Famed Pakistani singer Abida Parveen was admitted to a hospital in New Delhi due to a cardiac problem on Tuesday.
According to details, Abida Parveen, who is well known for Sufi music, is suffering from heart problem and would undergo angioplasty in the hospital.
She is a singer of Sindhi descent and one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music (Sufiana Kalaam). The renowned singer mainly sings ghazals, Urdu love songs, and her forte, Kafi, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets.
Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Seraiki, Punjabi and Persian, and together with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is considered one of the finest Sufi vocalists of the modern era.
Abida Parveen hospitalized in India
