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{{short description|Pakistani sufi singer}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Queen of Sufi Music
| name =
| honorific_suffix = [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI]] [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI]] [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz|SI]] [[Pride of Performance|PP]]
| image = Abida Parveen.jpg
| caption = Abida Parveen in 2016
| native_name = {{unq|عابده پروين}}
| native_name_lang = ur
| birth_name =
| alias = Living legend of Pakistan
Queen of Sufi music<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036vs0h|publisher=BBC RADIO ASIAN NETWORK|date=14 July 2013|access-date=9 November 2018|title=Abida Parveen, the Queen of Sufi music talks to Saima Ajram about her career, her childhood and her thoughts on the month of Ramadhan}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1954|2|20}}
| birth_place = [[Larkana]], [[Sind Province (1936–55)|Sindh]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* Musician
* Entrepreneur
* Composer
}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
|embed=yes
| origin = [[Pakistan]]
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Sufi music|Sufi]]
* [[kafi]]
* [[ghazal]]
* [[qawwali]]
}}
| instrument = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* harmonium
* percussions
}}
| years_active = 1973–present
| label = Coke studio, PTV, etc
| associated_acts = ''[[Coke Studio (Pakistan)|Coke Studio]]'', [[Jahan-e-Khusrau]], [[Bulleh Shah]], [[Mobilink]], [[Telenor]], Alfllah,
[[Pakistan Television Corporation]]
| website = {{URL|abidaparveen.com.pk}}
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}
}}

'''Abida Parveen''' ({{Lang-sd|{{Lang|sd|{{Naskh|عابده پروين}}}}}}; {{Lang-ur|{{nq|عابدہ پروین}}}}; born 20 February 1954)<ref>{{cite news |title=Abida Parveen: The Soul of Sufi Music |url=https://www.globalvillagespace.com/abida-parveen-the-soul-of-sufi-music/ |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=Global Village Space |date=20 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="passion">{{cite news|last1=Iqbal|first1=Nosheen|title=Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/08/abida-parveen-sufi-singer-passion|access-date=9 November 2018|work=[[The Guardian]] (newspaper)|date=8 July 2013|ref=Parveen's late husband, Sheikh Ghulam Hussain, retired from his job as a producer on Radio Pakistan to mentor and manage her career in the 1980s.}}</ref> is a [[Pakistani]] singer, composer and musician of [[Sufi music]]. She is also a painter and entrepreneur. Parveen is one of the highest paid singers in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=You can't listen to them if you can't afford them… |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1457866/cant-listen-cant-afford/ |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=The Express Tribune |date=14 July 2017 }}</ref> Her singing and music has earned her many accolades, and she has been dubbed as the 'Queen of Sufi music'.

Born and raised in [[Larkana]] into a [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] [[Sufism in Pakistan|Sufi]] family, she was trained by her father Ustad Ghulam Haider who was a famous singer and music teacher. She plays [[Pump organ]], Keyboard and [[Sitar]]. Parveen started performing in the early 1970s and came into global prominence in the 1990s. Since 1993, Parveen has toured globally, performing her first international concert at [[Buena Park, California]].<ref name="EPSTEIN">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-18/entertainment/ca-36347_1_abida-parveen|title=Cleansing Soul Singer Has Purification Motives : Music: Abida Parveen of Pakistan tries to spread a message of love and induce a state of spiritual ecstasy with her Sufi mystic songs.|last=EPSTEIN|first=BENJAMIN|date=18 September 1993|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|issn=0458-3035|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> She has also performed in Churches several times. Parveen features in Pakistan's popular musical show [[Coke Studio (Pakistan)|Coke Studio]] and was a judge on the pan-South Asia contest show [[Sur Kshetra]]<ref name=Dawn3>{{Cite web|url=http://images.dawn.com/news/1175988|title=Amjad Sabri, Rahat Fateh, Abida Parveen kick-start Coke Studio 9 with an emotional tribute|author=Images Staff|date=8 August 2016|publisher=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> alongside [[Runa Laila]] and [[Asha Bhosle]] hosted by [[Ayesha Takia]]. She had appeared in various Indian and [[Pakistani]] Music reality shows including [[Pakistan Idol]], [[Chhote Ustaad]] and [[STAR Voice of India]]. She is among [[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]] of the world with the power to induce hysteria in her audience, Parveen is a "[[Globe|Global]] [[Mysticism|Mystic]] [[Sufi]] Ambassador". In the last few years she has sung in a [[Pepsi]] commercial collaborating with [[Atif Aslam]] for this.

