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 in ...

KARACHI: Parveen Shakir’s poetry is exceptional because it has wisdom (daanish) in it which is unique to the poetess herself. At the same time being a student of linguistics and a reader of world ...

ISLAMABAD: Legendary poetess Parveen Shakir was remembered on her 72nd birth anniversary being observed across the country on Sunday. Born on November 24, 1952, in Karachi, Parveen Shakir held a ...

The 30th death anniversary of poetess Parveen Shakir was observed on Thursday. Parveen Shakir started writing at a very young age. She wrote both prose and poetry, contributed columns in Urdu ...

PARVEEN Shakir was born on a rainy day in November 1952, in Karachi. By the age of 25, she had made her mark as a poet of substance through mushairas, radio and television appearances. Her first ...

ISLAMABAD: Poets, writers, former colleagues and members of the Parveen Shakir Trust gathered on Friday to mark the 31st death anniversary of Pakistan’s celebrated poet Parveen Shakir. The ...