
Karachi: The King of Ghazal and a former playback singer for Lollywood, Mehdi Hassan died at age of 85 in Karachi on Wednesday after a long fight with an illness.
He has ruled the Pakistan film industry along with Ahmed Rushdi. He was honoured with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan, and Gorkha Dakshina Bahu by the Government of Nepal.
Mehdi Hassan was born on 18 July 1927 in a...