Pakistani singer and actor Nayyara Noor passed away early on Sunday morning, according to family sources.
Her funeral prayers will be offered at 4pm today at Masjid/Imambargah Yasrab located in DHA, according to the family.
The singer will be laid to rest to at a DHA Phase 8 cemetery.
Born in Guwahati, Assam, northeastern India, on 3 November 1950, Noor was one of the most popular playback and ghazal singers in the Indian subcontinent.
She had settled in Karachi after her family moved to Pakistan in early ’50s.
She also acted in films such as Gharana and Tansen.
Nayyara Noor, the melody queen of Pakistan, was one of the top playback singers in the country. With no formal musical background, Noor also did not receive any formal training in music, however, she proved her God-gifted singing talents all over the subcontinent.
In her long career as a singer, Nayyara Noor received a lot of praise and was given the title of Bulbul-e-Pakistan (Nightingale of Pakistan).
In 2006, Noor was honoured with the Pride of Performance Award, and in 2012, she bid farewell to her professional singing career by saying that it is honourable to step back in time.
