# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mashooq-sultan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:15:05.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mashooq-sultan"
name: "Mashooq Sultan"
slug: "mashooq-sultan"
description: "Mashooq Sultan, was a Pakistani folk singer and former actress. The recipient of numerous accolades, including, the highest national literary award of Pakistan the Pride of Performance, she is sometimes referred to as \"Melody Queen of the Pashto folk music\" for her contributions to Pashto music and \"Queen of the stage\" for representing Pakistan in numerous countries, including the US, the UK, France, Belgium, the UAE and in Afghanistan. As a multilingual singer, she worked in 1,500 albums written in different regional languages such as Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki and primarily Pashto. She also sang ghazals, and also worked as a playback singer in Pashto films."
tagline: "Pakistani folk singer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Mashooq_Sultan.png/330px-Mashooq_Sultan.png"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1952"
deathDate: "2016-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.62
  momentum:             16.66666666666666
  historical:           6.870194666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7050872/"
    handle:    "nm7050872"
sources:
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    title: "معشوق سلطان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মাছুক চুলতান"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماشوق سلطان"
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    title: "ਮਾਸ਼ੁਕ਼ ਸੁਲਤਾਨ"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "معشوق سلطان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "మషూక్ సుల్తాన్"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump