By Staff Reporter, *Abida Parveen hospitalised after suffering heart attack* - Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan; Monday, November 29, 2010Lahore: Renowned folk Sufi singer Abida Parveen was on Sunday [November 28th] admitted to the ICU of a local hospital and underwent angioplasty after receiving a heart attack on Saturday night during a performance in Lahore.
According to the doctors, Parveen was under observation in the ICU for 24 hours, terming it a critical period.
A hospital official told Daily Times that she was in a critical condition and had been shifted to the intensive care unit. He said that she was fully conscious and was recovering now.
She would remain under strict observation, he added.
Abida Parveen is one of the very few female singers in the world of Sufi music and enjoys a legendary status in Pakistan.
She was born in 1954 in Larkana district of Sindh. She received her musical training initially from her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, and later from Ustad Salamat Ali Khan of the Sham Chorasia.
[Picture: Abida Parveen in concert, Oslo 2007. Photo: Wiki.]
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