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NEWS08 April 2003 Musicians claim police harassment Pakistani musicians living near the country's border with Afghanistan have complained they are being harassed by hardliners attempting to stamp out music and movies. Story from BBC Related reading Pakistan: Punjab Assembly bans concerts in educational institutions On 24 January 2012 Punjab Assembly passed a resolution that bans holding of 'objectionable' musical concerts in educational institutions 25 January 2012 Pakistan: Music returns to some of Pakistan's tribal areas In parts of Pakistan’s tribal areas, music is starting to return, reported Free Speech Radio News in a well-produced radio report on 16 January 2012. 18 January 2012 Pakistan: Taliban campaign against music still in full swing Militants bombed or torched more than a dozen music shops in the second week of November 2011 in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province and North Waziristan 16 November 2011 Pakistan: Freemuse network will document attacks on musicians At a two day workshop held in Islamabad 12-13 November 2011 a Pakistani network was set up in support of musicians and composers at risk 15 November 2011 Pakistan: Bomb blast destroys music and video market in Peshawar Six people were killed and over 37 injured in a bomb explosion on 19 September 2011 that targeted a music and video CD market in Peshawar 21 September 2011 Pakistan: Broad instability spelled an end to art in Swat Valley World Policy Institute has published an in-depth article about the development for artists in Swat Valley since 2007, written by Shaheen Buneri 14 September 2011 Pakistan: Threats from the Taliban sends sarod player into exile Asad Qazalbash, Pakistan’s only accomplished sarod player, has left the country due to a declaration by the Pakistani Taliban that music is un-Islamic 22 August 2011 Pakistan: The Taliban’s war on music has done lasting damage It will take a long time for Swat’s musical culture to recover from the Taliban’s crackdown on music, reported Shaheen Buneri from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 08 August 2011 Pakistan: Terror campaign by religious militants against Sufi worshippers In the sixteenth attack on Sufi shrines in two years, Taliban suicide bombers killed 49 and injured 93 Sufi devotees while they were doing music and meditation 08 April 2011 Pakistan: Anti-music militancy increases in the north-western mountain region The militants are targeting films and music and everything they see as obscene, and the situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is deteriorating 21 March 2011