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Added: 2026-05-26

Parveen Shakir (1952-1994) was a pioneering Pakistani Urdu poet who revolutionized traditional ghazal poetry by introducing a distinct female voice, challenging male-dominated literary perspectives and expressing womanhood, romance, and societal expectations from a woman's perspective through her acclaimed works including Khushbu (1976), Sad-barg (1980), and Khud Kalami (1990).