An Urdu poet, teacher and a government civil servant, Parveen Shakir was being remembered on her death anniversary on Wednesday. According to private news channel, Parveen Shakir was born on 24th November, 1952 in Karachi. She was highly educated with two masters degrees, one in English literature and one in linguistics. She also held a Ph.D and another master's degree in Bank Administration.

She was a teacher for nine years before joined the Civil Service and worked in the Customs Department. In 1986 she was appointed the second secretary, CBR in Islamabad. A number of books of her poetry have been published. In chronological order, they are Khushboo (1976), Sad-barg (1980), Khud-Kalaami (1990), Inkaar (1990) and Maah-e-Tamaam (1994).

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2012