# Music '89

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Pakistani TV series or programme

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

**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 [PTV](/source/Pakistan_Television_Corporation) (Pakistan state run TV channel). The show was directed by [Shoaib Mansoor](/source/Shoaib_Mansoor) and hosted by the famous pop singer [Nazia Hassan](/source/Nazia_Hassan) and her brother, [Zohaib Hassan](/source/Zohaib_Hassan). It was a revolutionary show that introduced a new breed of young musicians post- [Nazia and Zoheb](/source/Nazia_and_Zoheb).[1][2]

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

In a 2014 interview before his death, [Aslam Azhar](/source/Aslam_Azhar) (1932 – 2015), widely-considered to be the founding father of [Pakistani television](/source/Pakistani_television) considered this musical event, 'Music '89' (pop music show), to be one of his significant career achievements at [Pakistan Television Corporation](/source/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. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Dawn_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Dawn_1-1) Nadeem F. Paracha (15 March 2014). ["Street dancing years: The golden age of Pakistani pop music"](https://www.dawn.com/news/1093337). *Dawn (newspaper)*. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Chowk_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Chowk_2-1) Nadeem F. Paracha (13 December 2004). ["Socio-political History of Modern Pop Music in Pakistan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618091924/http://www.chowk.com/articles/8459). *Chowk.com website*. Archived from [the original](http://www.chowk.com/articles/8459) on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The PTV cadre maintained its character"](https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/557510-ptv-cadre-maintained-character-says-aslam-azhar). *The News International (newspaper)*. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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