Photography by Rizwan Baig (Deevees)

Strings duo Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood are currently going through the major cities of Pakistan as part of a concert tour. Having played a Valentine’s Day show for the Isloo crowd, Strings made their way to LUMS in Lahore on February 17, and sent an already keyed-up audience into absolute adrenaline-rushed mode.

While it is always fabulous to hear Strings sing – this particular performance was made even better by the fact that Bilal and Faisal sang a medley of pop songs by various Pakistani artists of yore. {Read More…}

Courtesy: Arijit Mondal, Shantanu Ghosh, Bhuvan Prasad & Dinesh Poddar

Pakistani band ‘Strings‘ and Indian band ‘Euphoria’ share the stage while performing for the ‘Aman Ki Asha’ concert at Nicco Park in Kolkata on January 20, 2010.

By Asif Khan

Strings fans could be seen in full force last Friday evening at the Royal Rodale Club in Karachi where Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood got off to a bumpy start amidst the muffled voices in the background. They belted out their first track of the evening, Humsafar, from their album Koi Aanay Wala Hai, which is somewhat fast becoming a signature opening number for their performances. The sound system too was good enough to pump energy into the audience.

Sans any glaring glitches or behind the scenes blunders, it was an amazing experience to be at the concert. Although the entry of stags and boys in groups was refrained following the club’s policy, the energy level wasn’t missing. {Read More…}

Photographs taken by: Sonakshi Yajurvedi & Sakshi Kumar

The song has been written by Bilal Maqsood and will be done by Strings and Atif Aslam. Following is the news publication by HindustanTimes

It’s the second Eid and not as festive as the first. This one is about the spirit of sacrifice and of course family time. With a long weekend, it’s also time to kick back and unwind. Instep asked some celebrities what Bakra Eid means to them by giving them the following options and got an insight into what these men are all about.

a. Slaughtering one goat and distributing the meat amongst the less privileged.

b. Slaughtering a couple of goats, bulls and perhaps even a camel and then buying an extra deep freezer to stock meat for the entire year.

c. Nothing, I am a vegetarian and have just joined PETA (Protection and Ethical Treatment of Animals)

d. It means stocking up on movies and spending a couple of days lounging

e. It is the one day I wait for the entire year because my family still gives me Eidi. {Read More…}

Fashion rocks!
Strings put in a surprise appearance at the Veet Celebration of Beauty show

Saba Imtiaz
Karachi

From a very personal perspective, I hate surprises. Particularly surprise phone calls, where you spend at least three agonizing minutes while the caller makes you guess his/her identity. Or surprise birthday parties, which are a pain to organize and by the time the victim is ’surprised’, one’s fake-ooh-look-at-what-we-pulled-off expression has been plastered on for hours. And even though surprises at a fashion show are rare, the organizers of the recent Veet show pulled a rather lovely one off. {Read More…}

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