Mehnaz - Legendary Singer is no more!
From the Blog sarahinsouthkorea I was shocked to see the news of Mehnaz's death on BBC. Mehnaz was going to the United States for treatment, when she breathed her last in Bahrain.Mehnaz was only 55 years old and started her career as a teenager from Radio Pakistan in 1970. Saleem Gilani, the director general of Radio Pakistan, who was present at the music competition of her college and where she won the first prize, arranged her training for a month at the radio station. Pandit Ghulam Qadir, Mehdi Hasan's brother was her teacher and Mehdi Hasan who came to the station frequently, would often say to her "do riaz regularly and you'll do wonders", seeing her potential. Mehnaz had sung a variety of genres but specializes in ghazal, thumri, dadra, kahyal, drupad and reciting salam, noha and marsiya. She was the dapakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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