• Mehwish Hayat is a stunning and famous Lollywood actress.
• iTunes and Apple Music are mobile applications that are widely used.
• She called out iTunes and Apple Music for labelling Pakistani songs as Indian pop.

Famous Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat called out iTunes and Apple Music for classifying Pakistani Coke Studio as “Indian pop, Asian or international”. iTunes is a software application that serves as a media player, media library, tool for managing mobile devices, and a client app for the iTunes Store. Meanwhile, Apple Music is a service that offers streaming music, audio, and video content.

Mehwish said on Twitter: “Mehwish said on Twitter that Coke Studio, a Pakistani platform that brings together some of the best singers, musicians, and composers to honour the musical legacy, is categorised as “Indian pop”.

Just noticed iTunes/Apple music – music portal classifies our Coke Studio Pakistan as “Indian Pop”. Other episodes are ‘Worldwide’ or ‘Asia’- anything but ‘Pakistani’. Come on @AppleMusic give us this one at least! Coke Studio is a Pakistani success & we deserve to be recognised. pic.twitter.com/Kd3yfrgXkU

— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) March 10, 2023

The actress said that Pakistani success stories like Coke Studio should be recognised, as Pakistani music. Social media users praised Mehwish for speaking up about the problem.

Well said , point to be noted and noticed by @AppleMusic

— 🔇 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫🔊 (@Investigator_9) March 10, 2023

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The industry should take a stand and protest, and get it changed.

— Huma Shah (@Huma042) March 11, 2023

Very strong point to consider! Pakistani music should have its own name, and you are the first to advocate for this!

— Hamza Sana (@HamzaSana16) March 10, 2023

Only Mehwish dared to raise the voice. Of course Pakistan’s coke studio has its own class, standard and recognition. It deserves to be acknowledged uniquely.

— عین غین (@AmmaraGhazal007) March 10, 2023

On the work front,  Mehwish has been seen in various blockbuster projects like London Nahi Jaunga, Punjab Nahi Jaungi, Chhalawa, 3 Bahadur: Rise of the Warriors,  Zoya, and Ms Marvel.

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