Beygairat Brigade's (Shame Brigade) is the name of a new band of Pakistani pop singers. The band consists of three singers who dress like school boys and sing without much accompaniment. Yet the songs have bvecome popular on the net and gone viral through Youtube.
The song’s popularity can be attributed to its risky content that make almost unguarded references to controversies surrounding the Pakistani military, including the unprecedented extension of army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s term last year.In another part of the song, Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the Islamist former security guard who earlier this year shot dead Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab province, is described as being treated like a “royal,” while Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, is a “hero most loyal.” The singer also holds a poster that says “this video is sponsored by ZIONISTS,” a humorous reference to a common paranoia that Israel is behind anti-Pakistan propaganda.
Yet the authorities in Pakistan must be applauded for not cracking down on the band this time, though there had been quite a good deal of provocations. This perhaps a sign of how the new age internet based publicity can often put powerful men in the establishments in a fix. Much before Pakistani administration could do much, came a report on The Economist. Its said that "Pakistanis thrilled over a music video, available online, in which young singers poke fun at politicians, army chiefs" .The New York Times said that the song "takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at religious extremism, militancy and contradictions in Pakistani society", "as a rare voice of the country’s embattled liberals." and that it "delivers biting commentary on the current socio-political mileiu of the country", and "rues the fact that killers and religious extremists are hailed as heroes in Pakistan".
so who are the Band members Ali Aftab Saeed, Daniyal Malik and Hamza Malik plan to do next. Some more 'begairati' perhaps.
