PAKISTAN: MUSICAN SALMAN AHMAD OF ROCK GROUP JUNOON PLANS TO USE HIS CONCERTS IN CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS
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861821
PAKISTAN: MUSICAN SALMAN AHMAD OF ROCK GROUP JUNOON PLANS TO USE HIS CONCERTS IN CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS
- Title: PAKISTAN: MUSICAN SALMAN AHMAD OF ROCK GROUP JUNOON PLANS TO USE HIS CONCERTS IN CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS
- Date: 11th June 2001
- Summary: ISLAMABAD (JUNE 11, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) SMV, SALMAN AHMAD, GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER OF PAKISTANI ROCK BAND JUNOON, ARRIVES TO ADDRESS A PRESS CONFERENCE CLOSE UP OF SALMAN SITTING SMV REPORTERS SITTING AT PRESS CONFERENCE SMV, SALMAN SHOWING POSTER OF HIS CAMPAIGN SMV, JOURNALISTS LISTENING SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) SALMAN AHMED OF JUNOON ROCK GROUP SAYING: "Two-thirds of Pakistan is under the age of 25, and I think, instead of lecturing or preaching them I would be making information available to them, so that they can think for themselves and make their own decision about their life. Because basically this disease is something which can only be stopped by personal choice. You can't pass a decree but people have to make their own personal choices. And I shall be doing that through the forum of music which is very powerful (and) concerts." WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. ATHER DIL, NATIONAL AIDS PROGRAMME MANAGER, SAYING: "The total number of HIV AIDS is 1787, out of which 207 are full-blown aids cases, and HIV Positive cases are 1580. So this is in fact a low prevalence but high-risk situation." SMV, /SCU OF SALMAN SIGNING COPIES OF POSTER/AUTOGRAPH (3 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 26th June 2001 13:00
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- Location: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
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- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Entertainment,Health,Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
- Reuters ID: LVA834TQ81H708FQS02CEE7S62ZY
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- Story Text: A popular Pakistani rock group vows to use music to fight AIDS.
The leader of a popular Pakistani rock group vowed on Monday to use music to fight the deadly AIDS epidemic.
In Pakistan, the total number of HIV AIDS is 1,787, out of which 207 are full-blown AIDS cases, and HIV positive cases are 1580.
Junoon group leader and medical doctor Salman Ahmad told a news conference he planned to hold concerts and discussions to make youth aware of the epidemic's dangers.
"Two-thirds of Pakistan's population is under the age of 25, and I think, instead of lecturing or preaching to them I would be making information available to them, so that they can think for themselves and make their own decision about their life. Because basically this disease is something which can only be stopped by personal choice," said Ahmad, a medical doctor who has turned into a popular guitarist and composer of the three-man Junoon group.
"You can't pass a decree for this. People have to make their own personal choices. And I shall be doing that through the forum of music which is very powerful (and) concerts."
Ahmad has been named by the United Nations as the national spokesperson in Pakistan in the fight against AIDS.
Ahmad said Islamic Pakistan had to a large extent remained protected from AIDS. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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