Blog talk by Wiqar Ali Khan (Daily Times)

The week had crusaded to a standstill, and I was having peaceful thoughts and planning  out the rest of my day. In fact just a couple of hours earlier on Saturday night, I attended a black suit affair at a hotel that turned out to simply awesome, reminding me of the parties I usually go to in London. The overall ambience, d'cor, crowd, food and entertainment were of a pristine standard and I was in awe when it started on time.

I was picked up from my apartment by a very prompt Adeel Chaudhry . It was a magestic welcome as we breezed into the venue just when a French-Lebanese belly dancer from London was shaking her moves like Shakira and hypnotizing the audience like a snake charmer. With some of the men captivated, a few elbow digs from some Babloo rani's were a bit too obvious. The charmer struggled with her English, which really added more charm to her accent saying just this, "Pakistan & its people are loving & know how to party & this must be portrayed to the west". The guys in unison said, "We love u too" Viva la dance babyJ

This was followed by some seriously energetic moves by Adeel himself with "Move your Body". The dude is forever increasing his popularity with his "Shahid kapoor" moves going for him & what an awesome track that is! It was good to see Adeel do some other songs like "desi girl" & end with his newest track "kissay Awaz Don" from bollywood film Juggad

We had no time to catch our breaths from all that energy when Atif Aslam walked in singing "Adaat" a tune that made him an instant household name. Atif was dressed like modern Elvis Presley without the "bling-bling" & his repertoire of moves & singing got the crowd in a major frenzy" I have to say that its been a long time since I saw Atif Aslam performing & it was a real treat. I still say we have the best talent in this country, & we need to promote & export it the correct way, without packing it with egos.