Sukhbir sets the tone

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 18. The visiting bhangra singer, Mr. Sukhbir Singh, has set the stage for a `friendly' Indo-Pak summit by sending a record 30,000-strong crowd in Islamabad into raptures with one ``hell of a night show'' this weekend.

The Kenyan-born `prince of bhangra' struck an instant chord with the youths of Pakistan and made them shed their conservative ``veil'' and dance to his tunes at a packed stadium on Saturday night.

Acknowledged by the Pakistani press as one of the largest crowds ever gathered for any cultural event, with reports of stampede at the entry, the `Sukhbir Night' ended in a ``music frenzy'' despite attempts by a section of youth to disturb the event.

The conservative Pakistan media too went ``overboard'' with all the mainstream newspapers today publishing elaborate write-ups on the event with pictures of young men and women dancing wildly to Mr. Sukhbir's numbers. One section of the youth who attempted to disrupt the programme, especially when local pop stars donned the stage ahead of Mr. Sukhbir's programme, fell silent and joined in the fun after the bhangra star made the entry.

- PTI

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