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Imran Khan condoles Lata Mangeshkar’s death, says loss for subcontinent

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday paid tributes to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar who breathed her last at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital after suffering a multi-organ failure. Offering his condolences, Khan said with Mangeshkar’s death, the subcontinent has lost one of the “truly great singers the world has known”.

“Listening to her songs has given so much pleasure to so many people all over the world,” Khan further wrote on Twitter.The 92-year-old playback singer, also known as India’s nightingale, was cremated with full state honours at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also arrived at Shivaji Park to pay tribute to the singer. Also there were Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, MNS supremo Raj Thackeray and actors Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.