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Jehangir Aziz Hayat
Jehangir Aziz Hayat () (born 5 June 1989), also known simply as Jehangir Aziz, is a Pakistani singer, guitarist and composer.Hafeez, Zara (16 March 2014)."New age musicians: Rock on" ''The Express Tribune''. Retrieved 16 March 2014. He released his début album ''Read Between the Lines'' in 2009Hafeez, Zara (25 March 2014)."Jehangir Aziz Hayat and the Pashtun rock scene, finally uncovered!" ''The Express Tribune''. Retrieved 28 March 2014. and is known for his track "Pretend to Be" which won three awards at the Indie Music Channel Awards 2012. Hayat belongs to a Pashtuns, Pashtun family. His musical influences include Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Pantera and Megadeth. His first track, "Never Change", was released in 2004 which made him the first grunge musician in Pakistan to appear on the national scene. The track reached the national charts in its first week of release and was nominated for the Best Début Award at the MTV Pakistan awards. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census. It is situated in the north-west of the country, lying in the Valley of Peshawar. Peshawar is primarily populated by Pashtuns, who comprise the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Situated in the Valley of Peshawar, a broad area situated east of the historic Khyber Pass, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it one of the oldest cities in South Asia. The area encompassing modern-day Peshawar is mentioned in the Vedic scriptures; it was one of the principal cities of the Gandhara, ancient Gāndhāra. Peshawar served as the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which was among the tallest buildings in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Pakistani Coup D'état
The 1999 military takeover in Pakistan was a bloodless ''coup d'état'' initiated by the military staff at the Joint Staff HQ working under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf. The instigators seized control of the civilian government of the popularly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 October 1999. On 14 October, General Musharraf, acting as the country's Chief Executive, issued a controversial provisional order that suspended the Constitution of Pakistan. Martial law was declared due to the breakdown of civil-military relations. Tensions between the Sharif administration and joint chiefs chairman General Musharraf reached a breaking point. In an attempt to maintain civilian control over the military, Lieutenant-General Ziauddin Butt, then Director of the ISI, was hastily approved for the appointment of the army chief, but the decision was opposed by senior members of the Joint Staff HQ, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pakistani Musicians
This is an alphabetical list of musicians from Pakistan. The list includes musical bands, some groups and solo artists that were and are in the industry today. The list also includes film singers, folk singers, pop/rock singers, jazz musicians, rap artists, dj, qawwal and ghazal traditional artists. Pakistani singers and bands became very popular and started to spring up during the early nineties, with pop music, pop, rock music, rock and Ghazal becoming more fashionable with the younger generations. A * A. Nayyar * Ali Zafar * Aziz Mian * Aamir Zaki * Aaroh * Abdullah Qureshi (singer), Abdullah Qureshi * Atish Raj * Abrar-ul-Haq * Abida Parveen * Adil Omar * Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla * Ahmed Jahanzeb * Ahmed Rushdi * Alam Lohar * Alamgir (pop singer), Alamgir * Ali Alam * Ali Azmat * Ali Baba Khan * Ali Haider (singer), Ali Haider * Allan Fakir * Atif Aslam * Alamgir (singer), Alamgir * Amjad Bobby * Amjad Farid Sabri * Annie Khalid * Arieb Azhar * Arif Lohar * Ars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Heavy Metal Guitarists
This is a list of Heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarists from the 1960s to the 2010s. Heavy metal guitar players use highly-guitar amplifier, amplified electric guitar playing that is rooted in the guitar playing styles developed in 1960s-era blues rock and psychedelic rock.Fast (2005), pp. 89–91; Weinstein (2000), pp. 7, 8, 23, 36, 103, 104. Metal guitar playing uses a massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion (music), distortion, extended guitar solos and overall loudness. The electric guitar and the sonic power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal.Weinstein (2000), p. 23 Heavy metal bands often have two electric guitarists, with one guitarist playing rhythm guitar and one guitarist playing lead guitar. The rhythm guitar player is part of the rhythm section of the band, along with the electric bass, bass guitarist and the drum kit, drummer. The lead guitarist plays guitar solos, instrumental melody lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Composers
