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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 Book by Salman Ahmad: 'Rock & Roll Jihad' Rock star Salman Ahmad desribes his encounters with angry mullahs and oppressive dictators who wanted all music to be banned from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 10 February 2010 Pakistan: Five injured and 10 music shops damaged by bomb blast Five people were injured and 10 shops damaged in a bomb blast on 28 January 2010 in a music and video market in the small town of Jand in Pakistan's Punjab province 10 February 2010 Pakistan: Music stores are rebuilt in Swat valley In the north-western Pakistani valley of Swat, the Taliban's ban on all forms of artistic expression has been lifted, and culture now makes a comeback 04 November 2009 Pakistan: Marked for death by the Taliban Interview with an exiled Pakistani singer in the US who wished to remain anonymous out of concern for the safety of his family at home in Pakistan 24 August 2009 Pakistan: Lahore feels under siege Pakistan's performing artists face deadly occupational hazards. Lahore's music festival, and theatres across the city are bombed in co-ordinated overnight raids 31 July 2009 Pakistan: 800 music shops bombed over three years "No doubt this is the most critical phase in the history of our province," writes journalist Shaheen Buneri about the situation for artists in north-western Pakistan 09 July 2009 Pakistan: 'Musicians are in panic', says popular singer Musicians, singers, and other art performers are in panic. We are all at risk, Zeek Afridi, an up-and-coming singer fromm Peshawar, told correspondents of Radio Liberty 23 June 2009 Afghanistan and Pakistan: Understanding the Taliban's campaign against music Ethnomusicologist John Baily and Freemuse executive director Marie Korpe speak about the Taliban’s campaign against music and musicians in Afghanistan and Pakistan 23 June 2009 Pakistan: Singer shot dead by her brothers The popular Pashto singer Shamim Aiman Udas was murdered on 26 April 2009. According to her husband, she was killed by her own brothers 28 April 2009 Pakistan: Four men shaved as punishment for listening to music In Buner district a young man told that Taliban militants had shaved the heads and moustaches of him and three friends for listening to music in the evening of 25 April 2009 28 April 2009