1. Abida Parveen is a Pakistani singer, composer, musician of Sufi music, painter and an entrepreneur.
33 Facts About Abida Parveen
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Abida Parveen's singing and music have earned her many accolades, and she has been dubbed the Queen of Sufi music.
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Since 1993, Abida Parveen has toured globally, performing her first international concert at Buena Park, California.
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Abida Parveen features in Pakistan's popular musical show Coke Studio and was a judge on the pan-South Asia contest show Sur Kshetra alongside Runa Laila and Asha Bhosle, hosted by Ayesha Takia.
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Abida Parveen had appeared in various Indian and Pakistani music reality shows, including Pakistan Idol, Chhote Ustaad, and STAR Voice of India.
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Abida Parveen is regularly referred to as one of the world's greatest mystic singers.
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Abida Parveen notably sang a famous song in Nepali language called "Ukali Orali Haruma", originally by Nepali singer Tara Devi, in a concert in Kathmandu, Nepal, and in 2017, she was designated a 'Peace Ambassador' by SAARC.
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Abida Parveen is best known for singing in an impassioned, loud voice, especially on the songs Yaar ko Humne from the album Raqs-e-Bismil and Tere Ishq Nachaya, which is a rendition of Bulleh Shah's poetry.
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Abida Parveen was bestowed Pakistan's second highest civilian award, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, in 2012 and the highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in March 2021, by the President of Pakistan.
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Abida Parveen received her musical training initially from her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, whom she refers to as Baba Sain and Gawwaya.
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Abida Parveen had his own musical school, where Parveen got her devotional inspiration.
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Abida Parveen's talent compelled her father to choose her as his musical heir over his two sons.
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Abida Parveen always remembers that she was never forced into this occupation, and she sang her first complete kalam when she was only 3 years old.
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Abida Parveen had already begun performing at Dargahs and Urs in the early 1970s, but it was in 1973, on Radio Pakistan, that she achieved her first real breakthrough with the Sindhi song Tuhinje zulfan jay band kamand widha.
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Since then, Abida Parveen has risen to prominence and is considered one of the finest vocal artists in Pakistan.
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Abida Parveen has imbued Sufi music with a new identity, marking the beginning of this journey at Sultana Siddiqui's Awaz-o-Andaz in 1980.
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Abida Parveen cites her motivation for international travel as being to spread Sufism, peace, and the divine message.
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Recently, Abida Parveen performed at the grand finale of the Sindh Festival, arranged by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Thatta.
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Abida Parveen began performing on the internationally acclaimed Pakistani show Coke Studio in 2010.
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Abida Parveen said she admired the programme because it offered a Dargahi environment.
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Abida Parveen was invited back to season 7 in 2014.
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Abida Parveen sang "Mein Sufi Hoon" with Rais Khan and performed "dost" as a solo.
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Abida Parveen performed "Chaap Tilak" in a duet with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
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Abida Parveen performed in season 14, singing "Tu Jhoom" with Naseebo Lal.
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Abida Parveen got her master's degree from Sindh and learned Urdu, Sindhi, and Persian specifically.
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In 1975, Abida married Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, senior producer at Radio Pakistan, who had retired from his job in the 1980s to manage and mentor Parveen's career.
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Abida Parveen owns the Abida Parveen Gallery, which features jewellery, paintings, her music CDs, an awards section, and garments and accessories.
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Abida Parveen has a distinctive clothing style that she has created herself for ease and comfort.
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Abida Parveen wears long, simple frocks buttoned up to the top with loose arms with or without cuffs and covered with a coat.
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Abida Parveen is always accompanied by an Ajrak, a Sindhi shawl, which she claims comes from the of Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, and her wardrobe is full of it.
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Abida Parveen has taken Bayyat and became a disciple of Najeeb Sultan, her spiritual master.
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Abida Parveen suffered a heart attack during a performance in Lahore on 28 November 2010.
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Abida Parveen revealed in interviews that she has received offers from Bollywood filmmakers such as Subhash Ghai and Yash Chopra.