This is a list of lists of composers grouped by various criteria. Name *List of composers by name Women *List of female composers by name *List of female composers by birth date *List of Australian female composers Genre *Anime composer *List of Carnatic composers *List of film score composers *List of major opera composers *List of composers of musicals *List of musicals by composer: A to L, List of musicals by composer: M to Z, M to Z *List of ragtime composers *List of symphony composers *List of acousmatic-music composers * List of Spaghetti Western filmmakers#Composers, List of Spaghetti Western composers *List of television theme music composers Western classical period *List of Medieval composers *List of Renaissance composers *List of Baroque composers *List of Classical-era composers *List of Romantic-era composers *List of 20th-century classical composers *List of 21st-century classical composers Nationality or ethnicity * Chronological lists of classical composers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Alumni Of The University Of York
This is a list of alumni of the University of York, listed in alphabetical order by surname. The University of York, founded in 1963, has among its alumni many who have become notable, including at least twenty Members of the United Kingdom Parliament, five members of the House of Lords, two Members of the Scottish Parliament, one Member of the European Parliament and several ministers of non-UK governments. The university is also represented by alumni educated in the liberal arts such as English literature, social sciences, economics, philosophy, medieval history, and music. More recently, due to expansion into areas of technology, it has also produced notable computer science, computer scientists. A * Lama Abu-Odeh, Palestinian American academic: Master of Arts, MA, philosophy, 1989 * Daron Acemoglu, Turkish-born American economist,Nobel prize winner 2024, Professor at MIT: BA, Economics, 1989 * Edward Acton (academic), Edward Acton, historian and former vice-chancellor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Songwriting Competition
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), founded in 2002, is an annual songwriting contest for both amateur and professional songwriters. There is no physical event to attend as the competition is held online, and anyone in the world can enter. Each year the competition gives away over US$150,000 in cash and prizes, including $25,000 in cash to the overall Grand Prize Winner. Additionally, ISC offers an opportunity for artists to have their songs heard by celebrity artists and music industry executives. Overview Depending on the category, submissions are judged on the following criteria: *Creativity *Originality *Lyrics *Melody *Arrangement *Overall likability There are 24 categories artists can enter: *AAA (Adult Album Alternative) *AC (Adult Contemporary) *Americana *Blues *Children's Music *Christian, *Comedy/Novelty *Country *EDM (Electronic Dance Music) *Folk/Singer-Songwriter *Hip-Hop/Rap *Instrumental *Jazz, *Latin Music *Lyrics Only *Music Video *Performance *Pop/T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IM Top Ten
IM or Im may refer to: Arts and entertainment * I.M, South Korean rapper and singer; member of boy band Monsta X * "I.M" (song), a song by Israeli singer Michael Ben David * Iron Maiden, a British heavy metal band * Iron Man, a comic book superhero Businesses * IM Global, an American film and TV company * Immediate Music, a music composition company * Menajet (IATA: IM), a Lebanese airline * IM Motors, Chinese NEV brand of SAIC Motor Military and government * Indian Mujahideen, an India-based militant Islamist group * ''Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter'', an informant for the Stasi of East Germany Mythology * Im (jötunn), a giant in Norse mythology * IM, a cuneiform sign used as a logogram to represent names of weather gods, including Mesopotamian Ishkur/Adad, Hurrian Teshub and Hittite Tarhunna Names * Im (Korean surname) * Yan (surname) (Cantonese romanization: Im), a surname Places * IM postcode area, for the Isle of Man * Isle of Man (FIPS country code) Science and techno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a Music genre, genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – British bands Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967, it replaced Karachi as Pakistan's national capital. The Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; the city comprises administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for its parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, including the country's flagship Faisal Mosque, which is the world's sixth-largest mosq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
