“Nazia Iqbal’s leaving country is a great setback for Pashto music. He termed her decision being unwise at a time when she was at the peak of her music career and also enjoyed widespread respect. Laiqzada Laiq, former director of Radio Pakistan, told this scribe that he had introduced Nazia Iqbal on radio in 1998 in her teens and she made quick progress due to her inborn qualities. Pakistani officials did not grant Pakistani nationality to my life partner that forced me to make UK as my permanent abode,” said the folk singer. “Life had become hard for me because my husband being an Afghan national had to go through visa formalities after some time due which I decided to say adieu to my homeland forever but I pledge to continue contributing to Pashto music. Shaz Rahim, a rights activist, said that the authorities concerned had turned a deaf ear to the domestic worries of the singer that forced her to say farewell to her homeland.Įarlier, in an interview with a foreign TV channel, Ms Iqbal said that denial of Pakistani citizenship by authorities had become the main reason of her settlement in UK as her Afghan husband Javed Fiza had sought political asylum two years ago over there and it was not possible for her to stay in Pakistan with her children alone. Nazia Iqbal pledges to continue contributing to music Rights activists, cultural organisations and her fans showed displeasure over the decision of Nazia Iqbal’s leaving, arguing that staying on foreign land would eclipse her fame and would also harm Pashto folk music to a great extent. She has over 250 hit Pashto albums to her credit and has mastery over several genres of music. After learning basics of Pashto music from her father late Iqbal, she started her singing career from music in Nishtar Hall in 1996. Hailing from Swat’s Guldara town, Nazia Iqbal’s family had shifted to Peshawar during early 90s. PESHAWAR: Popular Pashto folk singer Nazia Iqbal in her recent video message on social media told her fans that she along with her family members had settled permanently in London, United Kingdom as her husband, an Afghan citizen, had been denied Pakistani nationality by the authorities.

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