Parveen Shakir’s 19th death anniversary today
Karachi: The 19th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir will be observed on Thursday (today).
Different programmes will be organised in connection with the death anniversary of the poetess, who died in a tragic car accident while on her way to work in 1994.
Quran Khwani will also be held on the day and a wreath will be laid on her grave at the H-8 graveyard in Islamabad.
A programme will be held in Lahore at 4pm by the Pakistan Post Office to inaugurate a commemorative postage stamp to honour the late Parveen Shakir.
Poets and other members of the literary world and the civil society are expected to attend the event.
Parveen Shakir was born on November 24, 1952. She was also a teacher and civil servant of the Government of Pakistan. She started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu (Fragrance), to great acclaim in 1976.
She subsequently published other volumes of poetry — all well-received — Sad-barg (Marsh Marigold) in 1980, Khud Kalami (Soliloquy) andInkar (Denial) in 1990, Kaf e Aina (The Mirror’s Edge), besides a collection of her newspaper columns titled Gosha-e-Chashm (The Sight Corner), and was awarded one of Pakistan’s highest honours, the Pride of Performance, for her outstanding contribution to literature.
The poetry books are collected in the volume Mah e Tamam (Full Moon) with the exception of Kaf e Aina.
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