Parvez Mehdi, born Pervez Akhtar (1947 – 29 August 2005) was a Pakistani ghazal singer.

Early life

Parvez Mehdi was born Pervez Akhtar in

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in 1947. He was trained in music by his father Bashir Hussain Rahi, who was also a singer.

Career

Parvez Mehdi continued to learn under ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan (who gave him his-stage name of Parvez Mehdi)) and under sitar player Siraj Ahmed Qureshi. His first performance at

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was in 1968. Beside ghazals, he also sang

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and film songs. He also performed with Kahlid Ashghar a

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singer of the 20th-century. Parvez Mehdi's first major breakthrough and rise to prominence came in the early 1970s, when he sang with a noted folk singer of Pakistan

Reshma Reshma ( ur, ; c.1947 – 3 November 2013), was a Pakistani folk singer. Awarded with Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction), the third highest honour and civilian award in Pakistan among other honours, she is remembered for folk songs and h ...

on a

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(14 August 2005). He was officially conferred his

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz Tamgha-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the P ...

(Medal of Distinction) Award on the following

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(23 March 2006).President confers 192 civilian awards
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Death

Parvez Mehdi died on 29 August 2005 from a cardiac arrest in Lahore, Pakistan at the age of 58.

Discography

Parvez Mehdi sang a famous duet with the singer

, and also sang a popular song for a

Noor Jehan Noor Jehan ( Punjabi: ) (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 23 September 1926 – 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema,'' British Film Institute, Oxford University Pres ...

Punjabi-language film ''Chann Tara'' (1973 film).

References

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