08-02-2017 08:25 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Home-grown streaming app helps Pakistan's musicians find voice

By Saad Sayeed KARACHI (Reuters) - For years, violence kept most of Pakistan's aspiring young musicians from following their dreams, whether the threat of Taliban militant attacks or gang wars in the crowded southern port city of Karachi. Both the startup and the musicians' efforts are helping to carve out a new creative space for young people in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where those below 30 make up 60 percent of a population of almost 200 million. Karachi rap ensemble Lyari Underground was onc
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