The 18th death anniversary of renowned Ghazal singer Pervez Mehdi was observed on Tuesday.

He was born in Lahore to a family of professional musicians in 1947. He received initial training in music from his father Bashir Husain Rahi and rose to fame after the song Jana Pardis for Radio Pakistan.

During his 30 years of career he sang hundreds of songs and died of cardiac arrest on this day in 2005 at the age of 58.