Nazia Hassan (3 April 1965 – 13 August 2000) was a Pakistani pop singer. Her song, Aap Jaisa Koi, from the Indian film Qurbani (1980) made her famous in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s. Her debut album, Disco Deewane (1981), also charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time. She, along with her brother Zohaib Hassan, went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide. Hassan was the first Pakistani to win a Filmfare Award and remains the youngest winner of a Filmfare Award in the category of Best Female Playback Singer to date when she was 15. Hassan is a recipient of the Pride of Performance, Double Platinum Award and Golden Discs Awards. Nazia Hassan was born into a Muslim family in Karachi, Pakistan and brought up in Karachi and London. She was the sister of singer Zoheb Hassan and Zara Hassan. She received her bachelors in Business Administration and Economics at the Richmond American University in London. In 1991, she became an intern in the Women’s International Leadership program at the United Nations. Later on she went on to work for United Nation’s office of Political and Security Council Affairs. Nazia Hassan held a London University law degree (LLB). Nazia Hassan was the daughter of Basir Hassan, a businessman, and Munizeh Basir, an active social worker. She had two siblings, brother Zohaib and sister Zahra, both of whom became singers. Nazia was married on 30 March 1995 to Ishtiaq Beg[5] but they divorced ten days before her death.[6] They had a son, Arez, on 7 April 1997. Hassan fought a long battle with cancer during the last years of her life and died of lung cancer in London on 13 August 2000 at the age of 36. She had been admitted to North London Hospice in London N12 three days earlier when her condition deteriorated. She showed signs of mild recovery the day before she died and it was thought that doctors would allow her to go home. But early Sunday morning, her mother Muniza was called to the hospital where her daughter had started coughing heavily at around 9:15 am. She died within minutes. She is buried at Hendon Cemetery (Muslim Section) in London. In an interview, her brother revealed that she died an unhappy person. The Government of Pakistan has conferred upon Hassan the highest civilian award Pride of Performance. The award was presented to Hassans mother, Muniza, by the President of Pakistan in an official ceremony held at Islamabad on 23 March 2002.
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