KARACHI - The Steering Committee on the re-recording of the National Anthem has unanimously resolved to ensure highest international standards of orchestration and vocal rendering for the official re-recording of the National Anthem, which was firstly recorded in 1954. The Committee resolved to assemble a large choir of about 120 to 150 gifted vocalists from all 4 provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan as well Azad Jammu and Kashmir to make the new official recording truly representative and participative of the whole federation including religious faiths. This was decided in the 4th meeting of the Steering Committee on the re-recording of the National Anthem, presided over by the Committee’s Chairman, former Senator and federal minister Javed Jabbar, members include reputed musicologists  Arshad Mahmud, Rohail Hayat and Nafees Ahmed,  Director, Productions, ISPR Brigadier Imran Naqvi and film sector leader Satish Anand.

, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ms Shahera Shahid,  Ms Imrana Wazir, Director, Electronic Media and Publications in the Information Ministry and prominent persons associated with creative arts and education from the four provinces, held at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, according to a communiqué here on Sunday.