The renowned classical musician and an outstanding sitar-player Ustad Raees Khan died at Karachi on Saturday, May 7, 2017. He was born in a musician family at Andore, India, on November 25, 1939. He migrated to Pakistan in the late 1970s after he married the famous singer Bilqees Khanum (Anokha Ladla, Khelan ko Mangay Chand - fame).