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Raeth‘s second album ‘Hum Yaadon Ke Sang‘ which hasn’t even been scheduled for release in Pakistan yet has made it’s way over the internet. This is the second Pakistani album in this year, which has made it’s way over the internet, first one being Annie’s second album. In Pakistan Raeth has been signed by Fire Records which was not planning to release the album in Pakistan anytime soon and by Universal Music Records for the international market. Universal Music Records, which released Raeth’s debut album in India in the year 2006, has also released their second album in India in the beginning of this month.

So, probably the album has been leaked by an Indian pirate.

Listen to the title track:

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General Info:

Album : Hum Yaadon Ke Sang Artist : Raeth Music Director : Raeth Lyricist : Wajhi Farouqui Genre : Pop Total No. of Tracks : 11 (8 original, 3 remix) Total Run time : 49:30 mins Music Label : Universal Music Records Audio Release Date : July 2010

Album Tracklist:

• Hum Yaadon Ke Sang
• Waada
• Mein Chala
• Tum Meri Ho
• Bolo Toh
• Jhoothi Kahani
• Aag
• Dil Nahin Manta
• Hum Yaadon Ke Sang – Acoustic
• Hum Yaadon Ke Sang – Club Mix
• Waada – Club Mix

The Jawad Ahmad vs Abrar ul Haq episode is still not over yet. Jawad Ahmad has recently filed a lawsuit of Rs100 million against Abrar ul Haq saying that in a talk show he (Abrar) leveled baseless charges against him claiming that he (Jawad) collected Rs600 million for Taleem for All Trust through a telethon at a government-run TV channel, alleging that instead of investing that amount in the trust he used it for producing his film Virsa, he told this at a recent press conference held at Lahore Press Club.

He said he had already told the media that 70 per cent investment in the film had been made by Dr Amanauulah Khan, besides that Indian producer Vikram Khakar and he himself had invested in the film.

He said Abrar had tried to defame him by leveling baseless charges and that was why he had brought a lawsuit against him.

The singer said he had always served people with honesty and dedication and he would continue to do so.

He said though he believed in forgiving people, Abrar had offered no clarification of the ‘baseless’ charges he had leveled against him (Jawad) despite passage of many days since that programme went on air.

He warned that in future if anybody would level such charges against him he had the right to go to the court.

Jawad Ahmad said under Taleem for All Trust programmer 14 schools were being run and their details were available on the website, www.taleemforall.org. He said every year the audit report of the trust was prepared which was also available on the website

Bollywood’s renowned playback singer Sonu Nigam is going to pay a tribute to his idol Michael Jackson. He is working with the late star’s brother Jermaine Jackson on a tribute song.

Sonu is known to be a big fan of the late ‘king of pop’ Michael Jackson and now he wants to pay his tribute to the legend.

Speaking about the project to the media, the versatile singer said, “I am going to release a tribute song to singer with one of his family members. I will start working on a music video as soon as the song is recorded and I will release it soon.”

Sonu added, “I am very happy as Jermaine is working with me on this song.”

Nigam further added, “Being an artist, it is my duty to appreciate the commendable work of a great artist like Micheal Jackson. He has brought a lot of changes in the music industry and I think no one else around the world can touch his level.”

As we all know that Ali Zafar was not signing any record label for his third studio album ‘Jhoom‘ and was planning to release it on his own. So now Ali Zafar has confirmed the news in an interview with Express 24/7 that he is launching his own record label “Alif Records” tomorrow (i.e 23rd June) and is also launching his film house “Alif Films“, the same day, which will be releasing films in Pakistan.

This is a big news for Pakistani music and film industry that a star like Ali Zafar has taken a step to help both the industries which have been going through a lot of difficulties because of piracy issues, poor managements and many more.

Bhangra sensation Imran Khan is always hard at work! He is currently on tour in Pakistan where he has performances and meet and greets all lined-up. And now rumors have it Imran Khan has signed on to become the new brand ambassador for Pepsi Pakistan! Wow! What a deal! And which brand wouldn’t want Imran as the face of their product?

