Naheed Akhtar

Naheed Akhtar
Birth name	Naheed Akhtar
Origin	Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres	Pakistani music
Occupations	singer
Years active	1974–1991

Naheed Akhtar (or Nahid Akhtar) is a Pakistani playback singer. She was discovered by veteran musician M. Ashraf in the mid-1970s.^{[citation needed]} Naheed Akhtar was a successful replacement for Runa Laila, who left Pakistan the same year. Her debut film was "Nanha Farishta" in 1974 and that year she climbed to the top with super hit songs in the film "Shama". When she was singing she put even Noor Jehan out of business in Urdu films. she was brilliant in fast tracks, sad songs and ghazals as well. she was amazingly popular because of her terrific looks and turned down many offers for film heroine. Journalist Asif Ali Pota married her in the mid-1980s, when she left the film scene. She had a scandalous affair with then Federal Minister and now Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani

Naheed Akhtar is married to Jang Group's senior investigative journalist Asif Ali Pota.

About The Nightingale Of Pakistan Naheed Akhtar - http://anisshakur.tripod.com/id48.html

External links

• Naheed Akhtar at the Internet Movie Database
• Introduction to naheed Akhtar - Mazhar.dk
• Naheed Akhtar's Songs - The Music.com

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