Comments on: Emergence of a Long-Lost “Genre” in Pakistani Music

By: Hassaan Q.

Hassaan Q. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:43:25 +0000

You could say it all comes down to a cultural thing, where in Pakistan pushing women up the ladder (especially in the arts) is not looked too well upon. Unless they happen to be some mesmerizing wonder! They need support though…

By: Yumna

Yumna — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:19:25 +0000

You both are right with your respective points. I’m just wondering why there are fewer female artists on the scene…?

By: Hassaan Q

Hassaan Q — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:43:08 +0000

Well they are the past generation legends and current generation seasoned artists. You have your own crop of seasoned male artists and then you’ve got many others trying to make a name, but you don’t have too many seasoned artists from the female side at this point.

By: Areeb Qureshi

Areeb Qureshi — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:23:24 +0000

I would beg to differ. I think there’s lots of female talent in Pakistan. I think they’re the ones who make a big contribution to Lollywood. For example, Noor Jehan, Mussarat Nazir, Farida Khanum, Nayyara Noor etc. But in the modern age there are a few females that are pretty up there as well including Humera Arshad, Fariha Pervez, (Hadiqa Kiani), Shabnam Majeed, Shazia Manzoor, Naghmana Jaffery, Abida Parveen etc.

By: Hassaan Q.

Hassaan Q. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:22:24 +0000

I don’t think it’s because of finances, but rather because of a lack of good marketing for them. Either that or they just need to be seen applying themselves more. So like when Hadiqa had her hit Boohey Barian, she took it on. I believe the same thing is happening for Zeb & Haniya so far, so we’ll have to wait and see for their next video (which is due out soon) and see what the reation is to that. Having a second video alone is one big factor that is proof that they will be around as the new and emerging talent that will bring about the rest as well hopefully.

By: Yumna

Yumna — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:25:24 +0000

Why is it that female artists in pakistan do not get as much prominence? the talent is there…are they not getting financial backing…?

By: Hassaan Q.

Hassaan Q. — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:26:38 +0000

lol so true!
There are actually several other female artists who are making entries onto the pop music scene, but a lot of them are one hit wonders.
Search up Aishah Akram’s song Beqarar on YouTube. It’s a very lovely song and was released a few months back or something, but I haven’t heard of any album or anything.

By: Rihana

Rihana — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:14:17 +0000

You’re right. Never really thought about that. Fewer and fewer females are emerging in the music industry from Pakistan.
Funny thing is that whenever I think about females in Pakistani entertainment industry, almost always those moti heroines in Pakistani movies come to mind. You know the ones that, when a villain approaches them, scream out loudly “oye makhnaaa!!” and then you hear the hero, who’s 10 km away, hearing the cry and racing back on his horse!