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By Sikander Hayat Pakistani society tolerates corruption to a an extent that it is now taken fro granted that certain professions in Pakistan will make you rich through swindling public & private money. Police is one of those professions which instead of making life easier for Pakistanis, make it worse. This song by the band “Siege” show this Pakistani attitude towards corruption in a satirical way and worth listening to.   Related Posts:   1. Corruption at Unprecedented Levels - Can Someone save Pakistan from Asif Ali Zaradari & Billawal Zardari 2. Why Pakistan Army Must Allow The Democracy To Flourish In Pakistan & Why Pakistanis Must Give Democracy A Chance? 3. Efforts to hold Bosnia together have repercussions as far afield as Afghanistan 4. India keeping one-third of world’s poor population 5. From Great Game to Grand Bargain - Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan 6. Russians and the government of Russia wake up to deepening economic crisis as rouble

Farida Khanum is a renowned Pakistani Ghazal singer from Punjab. Farida Khanum has been given the title "Malika-e-Ghazal" (Queen of Ghazal) in tribute to her singing talents. The ghazal she is most famously associated with is "Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo". In 2005, she was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest civilian honour by President Pervez Musharraf. Farida Khanum was born in Calcutta and raised in Amritsar. She migrated to Pakistan after independence in 1947. She started learning Khayal from her sister Mukhtar Begum at age seven and later learnt classical music from the renowned maestro of Patiala Gharana, Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan. She gave her first public concert in 1950, where renowned singers like Zeenat Begum and Iqbal Begum also sang. Farida Khanum lives in Lahore, Punjab and performs at select musical gatherings.