Nazia was poisoned .
Mo
jang.com.pk
News Desk
LONDON: As a judicial investigation into the death of singer Nazia
Hassan was temporarily adjourned in London, after police told the
court they were still carrying out inquiries, 'The News' learnt from
highly reliable sources that the inquiry is based on a statement
recorded by Nazia eight days before her death.
In the dramatic statement, recorded before her lawyers and several
witnesses, Nazia had alleged she was being subjected to slow
poisoning. The contents of this detailed statement, which stretches
over several hours, were also known to doctors treating Nazia Hassan
for her cancer. In the account, which is narrated at great length,
Nazia has alleged that she was from time to time given poisonous
substances which gradually damaged her body and internal organs. It
has been learnt that the statement details all the occasions, since
the start of her cancer till the recording of the account, when Nazia
suspected she had been poisoned. along with her reasons for this
suspicion.
Sources also said Nazia Hassan had instructed her lawyers that in the
event of her death, police should be asked to carry out a full
investigation. Her lawyers told police of these instructions soon
after her death a few days ago in a London Hospital.
It has also been learnt that in her statement, Nazia has pointed out
those people who she suspected could be engaged in the poisoning. It
is also specifically mentioned in the statement that since late last
year, Nazia had begun to suffer from physical problems which were in
no way linked to her cancer. According to her, even her doctors were
surprised by these symptoms.
Nazia continued to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer because she
believed the symptoms she was suffering were caused by this disease.
However, in her statement, she says the illnesses she suffered during
the last years of her life could have been caused by poison.
She has also named in her statement the poison which she suspected had
caused her sickness, and police are now attempting to discover in what
quantity the substance she has cited exists in her body.
After the coming to light of this statement, it is believed the
autopsy on Nazia's body may be repeated to look into these findings.
It is understood that it is also due to these ongoing investigations
that North-West London police had taken control of Nazia's parents'
home in Golder's Green, where Nazia had been living prior to being
shifted to hospital, so that forensic tests could be carried out in
full. Her parents were allowed to move back in on Wednesday, and are
at present awaiting the handing over of the body for burial.
They are not aware when this will be possible, while the North West
London Court looking into the death has not yet set a date for the
next hearing, following the statement by police that they were still
carrying out inquiries.
Scotland Yard has meanwhile stated the body of Nazia Hassan has not
been handed over to her family, while her family members say it will
be brought to Pakistan for burial as soon as it is with them. Both
police and family sources declined to comment on why the
investigations into her death were being carried out.
The News adds from Karachi: An unabated controversy erupted on the eve
of the arrival of Nazia Hassan's body in Karachi from London as her
father Basir Hassan claimed that the divorce to Nazia by her husband
Mirza Ishtiaq Baig was final, which was outrightly rejected on
Wednesday by Baig's lawyer Raza Hashmi.
Nazia died of cancer in a London hospital on Sunday morning. Her body
is expected to reach Karachi on Thursday for burial, according to her
family sources. It was not immediately confirmed that who will receive
her body at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport. The police sources
are mum over the issue.
In a statement faxed to The News, Hassan said: "My daughter Nazia
Hassan, who in her Nikahnama had the 'unconditional right of divorce
(known as "Talaq Tawfiz") sent a Divorce Deed to the Union Council and
Mr. Ishtiaq Baig on 28th April, 2000 which was duly received by them
on 9th May, 2000. As per the Family Law if there is no
"Reconciliation" within 90 days of the receipt of the Divorce Deed
then the divorce is automatically finalised which in this case was 5th
August, 2000.
"At this time, we (family members of Nazia) ask simply that you honour
her last and final wishes and not refer to her as his "wife". Her
divorce as stated was finalised last week and court papers are
available in this regard," Hassan said.
On the contrary, the lawyer in a letter said: "This is to certify that
the divorce proceedings between Mirza Ishtiaq Baig s/o Mirza Mushtaq
Baig and Nazia Hassan (Late) are still pending before Dr. Shaukat
Zaman, Director Health Services District East, Karachi and the divorce
has not so far been confirmed by the Union Council."
"Hence the marriage at the time of death of (Late) Nazia Hassan was
still intact as the same was not finally dissolved by the Chairman
Union Council as required under section 7 of the Muslim Family Laws
Ordinance, 1961," the lawyer said.
The body of Nazia Hassan is expected to reach Karachi from London on
August 17 (Thursday), her family sources said. The arrival of the body
was delayed due to non-completion of formalities on Wednesday, the
sources said.
Khan123
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In article <399C5FEC...@my-deja.com>,
Kha...@my-deja.com wrote:
> You see the fate of gashti singer. I wish her muslim husband had
poisoned
> her
>
> Mo wrote:
>
> > Monotheists just cant stand successful women..
> > jang.com.pk
> > News Desk
> >
> > LONDON: As a judicial investigation into the death of singer Nazia
> > Hassan was temporarily adjourned in London, after police told the
> > court they were still carrying out inquiries, 'The News' learnt from
> > highly reliable sources that the inquiry is based on a statement
> > recorded by Nazia eight days before her death.
