65 years on… Reviving Jagannath Azad’s poem for Pakistan

Posted on August 14, 2012 by beenasarwar

Reviving Jagannath Azad’s tribute to his beloved homeland, Pakistan…

An exciting update to the story of Jagannath Azad’s tarana for Pakistan is that the talented young Shahvaar Ali Khan in Lahore has composed and sung it. Shahvaar released the song, that he has titled ‘Azad ki dua‘, on Aug 14 on Youtube. It is also exciting that Radio Pakistan agreed to broadcast it, every three hours on its nine FM 101 channels. 

Scroll further below for my essay, Pakistan’s ‘lost’ anthem, published in Fountain Ink a few days ago Continue reading →

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