KARACHI - A programme was held in the memory of Mehdi Hassan, famous ghazal singer by the social forum of the MQM on Saturday night.
The programme was held at City Auditorium in Federal B Area, Karachi. Various television and stage artists including Omar Sharif, Munawer Saeed, Sangeeta, Sana, Anwer Iqbal, Muhammad Ali Shehki, and Hassan Jahangir paid tribute to the celebrated singer and expressed their views on his life.
Speaking on the occasion Deputy Convener of the Co-ordination Committee of the MQM Dr Farooq Sattar said that Mehdi Hassan was a legend in ghazal singing. He said that a Mehdi Hassan Academy should be formed in order to produce better singers. He also announced an award named after artist.
Dr Sattar said that MQM leader Altaf Hussain was particularly concerned about the welfare of artists and that he was a great admirer of Mehdi Hassan and listened to his unmatched singing.
He also said that Mehdi Hassan started his life working at a cycle shop but he continued his singing despite hardships, Pakistan needs self-made men like Mehdi Hassan.
Other speakers included Fatima Surayya Bajya, Ali Shehki, Saleem Jawed, Faisal Qazi, Tariq Mehdi and H Iqbal expressed their views. Members of the Co-ordination Committee Kunwar Khalid Yunus, Wasay Jalil, Ashfaq Mangi, MQM ministers and office-bearers were also present on the occasion.