> >
>
>
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> Who is Nazia?
Nazia Hassan & Zoheb Hassan(brother-sister) were singers.
They sung playback for Feroz Khan's Qurbani.
They also had the hit album "Disco Deewane".
Rocky Raccoon
They were Pakistani's based in England.
QA MAJ.. The CyberQuaid
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get shot right on Gand, like nazia
"QA MAJ.. The CyberQuaid" wrote:
> In article <GcGm5.16920$671.1...@nnrp4.clara.net>,
> mo2...@yahoo.com (Mo) wrote:
FemFaCal
towards her (hundreds of millions of those out there)? shouldn't' she
have the means to take care of herself and her children in such a case?
peace
shelley
NangaPir wrote:
> ANy women who is not satisfied with her house wife status needs to be
> get shot right on Gand, like nazia
>
> "QA MAJ.. The CyberQuaid" wrote:
>
> > In article <GcGm5.16920$671.1...@nnrp4.clara.net>,
> > mo2...@yahoo.com (Mo) wrote:
> > > Monotheists just cant stand successful women..
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But the manner in which we shrugged off 36-year-old Nazia's sad demise
was even more puzzling. No, I don't intend to pen an obituary here for
the second week in succession. But it might not be out of place to
reflect upon the revolutionary changes heralded into the world of
popular music with Nazia's arrival on the scene.
It was a scorching Sunday afternoon in May 1980 when I first heard the
strains of aap jaisa koyi meri zindagi mein aaye to baat ban jaye.
Television was virtually non-existent then and radio was the principal
means of home entertainment, the now-ubiquitous two-in-one having
barely made its appearance. Forthcoming films were promoted through
sponsored programmes on Vividh Bharati and I was listening to the
promo of Qurbani when this unusually peppy, foot-tapping number wafted
through my barsati at Tagore Park. I told a few friends who were over
for lunch that day, this number would be a superhit. One of them
responded in the negative, saying the voice was too immature and the
beat too western to appeal to the tastes of Hindi music lovers.
We did not know anything about the singer for weeks thereafter, till
the song started to feature on listeners' request programmes. Within a
month of being released, Qurbani's music busted the charts, propelled
by aap jaisa. Film magazines splashed the background: Music director
Kalyanji-Anandji's long-haired, drummer brother Biddu had heard Nazia
croon at a London pub and promptly signed her for a number to be
composed by him. Feroze Khan, Qurbani's producer-director-hero, was
also in London then and, equally impressed with the teenager's
crooning ability, instantly wanted her to sing for his film. Biddu
composed a fast-paced number and using the latest four-track
technology, recorded it at a state-of-the-art London recording studio.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Just two years later, riding on the high, Nazia and her brother Zoheb
cut their own album Disco Deewane. That gave us the first real disco
music in Hindi. Almost each song in the collection was a hit. Disco
music had arrived. Hindi music lovers had been irretrievably hooked to
western dance. The other day, I heard a remix album featuring Boom
Boom from the brother-sister pair's failed foray into films, Star. The
movie, sort of autobiographical, didn't fire the audience's
imagination but the music was as grabbing as their past efforts.
Slowly, but irreversibly, rhythm had begun to upstage tune in Hindi
film compositions. A bit of an irony that it began under the baton of
Kalyanji-Anandji whose repertoire consisted largely of soulful Mukesh
and Lata numbers, their classic being Saraswatichandra.
With the success of Qurbani and then a non-film album, disco music got
firmly implanted. In fact, looking back, I would say Disco Deewane was
the first album in the Indipop genre, a category that is a
multi-billion rupee industry today. Public memory is so short that we
have quite forgotten the pioneer of this trend, the woman who sparked
the revolution. Of course, dum maro dum in Dev Anand's Hare Rama Hare
Krishna (1972) had blazed a trail in westernised Hindi music, but it
wasn't exactly disco stuff. R D Burman continued to compose some
fairly avant-garde numbers through the 1970s, but he never quite broke
the mould of Hindi film music. Dance numbers were one thing; disco
music something else. For instance, in 1980 itself, the year of
Qurbani's release, Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed some rivetting stuff
for Subhash Ghai's Karz (Om Shanti Om, Paisa ye paisa, etc.) but
electronic synthesis of film music was still not mainstream. That is
the area in which Nazia Hasan broke the mould. Sadly, her first
composer Biddu lost out in the race and never quite emerged as a music
director in his own right.
What Nazia's runaway, even if short-lived, success proved was that
Middle India was just waiting to dance. In the 1980s, partying was
still not a widespread social activity even in the metros, leave alone
small towns. Women were far less emancipated and significantly less
outgoing than they have since become. Gender segregation was the norm
at social gatherings. The sari, rather than the salwar-suit was the
most acceptable apparel for women, western attire had begun to make
only furtive forays. Jeans-clad women were stigmatised as `fast',
chaalu etc. The late 80s altered all that. Not only have social mores
undergone phenomenal change, but the accompanying cultural
transformation has been immense. Drinking, for instance, is now an
integral part of social gatherings. Parents nowadays accept that their
teenage daughters will be out partying till late, dancing wildly and,
probably, even drinking as much as their sons do. And what do they
dance to? Remixes of gyrating numbers that have flooded the music
market; songs in which words don t matter tunes are secondary, but
rhythm and beat are king.
