Iqbal Bano was born in Delhi, British India in 1935. Her family were originally from Rohtak, Punjab, India. She showed keen interest in music from her childhood. Iqbal Bano's friends and family urged her father to allow her to learn music and he agreed to do it.As a result,Iqbal Bano learned classical music,including 'Thumri' and 'Dadra' from ...
Iqbal Bano is known in Pakistan mainly for her ghazal-singing and live concert performances on Pakistan TV channels.
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In 1952, a landlord from Pakistan, had married seventeen-year-old Iqbal Bano with a promise that he would never ask her to quit her music interest, but would try to promote her. Her husband fulfilled his promise until his death in 1980.
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Had two sons, Humayun and Afzal and a daughter, Maleeha.