Popular folk singer Shaukat Ali dies

Popular Punjabi singer Shaukat Ali has died after a long illness in Lahore, family sources say.

Shaukat Ali was under treatment at Lahore Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after liver failure where he died on Friday afternoon, his son Imran Shaukat said.

In a video message Thursday, his son Ameer Shaukat asked fans to pray for his sick father’s recovery.

“I would ask the whole nation to pray for Shaukat Ali who is gravely ill,” he said while revealing that his father was being treated in the military hospital on the special instructions of the chief of the army, General. Qamar Javed Bajwa.

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Ameer also said he was grateful to Major General Babar Iftikhar, the director general of inter-departmental public relations.

Born into a family of artists in Malakwal, a town in Gujrat district (now in Mandi Bahauddin district), Shaukat Ali began singing in the 1960s, while in college, receiving the help from his older brother Inayat Ali Khan, according to Wikipedia.

He was introduced to the world of the film industry as a play singer by famous film music director M Ashraf in the Punjabi film Tees Maar Khan in 1963, Shaukat Ali has sung countless songs – including super hits like the patriotic war song “Saathio Mujahido” and the national song “Apna Parcham Aik, Apna Quaid-i-Azam Aik Hai” – during his career spanning nearly five decades.

He was known to sing devotional poetry with great vigor and a wide vocal range, for example Heer Waris Shah and Saif ul Maluk. As a folk singer, he was also popular in the Pakistani and Indian Punjabs.

Shaukat Ali was one of Pakistan’s most prolific singers, who was also good at singing ghazal, devotional, folk and patriotic songs.

He received the Presidential Performance Pride, the highest civilian honor, in 1990 in recognition of his service. He also received the title of “Voice of Punjab” in 1976. In 2013, he received the “Pride of Punjab” award from the Pakistan Institute of Language, Art and Culture.

The Prime Minister is mourned by the disappearance of a famous singer

Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his deep sorrow and sadness at the sad passing of a famous singer.

He prayed for the elevation of the deceased soul to high ranks and for the courage of the bereaved family.

The prime minister said Shaukat Ali’s singing services will always be remembered.

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