Nazia Hassan was known for her signing talent. She started her carrier from her first bollywood movie song 'Aap Jaisa koi'. After this she made another album with Biddu, 'Disco Deewane' which was again a super hit in Asian countries. By 1995 she came up with many popular albums with Zoheb Hassan her brother and sold over 60 million records worldwide. At the age of 15, Nazia was the first Pakistani to win a Flimfare award and till now she remains the youngest ever. Apart from singing Nazia was an active social worker in London and Pakistan.
In 1995 Nazia Hassan was married to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig which didn't last longer and on August 4, 2000 they got divorced, just 10 days before Nazia died. On August 13, 2000 Nazia died of lung cancer in London.∼Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani pop singer, lawyer and social activist. Through her successful singing career, Hassan became one of the subcontinent's singing legends and one of the most popular celebrities of South Asia. She had received numerous national and international awards, She was the first Pakistani to win Filmfare Award in the Best Female Playback Singer category and remains the youngest winner to date when she was 15. Hassan is a recipient of Pakistan's highest civil award, Pride of Performance.
Hassan made her singing debut with the song "Aap Jaisa Koi", from the Indian film Qurbani (1980) made her famous in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s. Her debut album, Disco Deewane (1981), also charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time. She, along with her brother Zoheb Hassan, went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide.
In addition to singing in films, Hassan had engaged in philanthropic activities, and was appointed as United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for Child Rights in 1991. She was also a Political Analyst for the United Nations (1992-1994).
Hassan was married on 30 March 1995 to businessman Mirza Ishtiaq Beg in an Islamic wedding ceremony held at Karachi,. This took place after her being diagnosed with cancer. They had a son Arez Hassan born on 7 April 1997. The marriage ended in a divorce ten days before Nazia's death.
In an interview later, her brother Zoheb Hassan related that Nazia's personal life was filled with turmoils and she fought personal battles incessantly. However she never showed this outwardly, thus many of her closest family members were not aware of these till much after her death.
Firstly, being an intelligent girl from a respectable family in the field of pop-singing was not seen as an honourable occupation at that time. Secondly, she had to battle cancer through 15 painful chemotherapies during most of her life, with prolonged years of hospitalisation. This caused her to deteriorate as a person, but she was said to portray this with a courageous front. Thirdly, her personal life was sad, with a failed marriage between two incompatible people.
Hassan fought a long battle with cancer during the last years of her life and died of lung cancer in London on 13 August 2000 at the age of 35.
In 1995 Nazia Hassan was married to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig which didn't last longer and on August 4, 2000 they got divorced, just 10 days before Nazia died. On August 13, 2000 Nazia died of lung cancer in London.∼Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani pop singer, lawyer and social activist. Through her successful singing career, Hassan became one of the subcontinent's singing legends and one of the most popular celebrities of South Asia. She had received numerous national and international awards, She was the first Pakistani to win Filmfare Award in the Best Female Playback Singer category and remains the youngest winner to date when she was 15. Hassan is a recipient of Pakistan's highest civil award, Pride of Performance.
Hassan made her singing debut with the song "Aap Jaisa Koi", from the Indian film Qurbani (1980) made her famous in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s. Her debut album, Disco Deewane (1981), also charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time. She, along with her brother Zoheb Hassan, went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide.
In addition to singing in films, Hassan had engaged in philanthropic activities, and was appointed as United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for Child Rights in 1991. She was also a Political Analyst for the United Nations (1992-1994).
Hassan was married on 30 March 1995 to businessman Mirza Ishtiaq Beg in an Islamic wedding ceremony held at Karachi,. This took place after her being diagnosed with cancer. They had a son Arez Hassan born on 7 April 1997. The marriage ended in a divorce ten days before Nazia's death.
In an interview later, her brother Zoheb Hassan related that Nazia's personal life was filled with turmoils and she fought personal battles incessantly. However she never showed this outwardly, thus many of her closest family members were not aware of these till much after her death.
Firstly, being an intelligent girl from a respectable family in the field of pop-singing was not seen as an honourable occupation at that time. Secondly, she had to battle cancer through 15 painful chemotherapies during most of her life, with prolonged years of hospitalisation. This caused her to deteriorate as a person, but she was said to portray this with a courageous front. Thirdly, her personal life was sad, with a failed marriage between two incompatible people.
Hassan fought a long battle with cancer during the last years of her life and died of lung cancer in London on 13 August 2000 at the age of 35.
