Decandence Of Pakistani
Music
There was a time to
wear baggy T-shirts, flapper jeans, watching Ainak Wala Jin, play Sega
drive and Ataari, to feel lucky of having dish antenna, to listen Vital Signs
and Junoon and many such things. It happened to be the time in history when Pakistan music industry has been assorted as
recognized and efficacious across the borders. The music produced here has
always been out of the ordinary. It was us who gave the world the most amazing
and outclass voices like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Madam Noor Jahan, Mehedi
Hassan, Abida Parveen and many more. There was a time when our pop industry was
considered as a trend-setter, not only Pakistani but also people all around the
world loved to hear these melodious voices.
Our singers like Nazia Hassan, Vital signs, Jawwad Ali and others were
broadly followed by people from all over the world. By mid 90’s Ali Haider,
Sajjad Ali, FAkhr-e-Alam, Awaz, Strings were the most famous. These people came
forward because of their own hardwork and talent. At that time radio FM boom
had also played a great role in giving birth to aspiring bands.
But now, in this
modern era of 21st century where we are introducing new technologies
and developments, sadly there our music industry is suffering from a great
downfall. We have lost many golden voices but it does’nt mean that talent has
been fade away from our country. Undoubtedly still there are melodious voices
with us which are unfortunately stay unrecognized. This is because our people
are busy in listening music produced by west and other countries. There is no
doubt that Indian singers have great voices but why we are neglecting our
talent?
Our young talent
stays struggling to receive a little share of recognition but they fail and
stay underground. This is because a talented person cannot come forward unless
he has any powerful source. On other side where our Pakistani industry do not
support our deserved ones, they get that fame from India, then Pakistani
industry recognize the as a Pakistani singer.
In older days
singers had a platform of different Tv Stations to launch their music there
were many channel where we used to listen our pop music like Oxygen, MTV
Pakistan, VH1 Pakistan etc but now many channels have been closed and the open
ones show Indian contents, in this case how could people hear our voices.Our
radio stations are not listened much so that they could introduce new voices as
like they did before.
Moreover, due to our
terrible law and order conditions of our prominent cities like Karachi, Lahore
and Islamabad, concerts are not failed to maintain rolling like before. As
concerts too play a vital role in the growth of the music industry of a country
but we Pakistani are deprived of this benefit as well.
I have personally
met some people having great voices with excellent pieces already crafted by
them but the conditions of the industry do not let them to come forward. A
great singer Azeem Khan who recently launched his music Album “ Tum Laut Ao Na”
with his melodious voice, but he does not get that fame he deserves. Other than
him our singers like Asim Azhar, Rafay Israr, Zain Ali, Jimmy Sanam, Basit
Ghori and many others are struggling to show their talent. We are not only destroying
our heritage and culture but also our literature and music. What should we do
to bring our new talent at a platform like before?
By Laiba Babar
