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Renowned singer Ghazala Javed shot dead

Dunya News

Famous Pashto singer Ghazala Javed along with two other people was shot dead in Peshawar on Monday.

She belonged to Banarh, an area in the suburb of Sawat.Professionally she was a dancer. She started singing in 2008 and in the very beginning of her new profession, she sang many songs along with Rahim Shah.She got climax of her career with her Pakhtun song ‘Naray nary baran day’. She wedded with Jahangir in 2010 but could not survive her link and ultimately got separation (Khula) out of her husband.After marriage, although, she had rejected singing songs but she, once again, started singing after partition.She performed most of programmes in Afghanistan. She was shot dead along with two other men including her father in Peshawar