Abida Parveen is a prominent figure in Pakistan. Parveen is a “Global Mystic Sufi Ambassador” and one of the world’s 500 most influential Muslim celebrities. She can whip up a mass frenzy with her speeches. She is a vocalist, composer, and musician from Pakistan who specializes in Sufi Music. She also works as an artist and businesswoman. As a vocalist, Parveen is one of Pakistan’s top earners. She has been called the “Queen of Sufi music” for her illustrious career as a singer and musician.

She was reared by her famed singer/music instructor father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, in the Sindhi Sufi community of Larkana. She is accomplished on the Sitar, Keyboard, and Pump organ.

She was born on February 20, 1954. Abida studied in Sindh for her Master’s degree and picked up the local languages along with Urdu and Sindhi, as well as some basic Persian. While working as a senior producer at Radio Pakistan, Abida wed Ghulam Hussain Sheikh in 1975.

Performing since the early 1970s, Parveen gained international fame in the 1990s. After giving her debut global performance in Buena Park, California, in 1993, Parveen has been touring the world.

Abida Parveen’s Career and Biography

Before her 1973 debut with the Sindhi son famous Tuhinje zulfan jay band kamand widha on Radio Pakistan, Parveen had already begun playing at Shrines and Urs in the early 1970s. She immediately became a hit at Radio Pakistan’s formal debut in 1977.

Since then, Parveen’s career has skyrocketed, and she is now widely regarded as one of Pakistan’s top vocalists. She gave Sufi Music a fresh voice, and 1980s Awaz-o-Andaz was the first stop on this trip.

The Hazrat Ameer Khusrau Society of Art and Culture produced a record of her Chicago performance in 1988. The BBC aired her show from the Wembley Conference Centre in London in 1989. To propagate Sufism, peace, and the divine word, Parveen plans to traverse the world. She also spreads awareness about Pakistani culture in the process.

Parveen has been on the famous Pakistani music program Coke Studio and served as a judge on the South Asian talent competition Sur Kshetra with Runa Laila and Asha Bhosle.

She has previously competed in reality series, including Pakistan Idol and STAR Voice of India, all centered on the world of Pakistani and Indian Music.

She primarily performs songs by Sufi poets, including ghazals, thumri, khyal, qawwali, raga (Raag), classical, semi-classical, and her specialty, kafi, a solo genre backed by drums and harmonium.

When it comes to performing at concerts and other events, Abida Parveen is the highest paid female vocalist.

Best Songs of Abida Parveen

There is a long list of best hits given by Abida Parveen. Some of the most hyped ones are:

Main Naraye Mastana
Sounn to Sapne Milun
Mera Sohna Sajan
Jo Rang Rangeya
Damadam Mast Kalandar
Tera Faqir Hoon Maula
Saahib Mera Ik Hai
Main Jaanu Mera Khuda Jaane

Abida Parveen’s Achievements

In 2017, Parveen was named a “Peace Ambassador” by SAARC for her performance of a well-known Nepali song titled “Ukali Orali Haruma,” originally performed by Nepali artist Tara Devi during a concert in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Parveen’s interpretation of Bulleh Shah’s poem, Yaar ko Humne, Raqs-e-Bismil, and Tere Ishq Nachaya, is particularly well-known for her passionate, forceful singing style.

She received Pakistan’s highest civilian honor, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in March 2021. Before that, in 2012, she received Pakistan’s second-highest civilian award, the Hilal-e-Imtiaz.

Awards of Abida Parveen

Pride of Performance Award (1984) by the President of Pakistan
Latif Award (twice)
Sindh Graduate Association Award
Pakistan Television Award
Sachal Sarmast Honor
9th PTV Awards for Best Singer in 1998
Sitara-e-Imtiaz Award (2005) by President Pervez Musharaff
Hilal-e-Imtiaz Award (2012) by President Asif Ali Zardari
Lifetime Achievement Award at the Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal in India (2012).
Honored at the 16th Pakistan Television Awards Ceremony-PTV Award. (2011)
Nominated for Best Original Sound Track (OST) for Yaar Ko Hamne Jabaja Dekha at the 12th Lux Style Awards. (2013)
Wonder Woman of the Year (2013)
1st ARY Film Awards for Best Playback Singer for the film Ishq Khuda (2014).
Gold Crown on glorious 40 years in the Music Industry by the Sindhi Singers Association in Larkana. (2014)
Pakistani Diplomat Javed Malik presented an Ambassador’s Recognition Award in Dubai (2015).
Tributed at the 17th PTV Awards in the category of ‘Legends’. (2012)
3rd Hum Awards for excellence in Music. (2015)
She had been awarded at Dhaka International Folk Fest 2015.
She had been awarded at the 2nd International Sufi Conference, in 2016 in Karachi by famous politician Sharmila Farooqi.
15th Lux Style Awards for the best female singer(film)in 2016.
Saima Ajram, a presenter at BBC Asian Network, presented a lifetime achievement award to her at her home in 2016.
PISA Lifetime Achievement Award – 2020.
Nishan-e-Imtiaz by President Arif Alvi – 23 March 2021.

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Abida Parveen is one of highly paid female singers in Pakistan.
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