Pakistani folk singer reshma is dead

Pakistani folk singer reshma is dead:

Renowned Pakistani folk singer Reshma, who was suffering from throat cancer for a long time, died in Lahore Sunday morning, hospital sources said.

Reshma was in coma for a month, Geo TV quoted hospital sources as saying

Born in Bikaner in India's Rajasthan state to a Banjara family around 1947, her tribe migrated to Karachi shortly after partition.

Dawn reported that she his survived by son Umair and daughter Khadija.When she was just 12, a television and radio producer spotted her singing at Shahbaz Qalander's shrine. The producer arranged for her to record Laal Meri on Pakistan radio. She became an instant hit.