The three sisters sang in a synchronized way, in a "single voice". The sisters later achieved further fame after the release of the patriotic national songs of Pakistan, such as the ''Iss parcham kay saye taley, hum ek hain'', ''Ay roohe quaid aaj ke din ham tujh sey wada kartey hain'', ''Khayal rakhna khayal rakhna'' etc. which they sang during the 1980s.
Family background
The Benjamin Sisters are from a Pakistani Christian
Christianity (Masihiyt) is the third largest religion in Pakistan, making up about 1.27% of the population according to the 2017 Census. Of these, approximately half are Catholic and half Protestant (primarily Anglican and Presbyterian). A smal ...
family.
In 1987, one of the three sisters, Nerissa, got married and the Benjamin Sisters Group disbanded at the peak of their popularity. As of November 2011, Nerissa teaches at St. Patrick's High School in Karachi
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and Beena works as a voiceover artist and a VJ. Whereas, Shabana Kenneth is a housewife. Nerissa has two sons and one daughter (Melissa, Chris and Ashlin) while Beena has been blessed with a daughter (Alysia). Shabana has two sons and a daughter as well (Sherwin, Victor and Mary).
See also
*Qaumi Tarana
The "" ( ur, , ; "National Anthem"), also known as "" ( ur, , ; "Thy Sacred Land"), is the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and formerly the Dominion of Pakistan. It was written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952 and the musi ...
*Pakistani rock
Pakistani rock is a variety of rock music that is largely produced in Pakistan. Pakistani rock incorporates elements of both British–American rock and Pakistani classical music.
Since the 1980s, Pakistani rock has had its own distinctive el ...
*Music of Pakistan
The Music of Pakistan ( ur, , lit=pákistáni mosíqi) includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Music of Central Asia, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and modern-day Western culture#Music, art, sto ...
*Pop music
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* List of Pakistani pop singers
References
Musical groups established in 1968
Musical groups disestablished in 1987
Pakistani musical groups
Pakistani pop singers
Pakistani Christians
Girl groups
Pakistani pop music groups
Pakistani women singers
Punjabi people
Punjabi-language singers
Urdu-language singers
Sibling musical trios
Anglo-Indian people
20th-century Pakistani women singers
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