Parveen is regularly referred to as one of the world's greatest mystic singers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Madhumita Dutta|title=Let's Know Music and Musical Instruments of India|date=2008|isbn=9781905863297|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxsy28eStmAC&q=abida+parveen&pg=PT57}}</ref> She sings mainly [[ghazal]]s, [[thumri]], [[khyal]], [[qawwali]], [[raga]] (raag), [[Sufi rock]], classical, [[semi-classical music]] and her specialty, [[kafi]], a solo genre accompanied by percussion and [[harmonium]], using a repertoire of songs by [[Sufi]] poets.<ref name="te">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4725607/Singer-with-the-knock-out-effect.html|title=Singer with the knock-out effect|first=Peter|last=Culshaw|date=14 September 2001|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> Parveen sings in [[Urdu]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/15/arts/ecstasy-in-songs-of-the-sufi.html |title=Ecstasy In Songs Of the Sufi |author=[[Neil Strauss]] |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 October 1996 |access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1996/10/11/1996-10-11_mystical_singer_s_music_is_t.html |title=MYSTICAL SINGER'S MUSIC IS THE MESSAGE| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405192118/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1996/10/11/1996-10-11_mystical_singer_s_music_is_t.html |archive-date=5 April 2010| author=Mary Talbot |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |date=11 October 1996}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/worldmusic00rich_0/page/247  Abida Parveen] ''World music: the basics'', by Richard Nidel. [[Routledge]], 2005. {{ISBN|0-415-96800-3}}. ''p.247''.</ref> Parveen notably sung a famous song in [[Nepali language]] called "Ukali Orali Haruma", originally by Nepali singer [[Tara Devi (singer)|Tara Devi]], in a concert in [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] and in 2017, she was designated a 'Peace Ambassador' by [[SAARC]].

Parveen is best known for singing in an impassioned, loud voice, especially on the song ''Yaar ko Humne'' from the album ''Raqs-e-Bismil'' and ''Tere Ishq Nachaya'' which is a rendition of [[Bulleh Shah]]'s poetry.<ref>{{cite book|last=Anna S. King, J. L. Brockington|title=The Intimate Other: Love Divine in Indic Religions|date=2005|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788125028017|pages=358|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhgDL6SwGeQC&q=abida+parveen&pg=PA358}}</ref> She was bestowed [[Pakistan]]'s second highest [[civilian award]] [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz]] in 2012<ref name=Tribune>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/525517/recognition-president-zardari-confers-top-civil-awards/ |title=Abida Parveen's Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award (2012) |work=The Express Tribune (newspaper) |access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> and the highest civilian award [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]] in March 2021 by the [[President of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Abida Parveen, Faisal Edhi among 88 conferred civil awards by President Alvi |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1614182 |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Dawn |date=23 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==

Parveen was born in Ali Goharabad in [[Larkana]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan. She received her musical training initially from her father, [[Ustad]] Ghulam Haider, whom she refers as Baba Sain and Gawwaya. He had his own musical school where Parveen got her devotional inspiration from. She and her father would often perform at shrines of Sufi Saints. Parveen's talent compelled her father to choose her as his musical heir over his two sons. Growing up, she attended her father's music school, where her foundation in music was laid.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/begum-abida-parveen-sings-dil-se/articleshow/26475.cms Begum Abida Parveen sings dil se] TNN, ''[[The Times of India]]'', 17 June 2003.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sindhiaudio.blogspot.com/2007/08/abida-parveen-biography.html|title=SINDHI MUSIC|author=Mughal |work=sindhiaudio.blogspot.com|access-date=18 January 2015|date=31 August 2007}}</ref> Later Ustad Salamat Ali Khan of the [[Sham Chaurasia gharana]] also taught and nurtured her. Parveen always remembers that she was never forced towards this occupation and she sang her first complete kalam when she was only 3 years old.

==Career==
[[File:Abida Parveen concert 1.jpg|thumb|Parveen at her concert in [[Oslo]], 2007]]
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 language|Sindhi]] song ''Tuhinje zulfan jay band kamand widha.'' In 1977 she was introduced as an official singer on [[Radio Pakistan]]. Since then, Parveen has risen to prominence and is now considered one of the finest vocal artists of Pakistan. She has imbued [[Sufi]] music with a new identity, marking the beginning of this journey at [[Sultana Siddiqui]]'s Awaz-o-Andaz in 1980.

