{"id":215124,"date":"2019-01-10T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T11:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=215124"},"modified":"2019-01-10T16:31:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T11:31:39","slug":"akon-coming-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/akon-coming-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Smack That: Akon is Coming to Pakistan!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akon is coming to Lahore and Karachi in April and its for a football event.<\/p>\n

If getting to see the Grammy award-winning artist Akon perform wasn’t enough, he’ll be doing it for World Soccer Stars 2019 event.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Smack That<\/em>\u00a0singer will\u00a0be\u00a0arriving in\u00a0Karachi and Lahore to perform concerts between April 26- 29.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, football legends Ricardo Kak\u00e1 and Luis Figo have already arrived in Karachi to promote the event. Both the Brazilian and Portuguese soccer players will stay in Pakistan while promoting the 2019 World Soccer Stars event.<\/p>\n

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The sports event is anticipated to have a star-studded football line-up. That paired with a global music icon\u00a0Akon and you have the recipe for a great time.<\/p>\n

Akon is going to perform in Pakistan<\/h4>\n

The 44-year-old R&B singer is pretty excited himself to be coming to Pakistan for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to rock Pakistan, I am looking forward to visiting Karachi and Lahore with TouchSky\u00a0Group. So let\u2019s get it down in Pakistan with World Soccer Stars\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Pakistani act will be sharing the stage with Akon for the event. We’re excited to give our suggestions but will just have to wait it out till they name names.<\/p>\n

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All things considered, this event is a pretty big cultural win for Pakistan.<\/p>\n

It is being organized in collaboration with British based TouchSky.<\/p>\n

British Deputy High Commissioner Karachi and UK Trade Director for Pakistan Elin Burns is just as happy about this as we are.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted that so much progress is taking place in the UK-Pakistan relationship this year. 2019 is geared\u00a0 up to be a historic year of collaboration between the UK and Pakistan in trade, education, sports and\u00a0 music. This is a testament to the UK\u2019s commitment towards Pakistan\u2019s prosperity. The UK based\u00a0TouchSky Group shares our vision of supporting Pakistan and showcasing the many positive aspects of\u00a0Pakistan to the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Akon is coming to Lahore and Karachi in April and its for a football event. If getting to see the Grammy award-winning artist Akon perform wasn’t enough, he’ll be doing it for World Soccer Stars 2019 event. The\u00a0Smack That\u00a0singer will\u00a0be\u00a0arriving in\u00a0Karachi and Lahore to perform concerts between April 26- 29. On the other hand, football legends Ricardo Kak\u00e1 and Luis […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":215126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1295,1297],"tags":[2120,2127,2126,2121,2122,2123,2124,2125],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-travel","8":"category-tv-movies-music","9":"tag-akon","10":"tag-luis-figo","11":"tag-ricardo-kaka","12":"tag-smack-that","13":"tag-smack-that-by-akon","14":"tag-touchsky","15":"tag-world-soccer-stars","16":"tag-world-soccer-stars-2019"},"wps_subtitle":"The R&B singer will perform in Lahore & Karachi","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Akon-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Akon-1-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Akon-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Travel","TV & Film"],"title_text":"Smack That: Akon is Coming to Pakistan!","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1295,1297&exclude=215124","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215124"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=215124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}