Music '89 was the first ever all pop music stage-show to be aired on Pakistan TV.

Music '89 pop music show

This music show was aired in January 1989, on PTV (Pakistan state run TV channel). The show was directed by

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and hosted by the famous pop singer

Nazia Hassan Nazia Hassan (3 April 1965 – 13 August 2000) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, lawyer, political analyst and philanthropist. Referred to as the " Queen of South Asian Pop", she is considered one of the most influential singers in South Asia ...

and her brother,

Zohaib Hassan Zoheb Hassan (born November 18, 1966) is a Pakistani pop icon, singer, songwriter, producer, and was a part of the superduo Nazia and Zoheb, with his sister Nazia Hassan. Early career and breakthrough Zoheb and his sister Nazia spent their chi ...

. It was a revolutionary show that introduced a new breed of young musicians post-

Nazia and Zoheb Nazia and Zoheb () were a brother and sister Pakistani popular music, Pakistani pop duo from Karachi, Sindh. Formed in 1980. The group consisted of siblings Nazia Hassan (born on 3 April 1965; died on 13 August 2000) and Zoheb Hassan (born on ...

. The show was the launching pad for much new talent in Pakistan and many new artistes including

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, Ali Haider, Sajjad Ali, Jupiters, Strings, while also introducing underground, "alternative" bands including Final Cut and The Barbarians (Pakistani band). In a 2014 interview before his death, Aslam Azhar (1932 – 2015), widely-considered to be the founding father of Pakistani television considered this musical event, 'Music '89' (pop music show), to be one of his significant career achievements at

Pakistan Television Corporation Pakistan Television Corporation (; reporting name: PTV); also known as ''Pakistan Television'', is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster founded by the Government of Pakistan, operating under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. I ...

(PTV). He described it by saying, "I held a programme called ''Music '89'' that was hailed as a breath of fresh air".

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