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Ali Zafar and Aima Baig star in the ISPR's new Pakistan Day song

The music video also pays homage to frontline health workers and Ali Sadpara.

16 Mar, 2021

Ali Zafar and Aima Baig star in the Pakistan military's latest song, Aik Qaum, Aik Manzil. The song has been released to commemorate the approaching Pakistan Day.

It has been written by Abid Ahsan.

The music video, uploaded on the ISPR’s official YouTube page, begins with the inspiring words of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, as he addressed the nation soon after independence, saying, "We have rendered great sacrifices to achieve Pakistan". This is complemented with archival footage displaying the struggle of independence, and the horrors of the biggest mass migration in human history.

Both singers are dressed in green for the music video — Zafar wears a white kurta with a light green waistcoat, while Baig dons green shalwar kameez.

The video also pays homage to frontline health workers and Ali Sadpara, the mountaineer who went missing while scaling the K2.

Baig was also one of the singers of PSL anthem Groove Mera, which was met with mixed reactions. Some people loved the song while others weren't too keen on it.

Comments

Aimal Mar 16, 2021 04:13pm

It is intertesting that such patriotic songs are like vitamins for Asian countries from China, Pakistan to North Korea but never in vogue in a developed world. Have you ever heard an America Day song or a German Day ballad?

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M. Saeed Mar 16, 2021 04:20pm

Beautiful song and singers. Pakistan Zindabad.

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Monsieur Mar 16, 2021 04:20pm

Frankly, can a country that relies on handouts for survival or whose foreign policies depends on the people supplying the handouts or is known in the world for nothing but destruction of peace loving nations, be merited to exist as a nation?

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Bilal Mar 16, 2021 04:28pm

Awesome

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Tahir saleem Mar 16, 2021 05:23pm

dil dil pakistan

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Fastrack Mar 16, 2021 05:36pm

What a heart warming song. Pakistan Zindabaad!

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Fastrack Mar 16, 2021 05:36pm

Nothing a task too big for ispr. From dealing with looters, to hashtag management to camera setup to video editing. So if anyone had any doubts, the answer is plain to see from the Inter Services Propaganda Responce.

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Fastrack Mar 16, 2021 05:36pm

What a heart warming song. Pakistan Zindabaad!

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Shakeel Ahmad Mar 16, 2021 06:40pm

Dil khoosh kar dya. Paksitan zinda baad

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Zahid Mar 16, 2021 08:00pm

@Monsieur destruction for peace loving nations for example?

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asad Mar 16, 2021 08:29pm

Growing up in the 80's, never thought ISPR would sponsor national songs. interesting.

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asad Mar 16, 2021 08:36pm

@Aimal , agree with you to a certain extent. German nationalism ended in 1945. Living in the US for the past 30 years , its my observation that there is a lot of hero culture here too but not to that level of overtness.

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NSG Mar 16, 2021 08:48pm

Songs to glorify oneself is like hiding the reality of losing half the land surface of a nation but portraying it as a heroic act of sacrifice

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Tea is Fantastic !!! Mar 16, 2021 09:27pm

@Aimal if you don't like it. Who cares !!!!

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Zulfiqar Mar 17, 2021 04:00am

@Monsieur that sounds like India!

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Tahir malik Mar 17, 2021 05:12am

Madness has no bounds.

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Abdul khan Mar 17, 2021 07:36am

Why it is in Hindi?

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Anon Mar 17, 2021 07:37am

@Aimal YES. Many times. Lol. Welcome to real world.

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Outsiders Perspective Mar 17, 2021 10:08am

@Aimal we have 26th January as 'Australia Day' for your reference.

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Taj Ahmad Mar 17, 2021 07:07pm

I love you Pakistan, my home sweet home

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Jamil Soomro, New York City Mar 17, 2021 10:24pm

Another great song by Ali Zafar and Baby Aima Baig after the Blockbuster Sindhi song "Alley Alley".

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Mohsin Hussain Mar 20, 2021 03:07pm

@Aimal If we have something good that developed countries don't. That is completely fine.. Not necessarily, whatever developed countries do, is correct and whatever they lack is needed to be disowned. We should not be blind followers. BTW, these songs may sometimes act as a vitamin, but above all, we love to hear these songs and that is what matters.

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Mohsin Hussain Mar 20, 2021 03:19pm

@Monsieur A country may be reliant on handouts and as a result, may sometimes have to comply to an extent with those who provide the handouts. This situation is something that can be overcome... False propaganda about a country to portray it as an enemy of peace cannot make it a truth, because facts and reality do not support it.

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