Pakistanimusic Bandbaja was Pakistan s first online music magazine. Formed in 2003 by several college students, it was headed by Pakistani artist and graphic designer, Safwat Saleem . Other founding members of Bandbaja include Pakistani journalists Huma Imtiaz and Saba Imtiaz. The magazine received immediate recognition because of its relentless critique of the Music of Pakistan Pakistani music scene. By the third issue, the magazine was regularly featuring writings by prominent music writers like Nadeem F. Paracha and The Bug. Bandbaja was known for its blunt views and the promotion of modern popular music as a social and even political tool. Although Bandbaja was hailed by many as Pakistani music journalism s finest moment, die hard fans of bands that have been on the receiving end of Bandbaja s harsh criticism seem less than impressed by the effort. The popularity of Bandbaja gave rise to several similar online music websites and portals throughout Pakistan. As of 2006, the website has been offline. External links http www.bandbaja.org Bandbaja Pakistani Music Magazine http web.archive.org web http www.bandbaja.org Bandbaja Archive on the WayBack Machine See also Music of Pakistan music mag stub webzine stub Category Defunct magazines of Pakistan Category Pakistani music magazines Category Pakistani online magazines Category Pakistani music journalism Category Defunct websites Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Music journalism in Pakistan has grown especially with the growth of the country s pop music industry and scene. Popular music journalism was uncommon in the country till about 1985 when Karachi s tabloid, The Star started printing reviews written by Farrukh Moriani who is also considered to be the country s first ever pop music critic. At the end of the Eighties and with the coming of the Liberalism Liberal government of Benazir Bhutto in 1988, the once repressed and frowned upon by the Islamist dictatorship of General Mohammad Zia ul Haq , Pakistani pop music pop music emerged from the underground and started gaining mainstream popularity. With this came another pioneering Pakistani music and fashion critic Fifi Haroon who was amongst the first in the country to undertake full features on the growing local music scene. Another frontrunner in this regard was M. Ali Tim . The arrival of Nadeem F. Paracha in 1990 that music journalism started to be taken as a serious form of journalism in Pakistan. With Paracha was Farjad Nabi at The News International and Aysha Aslam at the Herald . The New s Instep magazine also began to do regular features on the Pakistani music scene. See also Fasi Zaka NFP clones Muniba Kamal Bandbaja The News International Music Critics DEFAULTSORT Pakistani Music Journalism Category Pakistani media Category Pakistani music journalism Pakistan stub ... more details
, mostly run by Bandbaja and TV host and journalist Fasi Zaka and a few others. http nadeemfparacha.wordpress.com ... 28bandbaja 2C2003 29 NFP Bandbaja Interview, 2003 Cyber Novels http nadeemfparacha.googlepages.com ... more details
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