Parveen Shakir was a distinguished Pakistani Urdu poetess, educator, and a municipal servant of Government of Pakistan. She was born on 24 November 1952 in Karachi. She started writing at a very early age and published her first volume of verse, Khushbu (Fragrance) in 1972 when she was only 24 years old. Her books received incredible recognition.
Her books ‘Sad Barg’, ‘Khud Kalami’ and ‘Kaf-i-Aina’ were published during the ’80s and ’90s and got so much popularity. At the beginning of her career, she used the pen-name ‘Bina’. For her extraordinary commitment to writing, she was granted one of Pakistan’s most noteworthy respects, the Pride of Performance in 1976
“The philosophy of love is the foundation of my poetry and this is the reason why I always ponder over the triangle of God, universe and human and understand them.” – Shakir
This was said during the interview by legendary poetess Parveen Shakir who stole the hearts of young and old people through her fragrance spreading Urdu poetry.The poetry of Parveen Shakir is perceived as a mix of the established convention with present-day thoughtfulness”, and primarily managed the ladylike point of view on topics of love, sympathy, affection, and sentiment and related topics like attractiveness, closeness, parting, terminations, spaces, doubts and unfaithfulness, and betrayal. Majority of her poetry comprises five to ten odes.
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