International Women's Day

International Women's Day, also called International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8 every year.

QB, Shazia Manzoor and Noreen Khan from BBC Asian Network

We thought it only fair to pay tribute and recognize the women we think are flying the flag for independent women everywhere.Noreen's is an amazing presenter for BBC Asian Network, Baloch started her career with cover song Ankhian Nu Ren De and Shazia Manzoor is a popular singer in Pakistan and India. We have featured Noreen Khan, Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch and Shazia Manzoor on our blog before, just click their names to see those posts.

We are please to show you a Pakistani singer Shazia Manzoor and QB performing 'Mast Qalandar' from the BBC Asian Network Special.

Aliza
@oozescouture

Influential Women - Quratulain Balouch

Quratulain Balouch (Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch)

Quratulain Balouch (Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch) Twitter

Baloch was born on 4 March 1988 into a Muslim family in Aradan, Iran but when she was three year old she moved to Pakistan with her family. She did her matriculation from Kehkashan Army Public School, Multan and she has earned a Bachelors degree in IT essentials Multimedia from George Mason University, United States.

Baloch started her career with cover song Ankhian Nu Ren De was the starter for her career. Even though she had no classical training, she was heavily inspired by Sufi musicians, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, and specially Reshma, among others. Her song "Panchi", which she recorded with Jal Band in Coke Studio, raised her profile. In 2012, she started working with Saad Sultan. Balouch sung the title song Woh Humsafar Tha of one of the most popular dramas of Hum TV, Humsafar starring Fawad Afzal Khan, Mahira Khan and Naveen Waqar.

You Can follow her on twitter: @Quratulainb

Baloch has also been featured in another of our posts which you can read here International Women's Day

Aliza
@oozescouture

Influential Women - Shazia Manzoor

Shazia Manzoor is a singer from Rawalpindi who now resides in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She is a popular singer in Pakistan and India; and among the Punjabi diaspora. Shazia Manzoor sings mostly Punjabi music. She sang various Punjabi folk songs and Punjabi Sufi poems, and also sings Urdu songs as well. She is popular for her songs like Aaja Soniya, Mahi Aavega, Maye Ni Kinnu Akhan, Chann Mere Makkhna and Dhol Mahia.

Shazia Manzoor BBC Asian Network

Shazia Manzoor has been featured in another of our posts which you can read here International Women's Day

Aliza
@oozescouture