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    Dhaka

    Capital and largest city of Bangladesh

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    Coordinates: 23°48′15″N90°24′55″E / 23.80417°N 90.41528°E / 23.80417; 90.41528
    Country Bangladesh
    DivisionDhaka Division
    DistrictDhaka District
    Establishment1608 (417 years ago) (1608)
     • TypeMayor–council
     • BodyDNCC and DSCC
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    April issue 2010

    “The Frontier’s musicians are living in penury and perpetual fear of militants”
    – Mashooq Sultana

    Mahjabeen, alias Mashooq Sultana, the melody queen of the NWFP in the ’70s, has more than 1,500 albums to her credit. Sultana made her debut during her late teens at a private music concert in her hometown, Shanderai, in Swat. A radio producer, Nawab Ali Khan Yousafzai, heard her and subsequently launched her melodious voice on the airwaves back in 1962. Mashooq Sultana has represented Pakistan in the US, UK, France, Belgium, UAE and Afghanistan on several occasions and is the recipient of 600 awards, including the coveted presidential award, the Pride of Performance.

    But now Sultana lives in penury in a two-room rented house in Chughalpura, on the outskirts of Peshawar city. Recently, she fractured a leg and was forced to sell her gold ornaments to raise money for treatment.

    In this interview with Newsline, Mashooq Sultana talks about the adverse effects of militancy on the present Pashto music scene and dwells on her own illustrious career as a folk singer in the ‘70s.

    Q: How far has the Pashto music scene been affected by militancy?

    A: The growing militancy has badly affected Pashto music, art and everything in the Swat valley and other par

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