Parveen’s 17th death anniversary

The 17th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir was observed here on Monday. Prominent literary figures also lay floral wreaths on the grave of late poetess. Parveen Shakir was 42 when she died in a road accident on December 26, in 1994. Born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi, she was a noted Urdu poetess, teacher and a civil servant. She did her masters in English Literature and Linguistics from the Karachi University. She also obtained a second masters degree in public administration from the Harvard University in 1991.
She was a professor at the Karachi University and Trinity College, Connecticut, USA, for 9 years before joining the Civil Service, where she served in the Customs department. In 1986, she was appointed CBR second secretary in Islamabad.
Her poetry was a breath of fresh air as she used the first person feminine pronoun, which is rarely used in Urdu poetry even by female poets.