Visit Indian Travel Sites
Goa,
Kerala,
Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh,
Delhi,
Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Sikkim,
Madhya Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir
Karnataka
|
Pak ghazal maestro Mehdi Hasan passes away | Legendary Pakistani ghazal maestro Mehdi Hasan passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Wednesday. Hasan had been under treatment at
hospitals in Pakistan for a while, and there had also been reports of shifting
him to India . He was admitted at a hospital in Karachi for the past couple of
weeks after he had developed a chest infection and breathing problems, reports
The Express Tribune. He passed away after he was shifted to the Intensive Care
Unit (ICU) at the hospital. It is expected that funeral prayers will be held on
Thursday. Hasan was born into a family of traditional musicians at Luna village,
India, in 1927. His family migrated to Pakistan after 1947. He had been awarded
the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Pakistani
government.
|
|
|
|
|
|