- Gulzar Alam
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Name = Gulzar Alam
Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1954|10|14Charsadda ,Pakistan
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Label = Born onOctober 14 ,1954 , atCharsadda , Gulzar Alam, is a famous and renownedPashto singer and has a vast fan base fromAfghanistan toPakistan and among Pashtoons around the world.He left singing when the fundamentalists
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal came into government inNorth-West Frontier Province they banned cultural activities and started beating singers and artists.In January 2003 Gulzar was arrested while performing at a private wedding, he was accused of drinking alcohol and rowdy behaviour but was later released, Gulzar said he was "humiliated" by this, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2709157.stm Musicians claim police harassment - BBC News] ] however a more serious event took place in April of that year when 27 police officers forced entry to his home and arrested this three sons and a brother. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2003/04/16/nat32.htm Vocalist accuses police of harassment - Dawn Pakistan] ] He stopped singing after receiving anonymous letters warning of the consequences of singing in public and started selling property instead, however he eventually fled to
Karachi . [ [http://www.himalmag.com/2008/may/report_nistar_hall.htm With a new government in power in the NWFP, cultural performers are enjoying some old freedoms.] ]However following the elections of February 2008 the secular nationalist
Awami National Party replaced the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and they not only opened Nashtar Hall for cultural activities but invited Gulzar Alam back to singing. Gulzar Alam accepted the invitation wholeheartedly and started his singing career again. [ [http://www.musicouch.com/Genres/World-Music/Gulzar-Alam-is-Back-to-Singing.122226 Gulzar Alam is Back to Singing by Abdulhadi Hairan] ] In April 2008Peshawar 's Nishtar Hall, the city’s only auditorium for promoting cultural activities, [ [http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/05/local27.htm PESHAWAR: Nishtar Hall ready for Cultural activities - Dawn Pakistan] ] had reopened after five years of closure due to the policies of the previous government - Gulzar was one the artists who performed at the reopening. [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008
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