Music '89

Music '89 was the first ever all pop music stage-show to be aired on Pakistan TV.

Music '89
Created by	Shoaib Mansoor
Presented by	Nazia Hassan Zohaib Hassan
Country of origin	Pakistan

Music '89 pop music show

This music show was aired in January 1989, on PTV (Pakistan state run TV channel). The show was directed by Shoaib Mansoor and hosted by the famous pop singer Nazia Hassan and her brother, Zohaib Hassan. It was a revolutionary show that introduced a new breed of young musicians post- Nazia and Zoheb.^[1][2]

The show was the launching pad for much new talent in Pakistan and many new artistes including Vital Signs, Ali Haider, Sajjad Ali, Jupiters, Strings, while also introducing underground, "alternative" bands including Final Cut and The Barbarians (Pakistani band).^[2][1]

In a 2014 interview before his death, Aslam Azhar (1932 – 2015), widely-considered to be the founding father of Pakistani television considered this musical event, 'Music '89' (pop music show), to be one of his significant career achievements at Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). He described it by saying, "I held a programme called Music '89 that was hailed as a breath of fresh air".^[3]

References

1. Nadeem F. Paracha (15 March 2014). "Street dancing years: The golden age of Pakistani pop music". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
2. Nadeem F. Paracha (13 December 2004). "Socio-political History of Modern Pop Music in Pakistan". Chowk.com website. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
3. "The PTV cadre maintained its character". The News International (newspaper). 23 November 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2020.