In 2007, Imran released his single “Ni Nachle.” The song became an instant hit and a true summer anthem. Imran was not at all expecting the response he received and therefore was not prepared with a complete album. The Bhangra boy quickly headed to the studio and began looking for a record label. A couple of years later, Imran Khan released his second single “Amplifier,” which again took him to the top of the charts and gave us another summer anthem.

Shortly after, the singer released his album Unforgettable and people are still jamming to those tunes. With each new single, Imran Khan dominates the charts as we saw with “Bewafa.” The emotional song may have seemed like an unlikely hit, but fans chose the song to be Imran Khan’s single and he kindly obliged.

For his next single, Imran is set to shoot a video for the song “Pata Chalgea.” Unfortunately, last season the singer sustained some serious injuries on his way home from Dubai. After taking a much needed break to recover, Imran is now back on the road and performing in Pakistan!

On June 4 the star tweeted “Just landed at Karachi airport.” Clearly Imran has been really busy since no tweets have followed. But the buzz is that Imran Khan has just signed a deal with Pepsi Pakistan and will be the new face of the brand! That is great news for Imran Khan; we just hope he can fit everything in to his already busy schedule!

Let us know what you think of Imran Khan becoming the face of Pepsi Pakistan. Will he make a good brand ambassador?

Music and films have always united the two countries, India and Pakistan. The musical exchange improved the emotional bond between the citizens of the nations too. This time, ‘Jal‘ has got an opportunity to compose music for a couple of Bollywood movies.

The band has two Bollywood movies in the pipeline, Kaizad Gustad’s and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s next flicks.

Goher Mumtaz said, “We are composing for some Bollywood numbers and would like to do many more in future.” It has been an easy entry into Bollywood for the band as composers, since their original melodies found an easy audience. Which is why the band is also planning on coming down this July to release their third album in India.

Goher added, “We are thrilled to shoot our videos here. Very soon, we will come to India for the last round up tour and a number of meetings. We will also finalize some tie-ups for our next album. Then, we will be back to the studios to focus on our next album, which is almost complete.”

Goher added that his band members have given him the scope to experiment with the sound.

“Before making the third album, I have specially designed and set up the studio called GM studios and bought equipment that is required by the band to achieve the best production quality. Plus we have all the liberty and freedom to record and mix it to perfection without time limitations, so now we really know what sound we need after seven years,” finishes Goher.

Atif Aslam has sung two songs for Barbara Mori’s, Kites fame, “My Brother’s Wife” which is a rated R Mexican film directed by Ricardo de Montreuil, based on the novel of the same name by Jaime Bayly.

The film was released in Mexico in 2005 and was in Spanish-language but now the film has been dubbed in English & Hindi and is ready to be re-released in India around September/October 2010. The Hindi version of the film features four songs as background score in which according to the producer of the film, two of them have been sung by Atif Aslam.

This is not the first time that Atif Aslam has done songs for films other than from Bollywood industry. First one being an American independent film “Man Push Cart” by Ramin Bahrani, released in 2005.

Finally comes a news for all of Annie fans!

Annie is on her international tour these days, probably for the launch of her new album in different states of America. Her album ‘Do You See Me‘ has already gained a lot of publicity through its controversial leak over the internet. The album has recently been launched in the capital of America, Washington D.C and will officially be released in Pakistan on the 27th of this month under Fire Records. When the album releases, make sure you get it while it’s hot!

The album has officially been released today (May 24th, 2010) in the United States of America.

Listen to the Stereo Nation ft Bohemia: Holi Holi :

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After the success of Sharabi with Gippy Gerewal, Bohemia is back with with another hot tune for this Summer “Holi Holi”  with Taz . Be the first to listen this single and leave your comments below.

Shoaib Mansoor’s upcoming highly-awaited project “Bol” has already been hyped much with Atif Aslam acting in the film along with Humaima and Iman Ali. For further treat for the music enthusiasts Shoaib picked up Atif Aslam, Omer Nadeem and Hadiqa Kiani for the the original sound tracks. As reported by Dawn Images today, that isn’t just all and Hadiqa will also make appearance on the silver screen in a cameo role. Apparently, she will be seen doing a concert in the movie singing her soundtrack for the film.

With such news coming for the film, Bol sounds to have found it’s audience from around the country already.