Yes, it’s now official. The pioneers of rock music in Pakistan, Junoon, have ‘fired’ their leading bass guitar player Brian O’Connell, setting the entire future of the band into uncertainly. Although the rumors of the split had been around for quite some time, the situation became obvious when during a press conference in the mid [...]

In the recent past, the Pakistani pop scene has blossomed into a mature music industry. Even a fierce critic of Pakistani pop, one would find it exceedingly difficult not to acknowledge the worth of the recent crop of songs that have lately hit local TV channels and music stores. They’re melodic. They’re catchy, they’re groovy [...]

The music boom of 2002 lived up to its hype and exceeded expectations in 2003. All it needed was the steely resolve of underground musicians, the mushrooming of local music channels, and the dependency of drama oriented TV channels to fill their empty time slots with music videos. All in all, the stage was set [...]

To the music scene now, it is great to have Junoon back. And boy is the band in topnotch form in its latest chart buster Dewaar. While some admirers would moan the very conspicuous departure from the sufi touch that of late had come to define the band’s sound, but progression is the name of [...]