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Iqbal Bano was born and brought up in Delhi. She received training under
Ustad Chaand Khan of Delhi Gharana. She moved to Pakistan after marriage.
Her husband had promised her that he would support her singing which he did
till his death in 1980. It was difficult in Pakistan in those days for a lady to
be a public singer.
But she gained immense popularity singing classical ghazals. Although
belonging to the Begum Akhtar school, Iqbal Bano over the years, nurtured her
style and embellish it with her own improvisations. Her ghazals are raaga based
do not invlolve excessive orchestration.
She is also an accomplished Persian ghazal singer and was very popular in
Iran and Afghanistan. She is considered as an expert in singing ghazals of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
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