The great Ghazal singer of our time died in Lahore 21 April 2009. She gave new life to Faiz’s poem “Ham Dekhan gay”.Iqbal Bano, was an outstanding female Ghazal singer and a singer of both classical and modern ghazals. Bano was brought up and raised in Delhi. In 1952, a zamindaar from Multan married seventeen-year-old Iqbal Bano with a promise that he would never stop her music, but try to promote her. He fulfilled his promise until his death in 1980. After her husband passed away, Bano moved to, Lahore. It was observed that her temperament was particularly suited to vocal genres like thumri, dadra and ghazal.
I was grad five or six student in 1971, and still I cant forget the sadness, misery and hopelessness was in the faces of every adults in remaining Pakistan after fall of Dhaka. Teachers at school parents and other extended family members everybody was just crying and speechless…. Then ZAB takeover and there was hope in the air ….. during that time on Radio Pakistan there were number of new patriotic songs…. Some were amazing ….among them was …“Meray Watan ka nawjawan – watan ka geet gai ja” Iqbal Bano was the singer …. What a magic healing affect this song brought ….. unbelievable.
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