Nazia Iqbal () (born 1984) is an
Pashtun
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singer from Swat,
Pakistan
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.
Pashto singer from Swat pays tribute to Urdu music legends She took birth in 1984
''The Express Tribune''. She was affiliated with Peshawar Zalmi
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cricket
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team as an ambassador. She performs across the globe especially in United Arab Emirates
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, United Kingdom
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and other parts of the world. She also sings in Urdu
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, Persian
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** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
, and Arabic
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.
She currently resides in London
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, United Kingdom with her children. She divorced Dilawaiz Aman (Basharat Senior property dealer), whom she had been married to since 2005, in 2019. However reconciled and married him again.
See also
* List of Pashto-language singers
This is a list of Pashto language, Pashto-language singers.
* Rashid Ahmad Khan
* Zeek Afridi
* Gulzar Alam
* Ustad Awalmir
* Haroon Bacha
* Zeb Bangash
* Beltoon
* Farhad Darya
* G. M. Durrani
* Qamar Gula
* Hidayatullah (singer), Hidayatulla ...
References
Living people
Pashto-language singers
People from Swat District
Pakistani expatriates in the United Kingdom
Pashtun women singers
1984 births
21st-century Pakistani women singers
21st-century Pakistani singers
Pashtun singers
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