The recipient of numerous accolades, including, a highest national literary award of Pakistan the Pride of Performance, she is sometimes referred to as "Melody Queen of the Pashto folk music" for her contributions to Pashto music and "Queen of the stage" for representing Pakistan in numerous foreign countries such as the US, the UK, France, Belgium, the UAE and in Afghanistan.

During her last days, she experienced extremely difficult circumstances due to poverty and lived in a two-room rented house at Chughalpura, Peshawar.

In order to pursuit of better career opportunities in singing, she moved to Peshawar around ten years ago,[1][9] and subsequently fractured a leg, leading to sold her jewellery for treatment.

It is believed she choose "folk singing" over "playback" due to militancy that affected art and music in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in one of its administrative units Swat Valley.

[5][13] In 2010, the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti presented Rs.3,00,000 to Mashooq for her service to Pashto music.