Veteran classical singer Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan has passed away at the age of 81 in Lahore.

Family sources said that Ustad was not feeling well for the past few days and he suffered a heart attack on Thursday. Funeral prayers have been offered in Shahdara Town on Friday at 11 am.

The Presidential award-winning classical singer was born in a village in India’s Jalandhar area in 1940. He was the uncle and mentor of Javed Bashir and Akbar Ali.

He was a renowned artist of Kirana Gharana in India. He did not belong to a famous musical family but he got his primary music education from his paternal uncle Ghazanfar Ali Khan.