Beautiful Poetess Parveen Shakir

Famous Urdu Poetess

Parveen Shakir

Parveen Shakir was an eminent Urdu Poetess in the history of Pakistan. Her death anniversary has been celebrated on 26^th December every year all over the country.

This beautiful Urdu Poetess was born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi. She was not only a poetess but also a good teacher and civil servant. She had got her Master degree in English Literature from the University of Karachi. She had also remained as a professor at the Karachi University and Trinity college for nine years before joining the civil services at where she had served in the customs departments.

In 1986 Parveen Shakir was selected as the second secretary for Central Board of Revenue (CBR) here in Islamabad. During this   she did her master degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1991 when she was teaching at Trinity College which was affiliated with USA.

Parveen Shakir had married with Naseer Ali who was a doctor but unfortunately she was divorced later on by her husband. After that she was served by her only son named Syed Murad Ali.

Her unique honour was that when she appeared in the Central Superior Services Examination in 1982, there were also some questions about her poetry in the Urdu literature paper. Her performance was quite fresh  air in Urdu Poetry.

Parveen Shakir is the first woman/person  feminine pronoun, which is rarely used in Urdu poetry even by female poets. Her feminine perspective of live and associated social problems were her main theme.

Due to her beautiful and excellent performance in her Urdu poetry,  she was awarded by the Pride of Performance by the Govt. of Pakistan later on.

But unfortunately this beautiful poetess (Parveen Shakir) was died by a car crash in Karachi on 26^th December 1994, when she was 42 years old.

Parveen Shakir was buried in Islamabad H-8 graveyard. Her death anniversary has been celebrated on 26^th December every year all over the country, regarding the remembrance by her lovers to offer the excellence tribute for her beautiful & lovely poetry. 

Due to her death anniversary, Pakistan Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp of Rs. 10, to pay excellent tribute for her beautiful poetry all over the country.