1925-2007: Nisar Bazmi Dies; His Music Lives

Posted on March 23, 2007
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Adil Najam The last few weeks have not been good. Its one bad news after the other. The fiasco of the Chief Justice’s removal; government high-handedess with protesting lawyers and then the media; Pakistan being kicked out of the Cricket World Cup; Bob Woolmer’s death in what we now know to be a murder; Inzimam’s […]

Shoaib Akhtar Unplugged: Of Song, Dope and Racism

Posted on February 17, 2007
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Adil Najam Shoaib Akhtar is in the news again. There is the news about him failing to show up for the Pakistan team’s dope test. This, of course, coming so soon after Shoaib’s earlier dope debacle raises serious concerns. Even more serious are the allegations he has made on the team coach – and since […]

Faiz Mohammad Baloch: A True Performer

Posted on February 11, 2007
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Adil Najam I suspect that many of our readers have never even heard of – let alone seen a performance by – Faiz Mohammad Baluch. If so, you do not know what you have missed; so watch this video! This video may look quaint to some, but there was music performance well before there were […]

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