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Beloved Pakistani Singer Ghazala Javed Killed Trying to Pursue Career
A Pakistani singer who fled the Taliban to pursue her career was shot dead Monday night. Several Pakistani musicians have been gunned down by local Taliban, who have declared their music “un-Islamic.” Marco Werman talks with the BBC’s Zarghuna Kargar.
Ghazala Javed (Photo: facebook.com/GhazallaJaved)
A well-known Pakistani singer who fled the Taliban to pursue her career was shot dead Monday night. Several Pakistani singers and musicians have been gunned down by local Taliban, who have declared their music “un-Islamic.” Marco Werman talks with the BBC’s Zarghuna Kargar.