Modern Fashion and Clothing in Pakistan. Media and Entertainment in Pakistan. Music of Pakistan. The Music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and modern-day Western popular music influences.
With these multiple influences, a distinctive Pakistani sound has been formed. Ghazal[edit] Pakistani Sufi singer in traditional dress. His musical instrument is the ektara (three-stringed variety). In poetry, the ghazal (Persian: غزل; Turkish: gazel) is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. The ghazals can be sung both for men and women, as an expression of love/beauty. Media of Pakistan. Media in Pakistan provides information on television, radio, cinema, newspapers, and magazines in Pakistan.
Veteran dissident and intellectual Noam Chomsky stated in an interview which he repeated some of his well-known comments about the control of the media, he said: “I spent three weeks in India and a week in Pakistan. A friend of mine here, (he was in London when he was interviewed) Iqbal Ahmed, told me that I would be surprised to find that the media in Pakistan is more open, free and vibrant than that in India.” He added: “In Pakistan, I listened to and read the media which go to a increasingly large part of the population. Apparently, the government, no matter how repressive it is, is willing to say to them that you have your fun, we are not going to bother you. So they don’t interfere with it.”[1] Overview[edit] Pakistan has a vibrant media landscape and enjoys independence to a large extent. Pakistan's media sector is highly influenced by the ownership structure.
Cinema of Pakistan. The cinema of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی سنیما) refers to Pakistan's film industry.
Most of the feature films shot in Pakistan are in Urdu, the national language, but may also include films in English, the official language, and regional languages such as Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, and Sindhi. Lahore is the epicentre of Pakistani cinema and Pakistan's largest film industry is Lollywood. Before the separation of Bangladesh, Pakistan had three main film production centres: Lahore, Karachi and Dhaka. Dhaka was lost after 1971. Pakistani literature. Pakistan literature (Urdu: ادبیات پاكِستانى), that is, the literature of Pakistan, is a distinct literature that gradually came to be defined after Pakistan gained nationhood status in 1947, emerging out of literary traditions of the South Asia.[1] The shared tradition of Urdu literature and English literature of British India was inherited by the new state.
Over a period a body of literature unique to Pakistan has emerged in nearly all major Pakistani languages, including Urdu, English, Punjabi, Seraiki, Balochi, Pushto and Sindhi.[2][2] History[edit] The nature of Pakistani literature soon after independence aroused controversy among writers due to its being centered heavily on the negative events related to the independence.[1] According to Gilani Kamran (GC University), Pakistani literature was expected to take a new direction along with the new state of Pakistan at this point, but did not immediately meet this expectation.[1] Literature by language[edit]
Literature in Pakistan. Pakistani architecture. Pakistani architecture refers to the various structures built during different time periods in the modern day region of Pakistan.
With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium[1] B.C., for the first time in the area which encompasses today's Pakistan an advanced urban culture developed with large structural facilities, some of which survive to this day. This was followed by the Gandhara style of Buddhist architecture that borrowed elements from the Ancient Greece. These remnants are visible in the Gandhara capital of Taxila.[2] Indus Valley civilization[edit] An example of the fusion of Greco-Buddhist styles: Representation of Buddha with Herakles Archaeologists excavated numerous ancient cities, among them Mohenjo Daro, Harappa and Kot Diji, which have a uniform, appropriate structure with broad roads as well as well thought out sanitary and drainage facilities.
Buddhist and Hindu architecture[edit] Architecture in Pakistan. Pakistani cuisine. Pakistani cuisine is a refined blend of various regional cooking traditions of South Asia.
Pakistani cuisine is known for its richness and flavour.[1] International cuisine and fast food are popular in the cities. Blending local and foreign recipes (fusion food) such as Pakistani Chinese cuisine, is common in large urban centres. Furthermore, as a result of lifestyle changes, ready made masala (mixed and ready to use spices) are becoming increasingly popular. However, given the diversity of the people of Pakistan, cuisines generally differ from home to home and may be totally different from the mainstream Pakistani cuisine. Halal[edit] Muslims follow the Islamic law that lists foods and drinks that are Halal and permissible to consume.
Historical influences[edit] Pakistani national cuisine is the inheritor of Indo-Aryan culture. Cuisine in Pakistan. Sport in Pakistan. Sports in Pakistan.