OTTAWA: Legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ai Khan’s widow, Naheed Nusrat, succumbed to illness on September 13 at the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario. According to reports, she had been suffering from cancer for the last month.
Born in Faisalabad, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was an internationally acclaimed Pakistani qawwali singer who possessed an extraordinary range of vocal abilities. He contributed to and performed in several Pakistani films and later did playback singing for Bollywood. He fell ill in 1997 and passed away in London, England.
The wife of the late musical maestro had moved to Canada after the demise of her husband and had taken ill since the past one month. She is survived by a daughter.
According to a family source, arrangements have been made to fly her body back to Pakistan. She is likely to be laid to rest in Faisalabad. staff report
Born in Faisalabad, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was an internationally acclaimed Pakistani qawwali singer who possessed an extraordinary range of vocal abilities. He contributed to and performed in several Pakistani films and later did playback singing for Bollywood. He fell ill in 1997 and passed away in London, England.
The wife of the late musical maestro had moved to Canada after the demise of her husband and had taken ill since the past one month. She is survived by a daughter.
According to a family source, arrangements have been made to fly her body back to Pakistan. She is likely to be laid to rest in Faisalabad. staff report
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