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Nazia Hassan

نازيه حسن

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Pakistani singer and songwriter (1965–2000), the 'Queen of South Asian Pop'. She shot to fame at fifteen with 'Aap Jaisa Koi' in the Indian film Qurbani (1980), and with her brother Zoheb, as the duo Nazia and Zoheb, sold over 65 million records worldwide; she died of lung cancer in London aged 35 and received the Pride of Performance posthumously in 2002.

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Roles
singer · songwriter · philanthropist
Region
South Asia
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Life in time

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    Sibling of
    Zoheb Hassan

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    Zoheb Hassan

    Sources

    • Nazia Hassan — English Wikipedia
    • Nazia Hassan — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Nazia Hassan — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Nazia Hassan — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Nazia Hassan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nazia-hassan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-31.

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    Zoheb Hassan

    Pakistani pop singer, songwriter and producer, born in 1966 as Syed Zoheb-u-Din Hassan. With his elder sister Nazia he formed the duo Nazia and Zoheb, whose albums sold over 65 million records worldwide; after her death in 2000 he largely withdrew from singing, and later returned with solo work.