Via Londonstani over at Abu Muquwama, the rise of Pakistani Punk.  First a band called Bimbu Sauce (read Londonstani’s original post to get an idea of just what the band’s name means).

Next, co-VEN.  Londonstani has a link to the video for “Ready to Die.” Here’s a version recorded live in Lahore that translates those part of the song that are in Urdu:

Apparently MTV has a channel on Pakistani cable, but it looks like most of what they play are variations on Bollywood or Eurodisco (plus one particularly strange Beatles rip-off).  In fact, all they’re missing is Kanye crashing their version of the VMAs.

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