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Popular Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed killed | Popular Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed killed |
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Popular Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed has been shot dead in the north-western city of Peshawar. | Popular Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed has been shot dead in the north-western city of Peshawar. |
Ms Javed was killed along with her father late on Monday, but there are differing accounts of what happened. | |
Police say the murders may be linked to a family dispute. | Police say the murders may be linked to a family dispute. |
Ms Javed, who sang in her native Pashto, was from Pakistan's Swat valley, which she fled three years ago during a military offensive against Taliban militants in the region. | Ms Javed, who sang in her native Pashto, was from Pakistan's Swat valley, which she fled three years ago during a military offensive against Taliban militants in the region. |
Singers and dancers were particularly targeted by insurgents when they overran the area in 2007. | Singers and dancers were particularly targeted by insurgents when they overran the area in 2007. |
Ms Javed's sister says that armed men broke into the singer's house and killed her and their father. | |
But other accounts say they were killed when gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on the street. | |
Born into a family of musicians, Ghazala Javed was popular across Pakistan, Afghanistan and among Pashto-speaking communities around the world. | |
While Swat was dominated by the Taliban and then subject to a military offensive, she often sang about peace. At one point, she was forced to stop singing after receiving threats. | |
In 2010 the singer, who was in her mid-twenties, married a businessman but it is thought they later divorced. | |
Correspondents say her music fused eastern and western traditions. | Correspondents say her music fused eastern and western traditions. |
Tributes from her fans have been pouring into social media sites. |
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