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Summary Her song Aap Jaisa Koi from the Indian film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan.
Today is the 11th anniversary of iconic first Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan. She lived a very short life of just 35 years but climbed the highest peaks of name and fame in the music world. She was born on April 3, 1965 and due to cancer died on August 13, 2000.Her song Aap Jaisa Koi from the Indian film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s where she is admired and loved even today, several years after her death. She is also known as Lady Diana of Southeast Asia, as she was graceful, intelligent and beautiful person. Nazia Hassan has sold over 55 million copies worldwideShe was best known with the titles of The Queen of Pop Singing and Sweetheart of Pakistan. She was the most influential and popular female singer and probably one of the few real pop singers of the 1980s and the 1990s in South Asia.
