Google honours singer Iqbal Bano.

KARACHI -- Google honoured acclaimed singer Iqbal Bano with her very own Google Doodle on what would have been her 81st birthday.

The illustration, designed by Karachi-based guest artist Samya Arif, celebrates the singer famous for her rendition of ghazal, nazm and various classical forms, as well as music for film and patriotic songs.

She passed away in 2009 in Lahore.

Iqbal Bano was born in 1938 in Delhi and studied with Ustad Chand Khan, a master of classical Indian vocals. She began singing on All India Radio while she was still in her teens. She moved to Pakistan in 1952 and sang on Radio Pakistan, provided vocals as a playback singer for popular movies and attracted large crowds to her live concerts.

In 1974, she was awarded the Pride of Performance Award.

During the regime of Gen...

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