Parveen travels internationally, often performing at sold-out venues.<ref name="travel-culture.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.travel-culture.com/pakistan/music/abida-parveen.shtml|title=Abida Parveen|work=travel-culture.com|access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/08/abida-parveen-sufi-singer-passion|title=Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion'|author=Nosheen Iqbal|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2015|date=8 July 2013}}</ref> Her 1988 performance in Chicago was recorded by the Hazrat [[Amir Khusrau]] Society of Art and Culture, which issued an LP of her songs. Her 1989 performance in London's [[Wembley Conference Centre]] was broadcast on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. Parveen cites her motivation for international travel as being to spread [[Sufism]], peace and the divine message. In doing so, she also promotes Pakistani culture.

In the 1990s Parveen licensed her spiritual [[ghazals]] to [[Bollywood]], since her "spiritual brother", Khan, recorded songs for [[Bollywood]]. Recently Abida also performed at the grand finale of Sindh Festival arranged by [[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]] in [[Thatta]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mansoor|first1=Hasan|title=Sindh Literature Festival opens with Abida Parveen's performance|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1294316/sindh-literature-festival-opens-with-abida-parveens-performance|access-date=2 January 2017|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

* Abida had a special appearance in the super hit [[Lollywood]] movie "Zindagi" starring [[Sultan Rahi]], [[Arif Lohar]], [[Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi]] in lead cast for which she performed her famous rendition of Sufi [[Sachal Sarmast]] 'mahi yar di gharoli bhar di'.
* In 2007, Parveen collaborated with [[Shehzad Roy]] on a song entitled ''Zindagi'', dedicated to children's social problems .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sonyarehman.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/shehzad-roy-and-abida-parveen-collaborate-for-a-cause/|title=Shehzad Roy and Abida Parveen Collaborate for a Cause|work=Sonya Rehman's Archive|access-date=18 January 2015|date=19 July 2007}}</ref>
* In the same year she performed at the annual [[Oslo]] mela in [[Norway]].
* In 2010, Parveen performed at London's prestigious [[Royal Albert Hall]], along with Bollywood playback singer [[Sonu Nigam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/07/08/sonu-nigam-impresses-abida-parveen-1152351451.html|title=Sonu Nigam impresses Abida Parveen|date=8 July 2006|website=oneindia.com|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
* In 2010, Parveen performed at the Asia Society's Sufi Music Festival in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pareles|first1=Jon|title=Songs of the Saints, With Love, From Pakistan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/arts/music/22sufi.html|access-date=9 November 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=First Sufi festival in New York from July 20|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/947577/first-sufi-festival-in-new-york-from-july-20|access-date=2 January 2017|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=9 July 2010}}</ref>
* In 2010, she performed in [[Union Square, Manhattan]], in first Sufi Music Festival in New York City.
* Parveen performs annually at the Indian film-maker [[Muzaffar Ali]]'s [[Jahan-e-Khusrau]] event where she is reputed to be the top performer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abida Parveen: Sufi soul|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/343544/abida-parveen-sufi-soul/|access-date=9 November 2018|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
* In 2010, she judged the Indo-Pak venture [[Sur Kshetra]] TV Show.
* She performed in Manchester International Festival, 2013 in [[Bridgewater Hall]].
* Abida also collaborated in [[Manchester]] in 2013 with composer [[John Tavener]] for remarkable composition 'Mahamatar' for a [[Werner Herzog]] film about pilgrimage.
* She had performed in Holland festival 2014 in [[Stopera]], Amsterdam.
* Praveen was the grand performer of Dhaka International Folk Fest, 2015 in [[Bangladesh]] where she also received an award.
* In the Sindh Literature Festival, 2016, she performed the grand show and cut the ribbon on its inauguration alongside SLF chairperson.
* In the same year, she performed 2nd International Sufi Festival at [[Karachi]].
* In 2016, she collaborated with Indian Music director duo [[Salim–Sulaiman]] and an Orchestra in Toronto(Canada) for special song called "Noor e Illahi" released on Eid.
* In 2017, on new year eve Abida released 'Mulk e Khuda' a patriotic song featuring natural sites and landscapes of Pakistan.
* She has performed in the finale of Alchemy Festival, 2017 at [[Southbank Centre]], London.
* In the same year a Music video of romantic gazal "Ahat Si" was released by Abida feat. Saima Ajram.
* Her performance includes the annual Faiz International Festival at the death anniversary of [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]].

