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Fayeza Ansari To Start nurturing Courses For Models
Noori Live at The Rock Musicarium
Veena Malik Supports Homosexualism
A New Controversy Waiting For Veena Malik

Fayeza Ansari To Start nurturing Courses For Models

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 02:48 AM PDT

The Pakistani fashion industry is growing day by day. It was previously reported that the young leading model Mehreen Syed put strong efforts behind the launching of her very own IFAP with the goal of teaching the models of tomorrow a thing or two by various fashion courses.

Now, Fayeza Ansari has thrown her hat in the ring as well. The beautiful fashion model has introduced a similar service of her very own for the grooming of the rookies of Pakistani's fashion industry. Where Mehreen Syed's program deals with various fashion courses for the rise of the upcoming models, Fayeza Ansari's program is just a 15 days grooming course.

Her fashion course is a 15 day course which will be conducted twice a month to make the young models aware of the struggles and various fashion related fields. As far as Mehreen Syed is concerned, she is not alone on her part as it just so happens that she is getting the aid from many fashion designers, stylists, makeup artists and photographers in order to teach the new generation who have the aim of eventually becoming a model. Fayeza Ansari's, on the other hand, course is mainly focusing on developing a perfect catwalk.

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Noori Live at The Rock Musicarium

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Noori Live at The Rock Musicarium: Noori has risen again. And this time, they seem to have renewed energy. Things seem to be going their way. So I say after having a listen to their new live album, Live at the Rock Musicarium. Add to these very good performers, Faraz Anwar as their live guitarist and Zeeshan Parvez as their live keyboards player and you get a good blend of musicians. Here's a short briefing of what you would find on their newly released live album:

Starting off with Aik Alif, yes that song was performed on Coke Studio, this time only with Ali Noor and Ali Hamza on vocals, is easily the best song on the album. The vocals perfectly blend in with smoothly flowing guitar notes, coupled with Gumby's drums. All this, in concordant with keyboards played by Zeeshan Parvez makes for a good listen. Next up is Gaana No. 1. Listeners would be in for a surprise when they hear Ali Noor starting off with a cover of "I Got a Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas. Critically speaking, this only seemed to be a move to involve the crowd in the performance, but it did not seem to be such a good move. It involved the crowd, but seemed like a move just too "off" of the moment. This song still made for a performance which had its realms lingering on the above-average and good.

After this was the title song from their debut album, "Suno Ke Main Hoon Jawan". This was very different from its studio version, which was more charged. This was soft and mellow, yet was different from the original version and still sounded good. We have "Neend Aaye Na" next in line, which I really liked. Faraz Anwar showed some of his prowess over the guitar in this song with three guitar solos. This song is like a roller coaster ride, with parts that are slow like a roller coaster at the top and then faster ones following. "Jo Meray" follows this, in which Ali Hamza starts off with the vocals and the song proceeds smoothly. This is also a good listen. Following this is "Jaana Tha Hum Ne", which is again good. This song has a renewed energy as compared to the studio version from their debut album. It's just – more energetic somehow, and you can sense renewed passion in this. Kicking off at three minutes and eighteen seconds is a guitar solo by Faraz Anwar that is reminiscent of Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold and that I am not exaggerating.

Changing the mood after this song is "Meray Log", from their second album. A lengthy guitar solo, and a very good one at that, by Faraz Anwar enlivens the song. The outro of the song is definitely another good part of the song. This song is done really good by Noori in this album. Another one of the highlights from Live at the Rock Musicarium is "Saari Raat Jaaga". This sounds really good, especially because of Ali Noor's vocals in this song. The vocals bring an electrified charge to the song. The bridge, the breakdown, everything is good about this song. This is definitely worth a check. "Nishaan" follows next. This is one of Noori's most famous songs, no doubt, and can be brought about live by them too, very nicely. It is probably their best youth-oriented, punk rock song. This shows from their live performance in this album. I really liked this song, and it has amazing energy and feel to it. Definitely a highlight.

