Islamabad, Jan 19: Renowned Pakistani singer Mehnaz Begum died Saturday after a long illness. She was 55, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
Mehnaz passed away in Bahrain enroute to the Us for treatment.
Geo News said the singer was suffering from respiratory problems and died during a short stay in Bahrain.
Mehnaz was the daughter of popular sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum.
She sang over 2,500 songs for radio, television and films in a variety of genres like ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal and drupad.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf have condoled her death.
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Mehnaz passed away in Bahrain enroute to the Us for treatment.
Geo News said the singer was suffering from respiratory problems and died during a short stay in Bahrain.
Mehnaz was the daughter of popular sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum.
She sang over 2,500 songs for radio, television and films in a variety of genres like ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal and drupad.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf have condoled her death.
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- 1/19/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
The terror mastermind was finally found in Pakistan's heartland. Who will lead in the post-Arab Spring era? Bruce Riedel on the unanswered questions bin Laden left in his wake.
Plus, full coverage of bin Laden's death.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Britain's Crush on Obama
Osama bin Laden's death is a severe blow to al Qaeda-but not its end. His death answers some key questions about the terror cell and Pakistan, but leaves some even more perplexing ones still open.
First, congratulations to President Obama and the CIA. From the very start of his administration, he ordered an intense focus on al Qaeda and its leader. The trail had long gone cold due largely to the diversion of critical resources to Iraq back in 2002 and 2003. Obama rightly promised to focus on Pakistan, the center of the global jihad and the most dangerous country in the world, and his efforts have now paid off.
Plus, full coverage of bin Laden's death.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Britain's Crush on Obama
Osama bin Laden's death is a severe blow to al Qaeda-but not its end. His death answers some key questions about the terror cell and Pakistan, but leaves some even more perplexing ones still open.
First, congratulations to President Obama and the CIA. From the very start of his administration, he ordered an intense focus on al Qaeda and its leader. The trail had long gone cold due largely to the diversion of critical resources to Iraq back in 2002 and 2003. Obama rightly promised to focus on Pakistan, the center of the global jihad and the most dangerous country in the world, and his efforts have now paid off.
- 5/2/2011
- by Bruce Riedel
- The Daily Beast
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Pml-n chief Nawaz Sharif, former President Pervez Musharraf, Pml-q chief Shujaat Hussain, and Pti chief Imran Khan are friends on social networking website Facebook. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Mqm chief Altaf Husssain, however, have not added any political figure on their profile pages. According to the Facebook profile page of Sharif, out of total 4810 friends, he enjoys the company of Musharraf, Hussain, Zardari, Imran, Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jahangir, Ppp co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and All Pakistan Muslim League (Apml) Secretary General Muhammad Ali Saif. Zardari has added Hussain, former Punjab Chief Minister ...
- 3/19/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Pml-n chief Nawaz Sharif, former President Pervez Musharraf, Pml-q chief Shujaat Hussain, and Pti chief Imran Khan are friends on social networking website Facebook. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Mqm chief Altaf Husssain, however, have not added any political figure on their profile pages. According to the Facebook profile page of Sharif, out of total 4810 friends, he enjoys the company of Musharraf, Hussain, Zardari, Imran, Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jahangir, Ppp co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and All Pakistan Muslim League (Apml) Secretary General Muhammad Ali Saif. Zardari has added Hussain, former Punjab Chief Minister ...
- 3/19/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
By contributing 0,000 toward the flood-ravaged victims of Pakistan, Hollywood glam girl Angelina Jolie has overtaken the help extended by most Pakistani politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari.
Jolie was overcome with emotion at the "compassion fatigue" affecting the flood victims in Pakistan, which made the actor go for such a huge donation to help rescue and relief work. Jolie, who is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, donated from her own pocket and indicated that she might also pay a visit to the country once the media hype was over.
Some Pakistani leaders who made donations to the flood relief have not revealed their amount but said that their money went directly into party coffers.
While Zardari and Altaf Hussain, chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, have contributed Rs 5 million each (,400), Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other top leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-q, Awami National Party...
Jolie was overcome with emotion at the "compassion fatigue" affecting the flood victims in Pakistan, which made the actor go for such a huge donation to help rescue and relief work. Jolie, who is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, donated from her own pocket and indicated that she might also pay a visit to the country once the media hype was over.
Some Pakistani leaders who made donations to the flood relief have not revealed their amount but said that their money went directly into party coffers.
While Zardari and Altaf Hussain, chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, have contributed Rs 5 million each (,400), Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other top leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-q, Awami National Party...
- 8/25/2010
- icelebz.com
It's been nearly two and half years since the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Since her murder her party has won democratically contested parliamentary elections, established a government, elected a Prime Minister, installed the Muslim world's first female Speaker, elected her husband Asif Ali Zardari as president and restored the nation's democratic constitution that had been perverted by decades of dictatorship. For a woman who once told a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress that "democracy is the greatest revenge" one would think her murder has been avenged. But the United Nation's Commission of Inquiry into her death has recently opened new wounds with a blistering indictment of General Pervez Musharraf and his government, holding them responsible and accountable for the assassination by deliberate decisions to reject even minimal security arrangements for Ms. Bhutto...
- 6/10/2010
- by Duane Baughman
- Huffington Post
Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, the elder daughter of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari, is quietly documenting her pain in the world of music. While her fiery cousin Fatima Bhutto makes headlines by her memoir on the Bhutto dynasty, Bakhtawar has released nine songs, mostly in her mother’s memory, and one on the many dead members of the Bhutto family. Bakhtawar’s musical talent first got noticed when she released a song, I’ll take the pain away, on the internet on her mother’s first death anniversary. A student at Edinburgh University, Bakhtawar, 20, wrote on her webpage: “It ...
- 5/13/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
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