The old order changed ... An artiste of his calibre would surely have enriched our music. Mehdi Hassan was a heavenly gift to us; his songs will outlive us as long as music remains in air.

The old order changed ... An artiste of his calibre would surely have enriched our music. Mehdi Hassan was a heavenly gift to us; his songs will outlive us as long as music remains in air.

Mehdi Hassan worked almost with all top music composers of Pakistan and he sang more than 25 thousand songs, ghazals and poems in his 40-year career. Mehdi Hassan receiving life time achievement ...

The world of ghazal will no longer be same without legendary singer Mehdi Hassan who leaves behind an ... border for his golden voice, the 84-year-old ghazal maestro, who died in a Karachi ...

To present a very different view: Mehdi Hassan represented and epitomized the type of songs and music that is very irrelevant and useless in terms of providing society a benefit. Music and songs ...

Mehdi Hassan's music is held in high esteem in both India and Pakistan. Legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar once likened his songs to the "voice of god". He started his career more than 50 years ...

Pakistani ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan recorded more than 20,000 songs, and had millions of fans Lahore: He worked in a bicycle shop. He repaired cars. And when he would sing a ghazal, he would ...

The maestro was playing tribute to his mentor Mehdi Hassan, as part of Banyan Tree ... who even shouted out requests for rarer songs like Farhat Shahzad’s Konplen Phir Phoot Aayee, Muneer ...