Shehzad Roy and “Chal Parha”

Shehzad Roy a renowned, talented, compassionate singer and also the owner of Zindagi Trust recently did a program called Chal Parha.His this program has introduced some happenings in the country as well as in some minds.

Shehzad Roy

Starting from the schools, he says that he has reformed the once dilapidated government school into a model that can be looked upon by the government in order to revamp other schools and institutions as well. His belief in promoting quality education and inculcating the need of reviving educational awareness has lead to an increment in his fan following and has appealed a mass audience.

Coming to Roy’s show Chal Parha, it is an effort to spread the message all over Pakistan or in other words an initiative to portray that picture of Pakistan which needs more Paint Brushes and colours to develop a better Pakistan. But here come many opinions in which we observe support as well as some hiccups in accepting the ideas outlined by Roy.

Some say that Shehzad has discouraged too much inclusion of our Islamic Victors in our textbooks thinking that this leads to the outcome as a terrorist. They are of the opinion that our Islamic History is needed to be taught openly and comprehensively and this will not lead to becoming a terrorist. Some people also disagree with the points he has presented to improve the curriculum. Such as his one point says;

Remove discriminatory contents (based on Gender and Religion) and tradition of presenting the twisted history in our books should be end.

This one is conceived by some as an intention to secularize our education system. Moreover, he has also demanded to eliminate the inclusion of Islamic war heroes and historical Muslim personalities in chapters.

Shehzad Roy started this program with the purpose of highlighting the following issues in public schools;

·         Corporal punishment

·         Medium of instruction

·         Population

·         Textbooks

·         Curriculum

·         Teachers etc

Undoubtedly he not only succeeded in throwing light upon some important issues that needed to be looked after but also lead to the passage of bills in implementing the requisites. Furthermore, his effort in voicing out the wrongs and the act of bringing in limelight the issues that are ‘deserve to be considered’ is commended by many people in Pakistan.

Chal Parha

The disagreements and agreements with Shehzad Roy’s work will carry on, and they carry on every time a voice is ousted for some purpose. But the most important message that the state of Pakistan exhibits is that, we all should stand and work uprightly with intention of seeing a better Pakistan or utilize our career in a way that would contribute in the emergence of a developed Pakistan. 

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From Fish Stall to Millionaire

There are no doubts in this fact that Pakistanis are filled with extended skills and hidden skills. An example of such fact is One Pound Fish Man. One Pound Fish Man, Mohammad Shahid Nazir is a 31 years old Pakistani who was an immigrant to United Kingdom from town of Pattuki, Kasur in Punjab. He has 4 children and a wife living in Pakistan. He had settled in East London for about 9 months to make enough money for his family and began work on a fish stall in Queen’s Market.

One Pound Fish

               One Day his master asked him to attract the attention of people towards his stall. He did nothing and started singing a catchy song. His words were

"Come on ladies, come on ladies, One pound fish, one pound fish, Have-a, have-a look, One pound fish, Very, very good, very, very cheap, One pound fish, Six for five pound one pound each"

               These words attract women towards him and they additionally bought the fish. Someone made his song video on the stall and uploaded on a video website. This video became a smash and a viral hit on the internet. Music video of One Pound Fish was first released on 10 December 2012 which featured Bollywood style dancers. Youtube video of this song has more than 8 million views now. He has signed a record deal with Warner Music. His spokesman said that Shahid plans to release the video internationally. He said:

"The response has been great in France, Germany, Turkey and a few other places."

Mohammad Shahid Nazir at Airport

               He was warmly welcomed when he reached home. People of Pakistan awarded him with a Heroic welcome. Soon there was a rumor that he was kicked out of UK, because his visa has expired. Dispelling rumors of deported Shahid Nazir said,

 “I’m here because I have to apply for visa to visit France for the song release,” he explained.

              He said that he plans to release a song in France. Calling his hit single a gift from God, Shahid Nazir said the song was a spontaneous creation.  He said that his stall is very important for him and he will return back there. Queen’s Market is my home, he said.

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