What's so good about the Melo?
The Lahooti Melo exists outside the corporate fabric of Pakistan's contemporary music industry. As a result, what was instantly refreshing about the event was the absence of corporate symbolism peppered all over the venue. The curation of artists too, seemed to have been done without their commercial viability in mind.
Nice to see people enjoying and having fun again in Pak. This is the right way to move forward. Let the people be free.
All this is good but remember there lies a danger ahead if law and order is not strengthen and enforced and everyone is not brought under the purview of the law (eradicating the VIP and people that think they are above the law culture) because Pak have been down this road before (1970s) and we all know the end result. The answer to all problems is laws and their enforcement and implementation and not Mullahism. In order to deter the criminal mind, punishments must be carried out otherwise evil wins.
Saif Samejo is doing incredible work by introducing folk artists to world. His program "Lahooti" has been running on 'MTV Indies' every day around 6 30 to 7 pm, since February 2016 .