In 2006, she was honoured with the Pride of Performance Award, and by 2012, she bid adieu to her professional singing career. Noor was honoured with the title Bulbul-e-Pakistan (Nightingale of Pakistan) in 2006. She used its nasality to her advantage by never compromising on the subtleties of compositions. Most of all, it was her unique voice that won many a heart. Her understanding of the sanctity of words, too, came in handy, the Dawn newspaper reported. Once recognised, she, like a student who had developed unwavering focus, worked diligently to polish her art. As a teenager, Noor used to listen to eminent vocalists such as Begum Akhtar, Lata Mangeshkar and Kanan Devi. She hadn't acquired any formal training in music. Noor also sang some of Pakistan's most memorably patriotic songs, including Sohni Dharti, as well as countless ones for Pakistani films. As a result, music and literature buffs were treated to masterpieces such as 'Aaj bazaar mein pabijonla chalo' and 'Merey qaatil merey dildaar merey paas raho'. She had a consuming passion for singing and poetry in equal measure. Not only Faiz, but Noor also sang ghazals penned by legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib and performed with versatile singers like Mehdi Hassan, known as Shahenshah-e-Ghazal and Ahmed Rushdi. She will forever be remembered for her mellifluous renditions of work by Pakistan's famous revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
In a versatile career spanning four decades, Noor sang many memorable songs like Woh Jo Hum Mein Tum Mein Qarar Tha, Kabhi Hum Bhi Khoobssorat Thay, and Watan Ki Mitti Gawah Rehna. She shot into national prominence when she appeared in Shoaib Hashmi's TV shows Taal Matol and Sach Gup and her initial job on the silver screen included the movies Gharana and Tansen. Noor began her career in Radio Pakistan, graduated to television and then playback singing for films. Noor went to the prestigious National College of Arts in Lahore, where her singing talent was first discovered, and by the late '60s, she had made her debut on state television. He arrived in Pakistan in the early 1990s. Her mother, along with her children, immigrated to Karachi in 1957 while the father stayed back to look after their property. Her father was an active member of the All-India Muslim League and hosted Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah during his trip to Assam before the Partition in 1947. Often known as Bulbul-e-Pakistan (the Nightingale of Pakistan), Noor was born in November 1950 in Guwahati, Assam, where she spent her early childhood before her family relocated to Karachi, the capital of newly created Pakistan, a few years later. He said her death is a loss for the entire nation, but my loss is more, the report said. Her husband Shehryar Zaidi, a veteran TV actor, told the media that Noor had been suffering from last-stage cancer for one and a half years. Showbiz personalities, politicians, journalists and music lovers attended her funeral in large numbers, The News newspaper reported on Monday.
Funeral prayers of Noor were offered at DHA's Imambargah Yasrab on Sunday, following which she was laid to rest in the Phase VIII graveyard.
She is survived by her husband and two sons. Noor, born in India, died after a long battle with cancer in this southern Pakistani city on Sunday at the age of 71. Karachi, Aug 22 (PTI) Nayyara Noor, the iconic Pakistani singer who earned the honorific title of 'Bulbul-e-Pakistan' for her mesmerising voice that enthralled music aficionados on both sides of the border, has been laid to rest here after her admirers attended her funeral in huge numbers.
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