PESHAWAR: The wife of renowned music composer late Rafiq Shinwari, Ahora Bibi, died here on Thursday, according to family sources.

She was 100. She was laid to rest the same day in the precinct of shrine of Pir Syed Abdul Sattar Shah.

Artists, musicians and people from different walks of life attended her Namaz-i- Janaza. She left behind four daughters and grandchildren to mourn her death.

Ashora Bibi had been suffering from multiple health complications for the last several months. She breathed her last in her residence located at Dabgari Street in Syed Abdul Sattar Shah Colony.

Senior folk singers including Khial Mohammad, Zarsanga Bibi and Ahmad Gul Ustad expressed deep sorrow over the demise of wife of Rafiq Shinwari.

Hunari Tolana Welfare Society, Da Hunar Warisan, Awaz and several other cultural and literary organisations condoled the death of Ashora Bibi with the bereaved family.

Published in Dawn, January 22nd, 2021