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Pakistan’s Music industry has shown massive progress in recent times. It is growing rapidly yet maintaining the quality of the work. The genre which is most popular among the youngsters is POP. Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan were the first two youngsters to set the pop culture trend in the world of music. They with their unique and melodious tunes and classy videos depicting pop culture swept away the music world of Pakistan. Since then, Pakistan has produced a number of contemporary artists among them are Ali Zafar, Atif Aslam and Hadiqa Qiyani to name a few. 

The most infamous of all singers nowadays is Ali Zafar. He came up with a bang with his first video called Channo. It was an instant hit. The tune was very catchy and everybody got hooked to the soundtrack as soon as they heard it. Later he released songs like Rangeen, Jhoom and Hukapani etc. Then there is Atif Aslam, another great asset of our pop industry. He started off early and now is popular worldwide at such a young age and is going places. He has come up with songs like Meri Kahani, Doori, Hungami halat and Hona tha pyar etc. Ali Azmat started off with a boy band of four members.The band though broke up and now Ali Azmat sings solo. His songs include Pappu yar tang na kar, Garaj Baras and Bum Phatta etc. In the early 90’s, the band Vital Signs took the music scene by storm with their song “Dil dil Pakistan”. Apart from these male singers, we have some highly talented female singers as well like Hadiqa kiyani and Annie etc.

Following is the list of Pakistani pop singers.

• Nazia Hassan
• Ali Zafar
• Atif Aslam
• Ali Azmat
• Hadiqa Qiyani
• Haroon
• Fakhir
• Annie
• Shafqat Amanat Ali
• Amanat Ali
• Shiraz Uppal

Film industry in Pakistan has always provided us with disappointments but this year a number of good films were produced which includes Bol, Love mein ghum Kolachi e.t.c. They had a good music album as well beautiful songs that were loved by not only the audience in Pakistan but all around the world including India. However a few songs of the movie Love mein ghum were sung by Shaan and Shreya Goshal of India other then that all the songs were made in Pakistan and the singers of our country took the music industry of Pakistan to a a vast peak of success and fame. Atif Aslam, Hadiqa Kiyani have been on the top in this regard.

In a quick film singers and music flashback, how can we not mention Madam Noor Jehan, a singer whose songs are still heard and admired all around the globe and in Pakistan it self. Two names that can never be left behing are Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan, a team of siblings that provided us with the ever green songs. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan the ultimate king of Qawalies is worth mentioning here, who with his versatile music gave us some very good songs in our movies.

List of top ten famous Pakistani film singers include :

1. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2. Noor Jehan
3. Atif Aslam
4. Hadiqa Kiyani
5. Ali Haider
6. Waris Baig
7. Nazia Hassan
8. Zohaib Hassan
9. Nayyara Noor
10. Humera Arshad

Writing is a very diverse field, and writers all over the world have expressed their selves via different means, and languages. Writers here in Pakistan have also dominated this field, with their very breath taking stories and informative books. Ashfaq Ahmed’s famous book Zawiya which was published in parts was an amazing one. Umera Ahmed has been providing us with her marvelous work. The writers here in Pakistan have not only written in Urdu but English as well.  Tehmina durrani with her excellent piece of work has given us very good books like Blasphemy, my feudal lord, a mirror to the blind which is an autobiography of Sir Abdul Sattar Edhi. Another very famous writer, without which Pakistan’s writing industry is incomplete, is Bano Qudsia who has written very good novels and are read by millions all over Pakistan. Other famous writers are Ahmed Faraz, Anwar Maqsood, Umera Ahmed, and many more.

Following is the list of famour writers of Pakistan

• Ashfaq Ahmed
• Bano Qudsia
• Ahmed faraz
• Qudrutullah Shahab
• Ibn-e-Insha
• Anwar Maqsood
• Quratulain Haider
• Ahmad Shah Bokhari
• Mushtaq Yusfi
• Naseem Hijazi

Nishan-e-Haider is the highest military award of Pakistan awarded to those military men who have shown exceptional acts of bravery during a battle or when the integrity of the country was in jeopardy. It is conferred posthumously and so far only 10 brave men have received it. Out of these ten; nine are from Pakistan Army and one is from the Air Force. Nishan-e-Haider is made from the gun metal surrendered by the enemy.

The first recipient of this highest military order was Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed who laid down his life defending the country in the Kashmir war of 1948.

Major Muhammad Tufail Shaheed was also awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for his heroism though not in a battlefield. He attacked an illegally setup post at night along with his men; though fatally wounded; he continued to command his men and succeeded in driving out the enemy.

Aziz Bhatti was another brave major of the Pakistan Army who embraced martyrdom during the 1965 war while resisting every move of the enemy. He was awarded Nishan-e-Haider for his exceptional valor.

Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed received Nishan-e-Haider for his courage and bravery during the 1971 war with India. He bravely commanded his men till his death.

Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas is the only recipient of Nishan-e-Haider who belongs to the Air Force. During a test flight, his plane was hijacked by his Bengali instructor. Rashid Minhas on realizing his intentions informed the control tower and interfered with the control of the planes causing it to crash.

Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed was one of the bravest majors of the Pakistan Army. His acts of valor and military acumen earned him the highest military award even the enemy acknowledged his bravery calling him “a fine soldier”.

Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed was a jawan (foot soldier) in the Pakistan Army who was awarded Nishan-e-Haider for his extraordinary acts of bravery during the 1971 war. He destroyed sixteen enemy tanks before coming under direct fire of enemy’s machine guns.

Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed was another recipient who was awarded Nishan-e-Haider for his heroics in the battle of 1971 between India and Pakistan. He entered the enemy bunker and destroyed it.

Nishan-e-Haider was conferred on Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed for his courageous deeds during the 1999 Kargil War. Even the Indian Army acknowledged his bravery and it is said that this award was given on the recommendation of the Indian Army.

Havaldar Lalak Jan Shaheed embraced martyrdom in the line of duty during the 1999 Kargil War. He requested the authorities to deploy him on the front position from where he bravely thwarted the enemy advances. He was the last recipient of this prestigious award.

Shaken by the separation of East Pakistan and letdown by its allies America and China; Pakistan then decided to stand on its own and build a nuclear bomb.

What started in 1972 under the Bhutto regime was finally accomplished on 28th May 1998 during the tenure of Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan announced its nuclear achievement by detonating five nuclear heads in Chaghi Hills Balochistan. It was a proud moment for a nation which unfortunately has a long history of unstable governments and is plagued by problems both internally and externally. This day will go down in the history of the country as the “rebirth of the nation”.

Pakistan’s feat was welcomed by the Moslem world. On the other hand our neighbor and the Western powers were furious and regarded this development as a threat to the region. These double standard nations had acquired nukes themselves ages ago as Pakistan is the seventh nation which has gone nuke. The fact that India is allowed to import nuclear fuel and technology while Pakistan is not, exposes not only the double standards of the West but also its open hostility. Like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, Pakistan could have become a target of the Western powers if it did not have nuclear weapons. The West and our neighbor in particular lament the fact that Pakistan no longer feels insecure and cannot be easily bullied.

Pakistan has time and again assured the world that it will not use its nuclear weapons unless provoked. Pakistan’s nuclear accomplishment has brought stability in the region.