Pop queen Nazia Hassan remembered

ISLAMABAD (Staff Report) - The 15th death anniversary of Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan was observed across the country on Thursday (today).

Fans of Nazia Hassan are paying tribute to her on the iconic pop singer’s death anniversary. People including singers and musicians through various ceremonies are paying tribute to Nazia Hassan for her remarkable work in music. She was born on April 3, 1965.

Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" (1980) made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and in South Asia in the 1980s, Radio Pakistan reported.

Her debut album Disco Deewane (1981) also charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time.

Nazia Hassan, along with her brother Zohaib Hassan, went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide.

She was the first Pakistani to win a Filmfare Award and remains the youngest winner of a Filmfare Award in the category of Best Female Playback Singer to date when she was 15.

Hassan is a recipient for the Pride of Performance, Double Platinum Award and Golden Discs Awards.

The pop icon Nazia Hassan died of lung cancer at the age of 35 on August 13, 2000.