After tabla virtuosity, Musharraf now the new singing sensation on YouTube!Byline: ANI London, Aug.14 (ANI): While the Pakistani judiciary and political leaders are having a brain storming session over how to charge former President General Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف) (born August 11 1943) is President of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army who came to power in wake of a coup d'etat. for his November 3, 2007 decision of enforcing emergency in the country, the former general himself seems to be least bothered. Despite a case being registered against him and facing possible arrest, Musharraf is singing away all his troubles in London. A YouTube video showing Musharraf sharing stage with celebrated Sufi singer
"I really like his taste in music Pervez Musharraf may or may not be the one leader who did the most good (or bad) for Pakistan. But he may well be the one who sings the best," said Adil Najam, who posted the video clip. The video shows Musharraf singing the popular ghazal Ghaz´al n. 1. A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes. 'Laage re tou re laage najar sayyain laage'.While the former general took the lead, one of his close aides and former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is seen providing a rousing chorus with several Pakistani exiles. It was not the first time when Musharraf showcased his penchant for music. Recently, Musharraf disclosed his veiled 'tabla talent' at a programme in London. During a musical show Musharraf found the 'tabla nawaz' accompanying the singer out of rhythm. Irritated by the performance, he himself jumped onto the stage and started performing on the tabla tabla Pair of small drums, the principal percussion in Hindustani music of northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The higher-pitched daya, played with the right hand, is a roughly cylindrical one-skinned drum, usually wooden, normally tuned to the raga's tonic. . The audience was reportedly amazed to see a former general extracting the best of tabla beats. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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