The 12th death anniversary of renowned lyricist Khawaja Pervaiz was observed on Tuesday.

He was born at Amritsar in 1932. His real name was Ghulam Mohayudin.

Khawaja Pervaiz wrote nearly 10,000 songs for Urdu and Punjabi films during his 40-year career.

His first film was Riwaj but got a big breakthrough from the song ‘Tum hee ho mehboob meray’ in film Aina.

He died on this day in 2011 in Lahore.