Lahore (Web Desk): The 19th death anniversary of famous Ghazal singer Parvez Mehdi was observed on Thursday.
Born on August 14, 1947, in Lahore, his father, Bashir Hussain Rahi, was a popular singer on Radio Pakistan.
Parvez Mehdi received musical training from JA Farooq and Mehdi Hassan.
His famous songs are ‘Goriye Main Jana Pardes’, ‘Meriyan Gallan Yaad Karain Gi’, ‘Saat Suron Ka Behta Darya’, and ‘Saans Lena Bhi Saza Lagta’.
The government of Pakistan had awarded Pervez Mehdi a medal of distinction.
He performed for more than 30 years and sang hundreds of songs, including folk, geet and ghazal for film, radio, tv and private musical sittings.
Pervez Mehdi died of cardiac arrest on August 29, 2005 at the age of 58 in Lahore.