Famous engineer, writer and singer Dr Amjad Parvez passed away on Sunday in Lahore after a prolong illness, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel.

He was 79. His funeral prayers will be held at Main Blueward Masjid, Shadman Lahore after Asar prayer on Monday.

Pride of Performance Award holder, Parvez was born in Lahore in 1945 to Sheikh Abdul Karim who was head of the Chemistry department, Islamia College, Lahore.

Parvez's grandfather Khawaja Dil Muhammad was the principal at Islamia College, Lahore.

He served as chief engineer, general manager, vice president and managing director of Nespak (National Engineering Services Pakistan).

Parvez completed his basic education at Central Model School, Lahore in 1960. He then joined Government College, Lahore (GCU) and University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (UET) from where he graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1967. After joining UET in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, he proceeded to the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1968, where he qualified for a master's degree in Quality and Reliability Engineering in 1969 and a Doctorate in Engineering Production in 1972.

He was awarded gold medal award by the President of Pakistan for writing the best technical paper for the Institution of Engineers, Pakistan, in 1977.

He received Dr. A. Q. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institution of Engineers, Pakistan in 2009 and Pride of Performance Award in 2000 by the President of Pakistan.

Parvez had a passion for music since his childhood. He began his career as a child artist in 1954 at Radio Pakistan, Lahore in the children's programme 'Honhaar' before appearing on 'Khatir-e-Ehbaab' in the sixties. He trained in classical singing from the various Ustads.

 He was a practising singer at the Central Production Unit, Radio Pakistan, where he recorded hundreds of ghazals, geets, and other songs since the 1970s in his monthly performances.

For two decades, he performed a raag for the programme "Ahang-e-Khusrovi" every month and rendered more than 50 raags in Khayal form. Parvez performs both light, semi-classical music and classical music songs.

Parvez had also been associated with Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) since its inception in 1964.

In his career, he also performed in the US, UK, France, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Myanmar and India.

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