[1] She joined Patiala gharana school of classical music to learn singing from sarangi player Baba Taj from Kapurthala.
[1] At Radio Pakistan, she performed the songs "Kya Haal Sunawan Dil Da" and "Maindi Ajj Kal Akh Phurkaandi Aei", a composition of Khwaja Ghulam Farid with kafi style the songs were recorded for His Masters Voice (HMV) on gramophone and became popular hits.
[1] In 1958, she worked in film Begunah and sanged a classical song Kaisi Raat Rageeli Aai in duet with Naseem Begum.
The duo sang the song Ab Tou Ji Bhar Ke Khanjar Chalaenge Hum in raag darbari style.
So she trained her daughter in a similar style and Shahida became a student of Ustad Akhtar Hussain Khan at the insistence of her mother.