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By Omair Alavi Created: 25 February 2020
Pakistan is a land of opportunities, but it seems it has become a land of controversies since the advent of social media. Everything under the sun is criticized for one reason or the other and that’s exactly what happened to the official anthem of the Pakistan Super League’s fifth edition – Tayyar Hain. Although it came out as an amalgamation of modern and classic sound, featuring some of the best singers in the country, the Xulfi composition was not given its due for reasons beyond music.
It crossed over 100 K likes on YouTube, they said; but it received 73 K thumbs down on the same medium, nobody said. Knowing Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan, this was something nobody expected because he is one of the most talented music producers in the country, and always has a philosophy behind everything he does. One of the singers to appear in the video Asim Azhar was the first one to realize that so many dislikes meant that they couldn’t fulfil the audience’s expectations, and went on record with his apology.

owever, the brain behind the anthem Xulfi didn’t want to go down without a fight. While talking to Instep Today in The News International, one of the leading newspapers in Pakistan, he rightly pointed out that as soon as the song was released, people started bashing it within seconds, as if they were waiting to unload their hatred.
XULFI’S TAKE:
‘I have always been a propagator of positivity, but have learnt that you have to be ready for everything; this song also propagates the same philosophy. What I fail to understand is that when we released the song, within thirty seconds or a minute, we started getting negative comments as if people were waiting for the release.
‘That was strange for me because I expected the listeners to first listen to the song, and then post their comments, which is what logical listener(s) did. In fact, many who loved the track didn’t even understand where the negativity was coming from. We created the song with the right intent; gave it our 100 per cent and tried to present a strong ideology that was the basis of the song.’
One of the first people from the fraternity to appreciate the track was Ali Zafar who sang the anthems of the first three PSL seasons. He came out in defence of the new anthem, urging people to give it a try and be ‘equally appreciable’.
“Dear All,
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) January 30, 2020