Renowned Pashto singer hospitalised with heart problems

K-P minister directs LRH administration to provide best medical facilities to Mahjabeen Qazalbash

PESHAWAR: Popular Pashto singer Mahjabeen Qazalbash was admitted to a hospital in Peshawar after suffering a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night.

Mahjabeen – whose real name is Suriyya Khanum – is in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where medics said her condition was critical.

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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai visited the hospital Wednesday night to enquire after the health of the famous artist. Cricket star Shaheen Afridi and famous Pashto poet Abaseen Yousafzai also accompanied the provincial minister.

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Yousafzai directed the hospital administration to ensure best possible treatment for Mahjabeen who he called a “living legend”.  “Her contribution to Pashto music will always be remembered,” he added.
The minister also appealed to people to pray for her early recovery.

Born in 1965, Mahjabeen grew up in Peshawar, though her family hailed from Herat province of Afghanistan. Her grandfather had relocated from Qandahar to Herat while her father migrated from Herat to Peshawar.

She tied the nuptial knot with Aimal Khan, a Pashto film star from Orakzai tribal region of K-P. She has sung thousands of hit Pashto songs.