Nazia Hassan was known for her signing talent. She started her carrier from her first bollywood movie song 'Aap Jaisa koi'. After this she made another album with Biddu, 'Disco Deewane' which was again a super hit in Asian countries. By 1995 she came up with many popular albums with Zoheb Hassan her brother and sold over 60 million records worldwide. At the age of 15, Nazia was the first Pakistani to win a Flimfare award and till now she remains the youngest ever. Apart from singing Nazia was an active social worker in London and Pakistan.
In 1995 Nazia Hassan was married to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig which didn't last longer and on August 4, 2000 they got divorced, just 10 days before Nazia died. On August 13, 2000 Nazia died of lung cancer in London.∼Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani pop singer, lawyer and social activist. Through her successful singing career, Hassan became one of the subcontinent's singing legends and one of the most popular celebrities of South Asia. She had received numerous national and international awards, She was the first Pakistani to win Filmfare Award in the Best Female Playback Singer category and remains the youngest winner to date when she was 15. Hassan is a recipient of Pakistan's highest civil award, Pride of Performance.
Hassan made her singing debut with the song "Aap Jaisa Koi", from the Indian film Qurbani (1980) made her famous in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s. Her debut album, Disco Deewane (1981), also charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time. She, along with her brother Zoheb Hassan, went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide.
In addition to singing in films, Hassan had engaged in philanthropic activities, and was appointed as United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for Child Rights in 1991. She was also a Political Analyst for the United Nations (1992-1994).
Hassan was married on 30 March 1995 to businessman Mirza Ishtiaq Beg in an Islamic wedding ceremony held at Karachi,. This took place after her being diagnosed with cancer. They had a son Arez Hassan born on 7 April 1997. The marriage ended in a divorce ten days before Nazia's death.
In an interview later, her brother Zoheb Hassan related that Nazia's personal life was filled with turmoils and she fought personal battles incessantly. However she never showed this outwardly, thus many of her closest family members were not aware of these till much after her death.
Firstly, being an intelligent girl from a respectable family in the field of pop-singing was not seen as an honourable occupation at that time. Secondly, she had to battle cancer through 15 painful chemotherapies during most of her life, with prolonged years of hospitalisation. This caused her to deteriorate as a person, but she was said to portray this with a courageous front. Thirdly, her personal life was sad, with a failed marriage between two incompatible people.
Hassan fought a long battle with cancer during the last years of her life and died of lung cancer in London on 13 August 2000 at the age of 35.
In 1995 Nazia Hassan was married to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig which didn't last longer and on August 4, 2000 they got divorced, just 10 days before Nazia died. On August 13, 2000 Nazia died of lung cancer in London.∼Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani pop singer, lawyer and social activist. Through her successful singing career, Hassan became one of the subcontinent's singing legends and one of the most popular celebrities of South Asia. She had received numerous national and international awards, She was the first Pakistani to win Filmfare Award in the Best Female Playback Singer category and remains the youngest winner to date when she was 15. Hassan is a recipient of Pakistan's highest civil award, Pride of Performance.
Hassan made her singing debut with the song "Aap Jaisa Koi", from the Indian film Qurbani (1980) made her famous in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s. Her debut album, Disco Deewane (1981), also charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time. She, along with her brother Zoheb Hassan, went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide.
In addition to singing in films, Hassan had engaged in philanthropic activities, and was appointed as United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for Child Rights in 1991. She was also a Political Analyst for the United Nations (1992-1994).
Hassan was married on 30 March 1995 to businessman Mirza Ishtiaq Beg in an Islamic wedding ceremony held at Karachi,. This took place after her being diagnosed with cancer. They had a son Arez Hassan born on 7 April 1997. The marriage ended in a divorce ten days before Nazia's death.
In an interview later, her brother Zoheb Hassan related that Nazia's personal life was filled with turmoils and she fought personal battles incessantly. However she never showed this outwardly, thus many of her closest family members were not aware of these till much after her death.
Firstly, being an intelligent girl from a respectable family in the field of pop-singing was not seen as an honourable occupation at that time. Secondly, she had to battle cancer through 15 painful chemotherapies during most of her life, with prolonged years of hospitalisation. This caused her to deteriorate as a person, but she was said to portray this with a courageous front. Thirdly, her personal life was sad, with a failed marriage between two incompatible people.
Hassan fought a long battle with cancer during the last years of her life and died of lung cancer in London on 13 August 2000 at the age of 35.
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If you wish to visit her grave, please try to reach the cemetery an hour before it closes. I do not wish to disclose her grave no. and location here. But if you visit the Hendon Cemetery office, they will help you to find her grave very easily.
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