Speaking of the last two songs on this album, "Taaron Se Aagay", and "Kuttay (Te Tho Uttay)"; the former starts off with a Blink-182-esque touch. The crowd really seems to enjoy the "bhangra" moment in the song mid-way through it. This is what intrigues me about Noori. The way they seem to be so versatile with their music, and be good performers simultaneously. This puts them at the forefront of Pakistani music. Ending with "Kuttay (Te Tho Uttay)", Noori probably saw it coming, that the male crowd would definitely enjoy it, because the way the Noori brothers sing it. I could not help but be hysterical at the way they have performed this song on this CD. It clears various checkpoints, such as being different from the studio version, performing it fantastically, having the crowd involved throughout and just showing that they love performing this song live and they enjoy it. This song is just hard to not be loved. This song is a must hear from this live album.

Wrapping up, Noori have shown that they have game when it comes to performing and bringing about an even better sound to their songs when it comes to playing live. They have renewed energy and we hope that they work on another studio album. It would be good to hear something new from the four reunited members of Noori when the music comes out. But till then, this CD is definitely worth buying and listening to over and over again, as it contains music with different feelings to them, for all moods and moments.

This post, Noori Live at The Rock Musicarium , was originally published at PakiUM.com

Veena Malik Supports Homosexualism

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 07:35 AM PDT

The controversial Veena Malik has once again all eyes focusing on her. It just so happened that the queen of controversies openly expressed her views on supporting same sex marriage. Considering the fact that homosexuality is treated as an extremely controversial and a taboo subject, Veena Malik has once again disgraced the name of her country. It is to be noted that Veena Malik has followed the footsteps of Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga by openly stating her views on the support of gay marriage. Now it look as if controversies follow Veena Malik.

"I am openly supporting the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and I don't feel shy about doing it," Says the bold Veena Malik. "If American President Barak Obama and Hollywood beauties can stand up for the gay marriage, so why not every country's citizen should support this cause?"

From controversial photo shoots to sensual item songs, the Pakistani controversial model and now a Bollywood Actress has indeed become older. In the popular social networking website Twitter, one open minded person supported Malik by stating that, "Way to go! LGBT people are loving and caring human beings who deserve happiness, love and acceptance!" However, another individual stated that, "She is taking all the shortcuts to become famous." Whatever the case may be, what cannot be denied is that she is possibly the very first Pakistani celebrity to openly support same sex marriages.

This post, Veena Malik Supports Homosexualism , was originally published at PakiUM.com

A New Controversy Waiting For Veena Malik

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 07:14 AM PDT

Arrive, create controversy, leave – this pretty much sums up the life of Veena Malik. From revealing photo shoots to item songs, this model-turned-actress has pretty much done a lot to earn the title of Devil's favorite Pakistani. During the music launch of her upcoming Bollywood film Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai!, the Queen of Controversy ignited another scandal when her co-star, the legendary 59 year old Shakti Kapoor kissed her.

During the launching ceremony's photo shoot, the Indian star sarcastically stated his innocence and signaled the paparazzi to capture his actions. Kapoor then shockingly proceeded to softly grab the young actress' neck and gave a kiss on her cheek; which surprisingly had a positive feedback as Malik did not hesitate at all. In fact, she seemed to enjoy the kiss and gave emotions of joy and astonishment. The fun did not stop there as Kapoor then gave a smile to the cameras and proceeded to kiss her on the cheek again which met with the same response. Remember original name of Veena Malik is “Zahida Malik”

Despite another scandal, it cannot be denied that Veena Malik is indeed an asset for the film and the launching event due to her dance performance. Regarding the ceremony, Malik stated on her Twitter account that,

"Leaving for the venue….n will rehearse to make sure my steps r perfect for the main event of DMKKH music launch tonyt…!!!"

Here is the Video which pulls her to a new controversy: