Fans recall Munir Niazi, Parveen Shakir on their anniversary


LAHORE, Dec 26 (SABAH): The death anniversary of Urdu and Punjabi
poet Munir Niazi was being observed on Monday.
Munir Niazi’s Urdu poetry work includes “Taiz Hawa aur Tanha Phool”,
“Jungle main Dhanak” and “Mah-e-Munir” while he published three of
his works in Punjabi namely, “Safar di Raat”, “Char Chup Cheezan”and
“Rasta Dasan Walay Teray.” He died on this day in Lahore in 2006.
Meanwhile, the death anniversary of eminent Urdu poet Parveen
Shakir also was also observed on Monday.
Parveen was born in 1952 and started writing at a very early age with
her pen name Beena. It was 1977 when she got published her first
collection of poetry called “Khusbu” which earned a huge fame. Her
famous poetry books include “Mah-e-Tamam”, “Sad-Barg “,
Khud’kalaami” and “Inkar”. She died on this day in a car accident in
Islamabad in 1994.