My acquaintance with Parveen Shakir's poetry began in late 1995 in Lahore, where I had gone to attend a media conference of journalists from South Asia. At the end of the conference, those of us ...

Parveen Shakir (1952-94) was a poet and a civil servant in Pakistan who enjoyed immense fame before her untimely death in an automobile accident, 25 years ago today. Her first book of poems ...

Parveen Shakir in the eyes of Fatema Hassan The late poet lost herself in love and used her poetry to put her emotions in words. Photo Athar Khan / saadia Qamar May 23, 2014 ...

Parveen Shakir was a legendary female poet who started poetry in her childhood. Parveen Shakir was the first female poetess who expressed emotions and feelings of a young girl in a realistic manner.

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“Although 24 years have passed, the people still love Parveen Shakir and her poetry is as famous as it was over two decades ago. She was a true patriot of Pakistan,” she said.

Parveen Shakir was born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi. Parveen Shakir started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu (Fragrance), in 1976.

Her famous poetry books include Khushbu, Sad-Barg, Khud kalaami and Inkar. In 1976, Parveen Shakir published her first volume of poetry Khushbu to great acclaim.