The choreographer has become a star in Hindi films. Shyamak Davar and
Farah Khan command astronomical prices. Dil To Pagal Hai is all about
dancing and ends up as a superhit, clicking even with small town
audiences despite its overtly metropolitan theme. In the process, of
course, dance and disco music has got Indianised. Daler Mehndi and his
successors have integrated the bhangra with pop; Stereo Nation's I've
been waiting can successfully fuse reggae with Punjabi folk.
Culturally, India's entertainment industry has come a long way in a
very short span. It's something to be proud of, for a culture than can
adapt and integrate the best of others not only survives but even
enhances its own vigour.
Let us celebrate the coming of age of India's entertainment industry
and raise a toast to the prospect of Bollywood outstripping its more
famous conterpart half-way across the globe. But even as we do that,
perhaps we should spare a thought by way of tribute to the harbingers
of the revolution that catapulted us to this position. Interestingly,
it was a Pakistan-born, Britain-bred girl who triggered it 20 years
ago. Her mother country is certain to disown her, denounce her as a
classic example of decadence. But Bollywood should raise a memorial to
her. Nazia Hasan stands testimony to the triumph of India's
assimilative skills.
Mo
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mo2...@yahoo.com (Mo) wrote:
> excerpt Chandan Mitra dailypioneer.com
>
> But the manner in which we shrugged off 36-year-old Nazia's sad demise
> was even more puzzling. No, I don't intend to pen an obituary here for
> the second week in succession. But it might not be out of place to
> reflect upon the revolutionary changes heralded into the world of
> popular music with Nazia's arrival on the scene.
>
> It was a scorching Sunday afternoon in May 1980 when I first heard the
> strains of aap jaisa koyi meri zindagi mein aaye to baat ban jaye.
> Television was virtually non-existent then and radio was the principal
> means of home entertainment, the now-ubiquitous two-in-one having
> barely made its appearance. Forthcoming films were promoted through
> sponsored programmes on Vividh Bharati and I was listening to the
> promo of Qurbani when this unusually peppy, foot-tapping number wafted
> through my barsati at Tagore Park. I told a few friends who were over
> for lunch that day, this number would be a superhit. One of them
> responded in the negative, saying the voice was too immature and the
> beat too western to appeal to the tastes of Hindi music lovers.
>
> We did not know anything about the singer for weeks thereafter, till
> the song started to feature on listeners' request programmes. Within a
> month of being released, Qurbani's music busted the charts, propelled
> by aap jaisa. Film magazines splashed the background: Music director
> Kalyanji-Anandji's long-haired, drummer brother Biddu
---------------------------------
Biddu's full name is Biddu Appaiah and he is from Coorg now known as
Kodagu - cannot be Kalyanji Veerji Shah's brother...
---------------------------
Mo
Nazia laid to rest amid tears and trauma
By Aamir Ghauri
LONDON: Nazia Hassan, whose young and melodious voice thrilled
millions in the subcontinent during the 1980s, was laid to rest amid
tears in the Muslim quarters of Hendon Cemetery in north London on
Tuesday afternoon, exactly 23 days after her death.
The deceased's family, who looked pale and drained after weeks of
legal wrangling with Ishtiaq Baig to settle the thorny issues as to
the cause of her death and custody matters, collected Nazia's body
from Finchley Mortuary on Tuesday morning and brought it to Hendon
Islamic Centre for the last rites. Pakistan's former high commissioner
to London Wajid Shamsul Hasan and former Pakistani civil servant Siraj
Shamsuddin, accompanied Nazia's father and brother to the mortuary.
After offering her funeral prayers at 1:30pm at the Islamic Centre
after Zuhr prayers, a large number of mourners drove along with her
cortege to Hendon Cemetery where her grave lay waiting in a corner.
Her coffin was carried to the grave by her father Baseer Hassan and
brother, Zoheb, who wept all the way.
Bereaved Muneeza Hassan, Nazia's mother, was helped by other women, as
she almost fainted on many occasions. Tears rolled down many eyes
when, after the grave was filled, Nazia's parents and brother hugged
each other and cried at the loss of the life they loved so dearly.
A sombre and grey Ghulam Mustafa Jato, Pakistan's former caretaker
prime minster, who attended the funeral, said: "Death is a truth but
it is hard to believe seeing such a young person dead. May Allah rest
her in eternal peace."
Biddu, the Indian musician who introduced Nazia to Bollywood, was one
of the mourners who thronged the Hendon Islamic Centre to partake in
the last rites; he told The News, "I am still in shock. That she is
gone forever, is a fact very hard to reconcile with. I wish her
parents courage to face the pain that must be unimaginable."
Ishtiaq Baig, remained away from the funeral after relinquishing "his
right" to attend the same to end the deadlock that kept Nazia lying in
the mortuary for over three weeks. His request to her family to allow
him at the funeral was turned down.