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Deeba Sehar(Sindhi) is a prominent Pakistani Sufi singer often dubbed as the '"Queen of Sufi music".

Born and raised in Karachi into a Sindhi Sufi family, she was trained by her father Ejaz Hussain. Deeba started performing in early 1990s and came into global prominence in the 2000. Since 1993, Deeba has toured globally, performing her first international concert at Dubai in UAE[3] Deeba also features in Pakistan's popular musical show Gaye ge Duniya gget meray at GEO TV. This program was 50 episodes and aired in 2007 to 2008[4]

Deeba is referred as one of the world's greatest mystic and folk singers.[5] She sings mainly ghazals and her forte, Kafis, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets.[6] Deeba sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Saraiki, Punjabi and Persian.[7][8][9][10]

Deeba is best known for her songs achbo zaror achbo from the album achbo achbo and munjha sonhna sain which is a rendition of abdul Ghaffar tabasum poetry.[11] She has received cultural awards from Goverment of Sindh in Pakistan.