*KARACHI: Google is paying tribute to Pakistan’s legendary ghazal singerMehdi Hassan with its doodle feature on his 91st birthday (July 18) .Google honours prominent personalities and occasions with special logosthat it calls ‘doodles’.*
In the past, Google also paid tribute to Pakistan’s prominentpersonalities, Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Noor Jehan, NaziaHassan and many others.
Shahenshah Ghazal, Mehdi Hassan was born on July 18, 1927 in a villagecalled “Luna” in Rajasthan, India.
The legendary Ghazal singer landed his first musical performance on RadioPakistan in 1957, primarily as a thumri singer, which earned himrecognition within the musical fraternity.