Madam Noor Jahan's death anniversary was observed on Sunday

Radio Pakistan

The 12th death anniversary of Melody Queen Noor Jahan was observed on Sunday. In Karachi‚ the staff members and workers of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation led by the Station Director Tanveer Iqbal visited the grave of Madam Noor Jahan at the Defence Graveyard to pay tribute to the legendary singer. They laid floral wreath on behalf of the Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation‚ Mr. Murtaza Solangi and staff members and offered Fateha. Radio Pakistan also paid tribute to the music maestro in its programs for the services she rendered in music and also in acting. Madam Noor Jahan was born in a family of musicians in Kasur on 21 September 1926. She died of heart failure on December 23‚ 2000 in Karachi. Noor Jehan was a legendary singer and actress first in British India and then in Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades. She was renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of her time in South Asia and was given the title of Malika-e-Tarannum.A special live musical programme‚ which Radio Pakistan was to hold at Lahore Center in connection with the death anniversary of Melody Queen Noor Jahan‚ has been postponed due to the national mourning in connection with the martyrdom of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour.