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While performing at a musical event in Lahore in November 2010, Parveen suffered a heart attack, following which, she underwent Angiography and Angioplasty.

For the song, titled ‘Zindagi,’ which was based on social problems that children face, she collaborated with Shehzad Roy, in the year 2007.

In the year 2005, Pervez Musharraf, the then president of Pakistan, bestowed her with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s third highest civilian award.

She took Sufi Music to the global level with her first international concert at Buena Park, California, in September 1993.

Parveen’s performance at Wembley Conference Centre, London, in 1989, was broadcast on the BBC.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the then President of Pakistan honoured her with the Pride of Pakistan Award in 1984.

Her first breakthrough as a singer came in 1973 with a Sindhi song, ‘Tuhinje zulfan jay band kamand widha,’ on Radio Pakistan.

In the early 1970s, Parveen had started to perform at ‘Urs,’ an annual festival which commemorates the death anniversary of the Sufi saint ‘Moinuddin Chishti,’ and ‘Dargahs,’ a shrine built over the grave of a respected religious figure.Moving on in her life, she was later trained and nurtured by Ustad Salamat Ali Khan of Sham Chaurasia Gharana.Parveen was forced to opt for the career, she had, in fact, sang her first complete kalam when she aged just 3.Parveen had got the devotional inspiration from her father’s musical school, where the foundation of her musical career was laid. She initially took music training from her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, whom she called Baba Sain and Gawwaya.Does Abida Parveen drink alcohol?: Not Known.Some Lesser Known Facts About Abida Parveen Late Ghulam Hussain Sheikh (Senior Producer at Radio Pakistan) Solo: Tuhinje zulfan jay band kamand widha (1973)įilm: 'Sajjan de Haath' for the film Zill-e-Shah (2008)įather- Ghulam Haider (Singer, Music Teacher)