[3] At the training school, she studied music and got trained in ghazals and Sufi style music by Ustad Akhtar Hussain, father of Amanat Ali Khan and Hamid Ali Khan.
Later, she was also trained in geets and qawwali by well-known classical singer of the sub-continent Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan.
[5] Later she began to sing ghazals on radio and she performed the ghazal Deepak Raag Hai Chahat Apni a composition of Zuhoor Nazar that became popular.
[1] In 1986, she began to sing on Pakistani television (PTV) programs and one of her program Payal Aur Sargam became popular, when she started singing qawwali and Sufi music.
[3] Shahida died from kidney failure after a week long illness at the age of 50 on March 14 in 2003 and was laid to rest next to her mother's grave at Miani Sahib Graveyard.