Parveen shakir ghazal

She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature. Since her death in a road accident at a young age, the "Parveen Shakir Urdu Literature Festival" has been held every year in Islamabad in her memoriam. Shakir was born on 24 November in Karachi , Pakistan. She received two undergraduate degrees, one in English literature and the other in linguistics from Sir Syed Government Girls College , and obtained MA degrees in the same subjects from the University of Karachi.

In , she obtained an MA degree in public administration from Harvard University. Shakir started writing at a very young age. She wrote both prose and poetry, contributed columns in Urdu newspapers, and a few articles in English dailies. Initially, she wrote under the pen-name "Beena". After teaching for nine years, she joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in October and worked in the customs department.

Parveen shakir in urdu

In , Shakir published her first volume of poetry Khushbu Fragrance to great acclaim. She was awarded one of the highest honours of Pakistan, the Pride of Performance , for her outstanding contributions to literature. She also published a collection of her newspaper columns, titled Gosha-e-Chashm Corner of the Eye. On 26 December , Shakir's car collided with a bus while she was on her way to work in Islamabad.

The accident resulted in her death. The road on which the accident took place is named after her as Parveen Shakir Road in sector F-7 Islamabad.