Parveen Shakir remembered

Islamabad
Eminent Urdu poetess Parveen Shakir was remembered across the country on the occasion of her 63rd birthday.
Born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi she was a noted poetess teacher and a civil servant.
She did her master s in English literature and linguistics from the Karachi University.
She was a professor at the Karachi University and Trinity College Connecticut, USA for nine years before joining the civil services where she served in the Customs department.
In 1986 she was appointed the second secretary Central Board of Revenue (CBR) in Islamabad.
In 1990 she taught at the Trinity College Connecticut, USA and then did her masters in public administration from the Harvard University in 1991.
Her work was a breath of fresh air in Urdu poetry. She used the first person feminine pronoun which is rarely used in Urdu poetry even by female poets. The feminine perspective of love and the associated social problems were her theme.