The Eighth death anniversary of legendary Pakistani singer Mehnaz Begum was on Tuesday.

The master of classical genres like 'ghazal', 'thumri' and 'dadra' was born in 1958.

 Her real name was Kaneez Fatima.

Mehnaz started her career as a playback singer in the early '70s.

She died on 19 January 2013 at Bahrain after prolonged illness.