The 28th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir was observed on Monday.

Parveen Shakir started writing at a very young age. She wrote both prose and poetry, contributed columns in Urdu newspapers, and a few articles in English dailies.

She was winner of the Pride of Performance, for her outstanding contributions to literature.

Her popular poetry work includes Sad-barg, Khud Kalami and Inkar which were compiled in the book Mah-e-Tamam.

Parveen Shakir died in a road accident in Islamabad in 1994 at the age of forty-two.