{"id":385284,"date":"2024-02-05T09:39:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T04:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=385284"},"modified":"2024-02-05T09:39:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T04:39:10","slug":"20th-death-anniversary-of-famous-singer-malika-pukhraj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/20th-death-anniversary-of-famous-singer-malika-pukhraj\/","title":{"rendered":"20th death anniversary of famous singer Malika Pukhraj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The 20th death anniversary of famous Pakistani singer Malika Pukhraj is being observed on Sunday. Malika Pukhraj\u2019s original name was Hamida. She was born in 1910 at Hamirpur Sudhar near Akhnoor Jammu. Her family moved to Pakistan after the partition. Malika Pukhraj had complete mastery over raags. She also had a great attachment to Urdu and Persian poetry and literature. Malika Pukhraj sang Hafeez Jalandhri\u2019s famous song \u2018Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon\u2019 Adam ki ghazal \u2018woh Baatain Teri, woh Fasane Tere\u2019 in a unique manner that came to be considered as her identity. Malika Pukhraj\u2019s husband Syed Shabir Hussain Shah was a highly educated government officer and author of the famous Urdu novel \u2018Jhok Sial\u2019. Pakistan\u2019s famous singer Tahira Syed is their daughter. The Government of Pakistan awarded Malika Pukhraj with the Presidential Medal for acknowledging her performance. Her biography was published as \u2018Song Sung True\u2019 which was translated from Urdu to English by Salim Qadwai. Malika Pukhraj passed away on February 4, 2004, and was buried in Shah Jamal graveyard in Lahore. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The 20th death anniversary of famous Pakistani singer Malika Pukhraj is being observed on Sunday. Malika Pukhraj\u2019s original name was Hamida. 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