Popular folk singer Shaukat Ali passes away

[MenInG]

Popular folk singer Shaukat Ali has passed away after a protracted illness in Lahore, according to family sources.

Shaukat Ali, who was suffering from liver issues, was under treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Lahore, his son Imran Shaukat said.

In a video message earlier, his son Ameer Shaukat Ali had requested fans to pray for the recovery of his ailing father. He had said, "I would request the entire nation to pray for Shaukat Ali who is critically ill." Ali went on to reveal that the Pakistan army was treating his father on the special directives of Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

He also said he was thankful to Major General Babar Iftikhar, the Director General of Inter-Service Public Relations.

Shaukat is known for his war-time patriotic songs Saathion Mujahidon and Apna Quaid Aik Hai among many others. According to reports, he had been unwell for the past several years.

The late singer was also a recipient of the Pride of Performance award. And the Ghazal maestro was one of the most prolific artists of the Pakistani music industry with a singing career spanning five decades.

 

[Majid Khan]

Really sad news if true, I’m hoping this news article turns out to be fake and a hoax.. what a great singer he was.

 

[saeedhk]

A giant of folk music. His rendition of the Saif-Ul-Malook is second to none. The void he has left will never be filled! RIP!

 

[Saj]

Punjabi folk singer Shaukat Ali has passed away in Lahore at the age of 78.

He had been undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in the city for almost a month. His son Ameer Shaukat Ali had said in a video posted a few days earlier that his father was being treated by the Army on the directives of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

He had been admitted to the intensive care unit due to liver failure.

Last September, his son Imran told Dawn that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there had been no cultural activities and his father needed financial aid.

“My father is a 1991 Pride of Performance [awardee] and his services for this country as a folk singer cannot be forgotten. I appeal to the chief minister and the cultural institutions to provide financial assistance for my father who is battling for his life,” he had said.

Apart from his Pride of Performance award, Shaukat Ali was also dubbed the voice of Punjab in 1976 and performed at the Asian Games in New Delhi in 1982. He was known for his patriotic songs Saathion Mujahidon Jaag Utha Hai Sara Watan, Mera Puttar Pakistan Da and Apna Quaid Aik Hai during the 1965 and 1971 wars and began his career as a playback singer in a Punjabi movie in 1963.

He was famous for singing lok geet, ghazals and Punjabi songs.

The singer was from Malakwal in Mandi Bahauddin district and is survived by three sons Imran, Ameer and Mohsin. His funeral will be held at 10pm and he will be laid to rest at the Samsani Graveyard in Lahore's Johar Town.

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has offered his condolences on Shaukat Ali's death and said the folk singer will be remembered for his contributions to the music industry. With his death, the golden age of music has come to an end, said the chief minister.

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[Saj]

A legend.

I watched him live at a mela in the UK and he was absolutely brilliant.

Whilst others struggled on such a huge open-air stage, he came on and performed like the true great he was.

Sad news.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

A legend.

I watched him live at a mela in the UK and he was absolutely brilliant.

Whilst others struggled on such a huge open-air stage, he came on and performed like the true great he was.

Sad news.

He was someone I got in to the last couple years... Genuinely awesome as reminded me of stuff Grandad used to watch.

Become a regular in Indian Punjab towards his latter years..but a Pakistani folk legend.

Illwiirj

 

[Bigboii]

A great singer in an era where the "loud" punjabi music was looked down upon by the mainstream unlike rn where there's a place for punjabi music in mainstream