Famed singer Habib Wali Muhammad breathed his last earlier today at the age of 90, after being treated for his illness in Los Angeles for the past few days.
Born in 1921 in Rangoon – present day Myanmar, Habib’s family later moved to Mumbai. Though he belonged to an industrialist family, his passion in life was music. He also won a singing competition in Mumbai which had more than 1,200 participants. His family later moved to Pakistan in 1947.
Habib was trained by Ustad Latafat Ali Khan in formal singing and rose to fame after the release of his song “Lagta nahi hai dil mera” which was a poem of Bahadur Shah Zafar.
He also sang numerous patriotic songs as well.
Allah un kay darjaat buland karay