Editing Protest song (section)

=== Pakistan ===
Protest music in [[Pakistan]] has been deeply inspired by South Asian traditions since pre-independence times.

The song "[[Hum Dekhenge]]" is just one example of protest music from Pakistan. [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz|Faiz Ahmed]], a poet and a prominent Pakistani Marxist, originally penned the poem with the same title as a response to General [[Zia ul Haq]]'s repressive dictatorship. The poem is considered a critical commentary of Zia's brand of authoritarian Islam.<ref>{{citation|last=Raza|first=Gauhar|title=Listening to Faiz is a subversive act|date=January 2011|url=http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/3566-listening-to-faiz-is-a-subversive-act.html|work=Himal Southasian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317050254/http://himalmag.com/component/content/article/3566-listening-to-faiz-is-a-subversive-act.html|archive-date=March 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> His political beliefs set him up as a natural critic of General Zia Ul Haq. In 1985, as part of Zia's programme of forced Islamicization, the [[sari]], part of the traditional attire for women on the subcontinent was banned. That year, [[Iqbal Bano]], one of Pakistan's best-loved singers and artists, sang Hum Dekhenge to an audience of 50,000 people in a [[Lahore]] stadium wearing a black sari. The recording was smuggled out and distributed on bootleg cassette tapes across the country. Cries of "[[Inquilab Zindabad]]" ("Long Live Revolution") and thunderous applause from the audience can be heard on the {{YouTube|dxtgsq5oVy4|recording}}. Faiz was in prison at the time.

The song has, since the fall of the Zia dictatorship, regularly featured in protests in Pakistan. More recently, a newer rendition of the song by Pakistani singer, [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]], was used as the title song for the political party, [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]], in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]], and in the [[2014 Azadi March|Azadi march]] of 2014.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

The international anthem ''girti hui deewaron ko aik dhakka aur do'' by famous poet [[Ali Arshad Mir]] created in the 1970s found profound place in various protests. This revolutionary anthem is still in use in resistance movements against oppressive political regimes and failing institutions by politicians and common people alike.<ref>{{Citation|title=GIRTI HUI DEEWAR KO (International Anthem by ALI ARSHAD MIR)| date=29 October 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EONOplsM7k| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/6EONOplsM7k| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=April 21, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Girti huwi Deewar ko Aik Dhaka Aur Do Benazir in Jacobabad|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oXVpDAFFuQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/2oXVpDAFFuQ| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=April 21, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Awan |first=Babar |author-link=Babar Awan |user=BabarAwanPK |number=726402755728953344 |date=April 30, 2016 |title=Girti hui deewar ko... Aik dhakka aur do! |trans-title=To the falling wall... Give another push! |language=hi |access-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202215456/https://twitter.com/babarawanpk/status/726402755728953344 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>