{{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox television | creator = [[Shoaib Mansoor]] | presenter = {{plainlist| *[[Nazia Hassan]] *[[Zohaib Hassan]] }} | narrator = | country = Pakistan | network = | first_aired = | last_aired = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = }}

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

==Music '89 pop music show== This music show was aired in January 1989, on [[Pakistan Television Corporation|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]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1093337 |title=Street dancing years: The golden age of Pakistani pop music|author=Nadeem F. Paracha|date=15 March 2014|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|accessdate=31 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=Chowk/>

The show was the launching pad for much new talent in Pakistan and many new artistes including [[Vital Signs (band)|Vital Signs]], [[Ali Haider (singer)|Ali Haider]], [[Sajjad Ali]], [[Jupiters]], [[Strings (Pakistani pop band)|Strings]], while also introducing underground, "alternative" bands including [[Final Cut (band)|Final Cut]] and The Barbarians (Pakistani band).<ref name=Chowk>{{cite web|url=http://www.chowk.com/articles/8459 |title=Socio-political History of Modern Pop Music in Pakistan |website=Chowk.com website|date=13 December 2004|author=Nadeem F. Paracha|accessdate=31 January 2020|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618091924/http://www.chowk.com/articles/8459 |archive-date=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=Dawn/>

In a 2014 interview before his death, [[Aslam Azhar]] (1932 &ndash; 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".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/557510-ptv-cadre-maintained-character-says-aslam-azhar |title=The PTV cadre maintained its character|date=23 November 2014|newspaper=The News International (newspaper)|accessdate=31 January 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Nazia Hassan}} {{Shoaib Mansoor}}

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