Renowned singer Zahida Parveen remembered on her 49th death anniversary

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Renowned singer Zahida Parveen’s 49th death anniversary was observed on Tuesday.

The great Kafi singer Zahida Parveen was born in Amritsar, Punjab in 1925. She was known as 'The Nightingale' and 'The Queen of Kafi'.

After the partition, she moved to Pakistan and learned singing from Ashiq Hussain of Patiala Gharana in Lahore. Then she started singing at Radio Pakistan Lahore.

She died at the age of 50 in 1975, in Lahore.