Coke Studio

After five seasons Strings, Ali Hamza and Zohaib Kazi stepped down as a producer of the show; music-maestro and creator of the show 'Rohail Hyatt' is coming back from his hiatus for 12th Season of the Coke Studio. Season 12 is coming with a huge and star-studded list of some of the best musician of Pakistan. With Atif Aslam making efforts to set the bar of next season high with Rohail Hyatt, the hype of season 12 has sky-rocketed for CS fans all over the globe.

After four seasons Strings stepped down as a producer of the show; musicians Ali Hamza and Zohaib Kazi producer this eleventh-season.

The tenth season began on 11 August 2017 on the occasion of Pakistan's independence day. Strings and The Coca-Cola Company emceed the show as executive producers, while the show returned with the previous year's format of music directors leading and producing their own songs under Strings' supervision, despite the decision of not adopting this format for next year.

The ninth season of Coke Studio was again produced by the band Strings and Coca-Cola Company, with six music directors, Noori, Shani Arshad, Jaffer Zaidi, Faakhir, Shiraz Uppal and Shuja Haider. This was the first time in the history of Coke Studio that six musicians served as music directors. The ninth season debuted on August 13, and it's final episode aired on September 2, 2016. Qawwal singer Amjad Sabri, marked his first and final appearance on Coke Studio with the song "Rang". His song was aired posthumously, as he was killed in a gun-firing on June 22, 2016, before the seasons airing. Also in the season, the Indian singer Shilpa Rao, marked her debut on Coke Studio Pakistan, becoming the first singer from India to feature on a Pakistani musical series.

The debut producers of season 7, Strings duo and series regular producer Coca-Cola continued their journey as producers in this season. Earlier, rumours were made that Rohail Hyatt will be back as a producer this season but he denied rumors saying "Just for the record, I’m not producing the next season of Coke Studio Pakistan (2015). I think the BBC interview is being interpreted by some as if I am producing this season. What I meant to say was that I would like to produce my 7th season of Coke Studio one day. I hope this clears any confusion".[16] The lead bassist Khalid Khan, was ruled out of season 8 due to cervical pain, who was replaced by Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar.[17] Season would featured seven episodes comprising thirty-one artists, thirteen musicians and twenty-eight songs.[18] It aired a weekly episode every Sunday on various channels across the Pakistan. Season was revived under the tagline of The Sound of Nation.

Season seven is produced by Strings (band) as previous seasons producer Rohail Hyatt quits on January 22, 2014. while Coca-Cola returns as an executive producer. The band's duo, Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia produced the show for the first time, while they were briefly appeared as a featured artists in season one and season two, the duo took three months to complete the production of series. Season featured twenty-three artists, twenty-two musicians and twenty-eight songs. Also season is revamped with new house bands which includes, musicians, backing vocalists and guest musicians.