Noor Jehan was a Pakistani actress and playback singer. In a career spanning over 60 years, she is estimated to have sung around 20,000 songs. One of the most important Pakistani singers of all time, Noor Jehan is also widely regarded as one of the most influential and greatest South Asian singers of all time.
![Nazia Hassan Nazia Hassan](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/nazia-hassan-117427-1.jpg)
Known as the Queen of Pop in South Asia back in the 1980s, Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan soared to fame with tracks such as Aap Jaisa Koi and Boom Boom. She began her career as part of a duo with her brother, Zoheb Hassan. She died of lung cancer at 35.
![Yasmine Yousaf Yasmine Yousaf](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/yasmine-yousaf-1.jpg)
Yasmine Yousaf is a Pakistani American singer, songwriter, and rapper. She is best known as one half of the popular American electronic dance music duo, Krewella, which also includes her sister Jahan Yousaf. Yasmine Yousaf and her sister achieved popularity in 2013 when they released their debut studio album, Get Wet, which peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200.
![Annie Khalid Annie Khalid](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/annie-khalid-1.jpg)
British singer and model Noor-ul-in "Annie" Khalid became famous in Pakistan with her first single Mahiya that emerged as a big hit and the most-played Pakistani song during 2005-07. The song was used in the Indian neo-noir action thriller film Awarapan. Her fundraising efforts for Pakistani flood victims led Khalid to become Red Cross Goodwill ambassador of Norway in 2011.
![Iqbal Bano Iqbal Bano](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/iqbal-bano-1.jpg)
Iqbal Bano was a Pakistani ghazal singer best remembered for her classical thumris and semi-classical ghazal songs. She was renowned for singing the ghazals of the Lenin Prize-winning poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz. In 1974, Iqbal Bano was honored with the prestigious Presidential Pride of Performance Award for her contribution to music.
![Ghazala Javed Ghazala Javed](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ghazala-javed.jpg)
Ghazala Javed was a Pakistani Pashtun singer whose songs achieved popularity in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and among the Pashtun population around the world. One of the most-sought after and popular Pashto singers of her generation, Javed was honored with a Khyber Award in 2011. Ghazala Javed was shot dead on June 18, 2012, at the age of 24.