. She described her childhood as ''tough'' and ''independent''. She attended Lahore Grammar School, and went to the National College of Arts for her Bachelors and Masters qualifications. While in school and coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asad Abbas
Asad ( ar, أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib. People Among prominent people named ''Asad'', "Assad" or "Asaad" are: * Asad Rustum, a Lebanese historian, academic and writer * Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London * Khaled al-Asaad, prominent Syrian archaeologist and historian killed by ISIS * Audrey Assad, an American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist * Asadullah (other), meaning Lion of God, may refer to several people * Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib * Asad ibn Saman, an early Samanid * Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure ** Khuwaylid ibn Asad, his son, father-in-law of Muhammad * Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) a jurist and theologian * Hassan Assad (born 1973), American professional wrestler better known as Montel Vontaviou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alamgir (pop Singer)
Alamgir Haq, usually referred to as just Alamgir ( ur, ); born 11 August 1955), is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist, and one of the pioneers of pop music in Pakistan. His style of singing is inspired by playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and Elvis Presley. Early life Alamgir was born on 11 August 1955 in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). His father, Farmuzal Haq, was a politician and a member of the All India Muslim League as Secretary of Treasury and later a member of Pakistan's National Assembly during the presidency of Ayub Khan. He also studied in Mirzapur Cadet College, Tangail, in the province of East Bengal. He briefly studied at Shaheen School in Dhaka. In 1971 at the age of around 15, he moved to Karachi, West Pakistan to continue his studies at the University of Karachi before immigrating to the USA. Career He settled in the PECHS area of Karachi and started singing in the evenings, around 1971, at a small café called 'Globe Hotel' on Tariq Road, Karachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
