Karachi: The most worthy Pakistani Ghazal Singer, Shenshah-e-Ghazal Mehdi Hasan has died here at a local hospital after a long illness, sources informed.
His son Mehdi Arif told that his father’s health deteriorated late night after which he was given critical treatment by the doctors.
The King of Ghazal also known as Khan Sahib is honored with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan, and Gorkha Dakshina Bahu by the Government of Nepal. He also worked for Pakistan Radio and was awarded many other distictions.
Shehnshah-e-Ghazal Mehdi Hasan was born on 18 July 1927 in a village called Luna in Rajasthan, India into a family of traditional musicians.
Nikhar Rakhashia
When learnt about the death of mehdi hasan,could not believe and considered as the dream only. His death is a great blow and loss to the ghazal world.