KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday visited Lyari to condole over the sad demise of Zahoor Zehbi.
According to a statement issued by Bilawal House, the PPP chairman visited the family of the creator of PPP’s most popular political anthem “Dila Teer Bija” to offer his condolences.
He was accompanied by Sanam Bhutto and Asifa Bhutto Zardari.
Several Karachi PPP leaders and workers including Waqar Mehdi, Rashid Rabbani, Javed Nagori, Ijaz Durrani and others were also present on the occasion.
The song ‘Dila Teer Bija’ which means ‘an arrow to your heart’, is based on a funky, beat-heavy rendition of Baloch folk music, was sung by Shabana Noshi and composed by Zahoor Zehbi. The song was recorded in a music studio in Lyari, at the height of what was called the ‘Lyari Disco Scene’ in the 1980s.
The song’s lyrics and imagery depicted the passionate disposition of diehard PPP supporters.
The PPP with this party anthem sets a trend of political songs, which were followed by other political parties during election campaigns as well as during usual public rallies and other events.
