Melody queen Nayyara Noor passes away at 71

The musical legend had been below therapy for the final some days within the port metropolis.

Her funeral prayers might be provided at 4pm at present at Masjid/Imambargah Yasrab situated in DHA, in accordance with the household.

The singer might be laid to relaxation to at a DHA Part 8 cemetery.

Nayyara Noor, the melody queen of Pakistan, was one of many prime playback singers within the nation. With no formal musical background, Noor additionally didn’t obtain any formal coaching in music, nonetheless, she proved her God-gifted singing skills everywhere in the subcontinent.

She was born on November 3, 1950, in Guwahati, Assam the place she spent her early childhood days. She was seven when her household migrated to Pakistan.

From her early childhood, she took fancy to Begum Akhtar’s ghazals, thumris and Kanan Devi’s bhajans. Later, in 1968, Noor began singing songs on Radio Pakistan after which on Pakistan Tv in 1971. The singer then by no means regarded again as her unstoppable musical journey started.

In 1973, she was accorded the Nigar Award for Greatest Playback Singer within the movie Gharana. In 1977, her popularity peaked because the songs of the movie Aaina touched the hearts of Pakistanis.

A whole lot of Nayyara Noor’s songs for Pakistani movies are nonetheless recent in her followers’ recollections even at present. Her followers throughout the subcontinent keep in mind her ghazals even at present.

Nayyara Noor confirmed her excellence whereas working with each main composer for movie and TV throughout her time. She sang Ahmed Shamim’s ‘Kabhi Hum Bhi Khoobssorat Thay’ for the PTV drama serial ‘Teesra Kinara.’

Nayyara favored to sing Ibn-e-Insha’s ghazals as she believed they carry a singular pathos, like ‘Jalay tau jalao gori’.

Initially, she got here to be identified for singing Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s poetry. Her iconic rendition of Faiz’s poetry turned out to be in all probability essentially the most identified and celebrated work she produced in 1976 as a birthday present for Faiz.

In her lengthy profession as a singer, Nayyara Noor acquired a whole lot of reward and was given the title of Bulbul-e-Pakistan (Nightingale of Pakistan).

In 2006, Noor was honoured with the Pleasure of Efficiency Award, and in 2012, she bid farewell to her skilled singing profession by saying that it’s honourable to step again in time.