Google honours Nazia Hassan on 53rd birthday

ISLAMABAD: Google is celebrating the 53rd birthday of legendary pop singer Nazia Hassan, with a doodle. Nazia Hassan, who together with her brother Zoheb Hassan ruled the 80s and 90s, is being remembered by fans across the world on her birthday.

The undisputed queen of pop in India and Pakistan is credited with bringing the disco and indie-pop music to the Sub-Continent. The duo was regarded as youth icons and were adored by masses for their unique brother-sister act comprising music composition, singing and performing.

Nazia Hassan was born on April 3, 1965 and had her first TV appearance as a child artist on Shoaib Mansoor’s show singing Dosti Aisa Naata. As the age of 15, Nazia made her singing debut with Aap Jaisa Koi song in Feroz Khan’s hit film Qurbani and went on to break all records. The song was a massive hit and this acclaim and popularity led her to team up with her brother Zoheb Hassan who was into writing and composing songs and celebrated music director based in London Biddu and came up with their very first album Disco Deewane.

Exactly at midnight, Google started displaying this brand new doodle paying tribute to Nazia Hassan. Google honours prominent personalities and occasions with special logos that it calls ‘doodles’. This doodle is not only being showed to users in Pakistan but also to those in Canada, Iceland, Australia and New Zealand.