Renowned folk singer Sain Zahoor was hospitalized after collapsing during a live concert in London.
Sain Zahoor was playing at East London’s Khasash Royal Hall when he collapsed.
The artist was taken to a hospital by event organizers after falling on stage during a live performance in an east London auditorium. Zahoor rose to prominence with his song ‘Allah Hu.’
Even after the singer went unconscious, the organizers did not want to halt the show, so they called Suhail Salmat to perform, but Salamat refused. Zahoor had been busy with his London tour activities for several days, performing at several concerts.
However, he passed out in the middle of an enthusiastic singing performance and was taken to a neighboring hospital by ambulance.
Saieen Zahoor Ahmed or Ali Saain Shafiu is a leading Punjabi Sufi musician from Pakistan. He has spent most of his life singing in Sufi shrines and didn’t produce a record until 2006 when he was nominated for the BBC World Music Awards based on word of mouth.
He emerged as the “best BBC voice of the year 2006”, Saieen is not his first name but a Sindhi honorific title and is also spelled as Sain.
Born in Sulaimanki, a village near Haveli Lakha of Okara district in the province of Punjab, Zahoor Ahmad was the youngest child in a rural peasant family. He is said to have started singing at the age of five, and from that early age, he had dreamt of a hand beckoning him towards a shrine. He started roaming the Sufi shrines of Sindh, Punjab, making a living through singing.