===''Coke Studio'' appearances===
Parveen began performing on the internationally acclaimed Pakistani show [[Coke Studio (Pakistan)|''Coke Studio'']] in 2010. She sang three songs: "Ramooz-e-Ishq", "Nigah-e-Darwaishaan", and "Soz-e-Ishq" in episodes 1 (Reason), 3 (Conception), and 5 (Realization), respectively of season 3. Parveen said she admired the programme because it offered a Dargahi environment. She commented:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forumpakistan.com/abida-parveen-profile-interview-and-pictures-t57031.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224053648/http://www.forumpakistan.com/abida-parveen-profile-interview-and-pictures-t57031.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2011|title=Abida Parveen – profile, interview & pictures|work=forumpakistan.com|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref>
<blockquote>"This project which Rohail Hyatt has started is indeed great and I would like to be a part of it for a long time. The music that comes out of this project reaches both the heart and soul and it always compliments the lyrics without overriding the true message of the kalams. This platform builds on those messages of our Sufi elders."</blockquote>

She was invited back in [[Coke Studio Pakistan (season 7)|season 7]] in 2014. She sang "Mein Sufi Hoon" with [[Rais Khan]] and performed "dost" as a solo. She also performed "Chaap Tilak" (A popular Sufi poem by [[Sufi]] poet [[Amir Khusro]]) in a duet with [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]].

Abida was also a part of season 9. Her first song along with other artists in the season, "Ae Rah Haq K Shaheedo" was dedicated to the war martyrs.<ref name=Dawn3/> After that she sang a duet with [[Ali Sethi]] entitled "Aaqa", then solo an entitled "Maula-i-Kull".

She also performed in season 14, singing "Tu Jhoom" with [[Naseebo Lal]].

== Quotes ==
* "Pakistan seems disconnected from the outside. But it is built and running on prayers of our Sufi kings, our ''pirs''. Poor people, rich people – we are all God's servants … I'm lucky. My audience is my God."<ref name="Iqbal">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/08/abida-parveen-sufi-singer-passion|title=Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion'|last=Iqbal|first=Nosheen|date=8 July 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref>
* "The songs purify the soul of a human being, the human is so involved that he has left God. The songs bring us near to God, near the Almighty, so that the human soul should be purified and satisfied."<ref name="EPSTEIN"/>

==Personal life==
===Education===
Abida got her master's degree from Sindh and also learnt Urdu, Sindhi and [[Persian language|Persian]] specifically.

===Marriage and family===
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. After he died of a heart attack on an international flight in the early 2000s, their daughter Maryam took up that role. There is a sense that Parveen's career has taken a more commercial route as a result of it.<ref name="theguardian.com"/> The couple has two daughters Pereha Ikram and Marium Hussain, and a son Sarang Latif who is a music director. All three children act as her advisors.<ref name="travel-culture.com"/> Her family understands her need for ''riyaz'' ( daily vocal music practice) and its required space to do that practice.<ref name="fuchsia.com.sg">{{cite web|url=http://fuchsia.com.sg/?p=5503|title=An Exclusive Interview with Abida Parveen- The Reigning Queen of Sufi Music|work=Fuchsia|access-date=18 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129032719/http://fuchsia.com.sg/?p=5503|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Abida Parveen Gallery===
Parveen is also interested in the arts. She owns the Abida Parveen Gallery which features jewellery, paintings, her music CDs, awards section and garments and accessories and is run by her daughters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/411142/a-store-thats-jewellery-will-set-it-apart|author=Vaqas Asghar|title=A store that's jewellery will 'set it apart'|work=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=21 July 2012|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> She also has her own music recording studio there.

===Clothing style===
Parveen has a distinctive clothing style which she has created herself for ease and comfort. She wears long simple frocks buttoned up to the top covered with a coat. She is always accompanied by an ''{{lang|sd-Latn|ajrak}}'', a Sindhi ''{{lang|sd-Latn|duppatta}}'', which she claims comes from the ''{{lang|sd-Latn|dargah}}'' (mausoleum) of [[Sufi saint]] [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai]] and her wardrobe is full of it.

===Other===
Parveen has taken Bayyat and became a disciple of Najeeb Sultan, her spiritual master. Parveen suffered a heart attack during a performance in [[Lahore]] on 28 November 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abida Parveen suffers heart attack during performance|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/83019/abida-parveen-suffers-heart-attack-during-performance/|access-date=9 November 2018|publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=28 November 2010}}</ref> [[Angiography]] and [[angioplasty]] were performed on her. She regained her health soon after.

==Awards and recognitions==
[[File:Fazal Malik Akif & Abida Parveen in Manchester on 04.12.1994.jpg|thumb|right|Parveen with the Pushto singer [[Fazal Malik Akif]] in Manchester, 1994.]]

* [[Pride of Performance]] Award (1984) by the [[President of Pakistan]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://infopak.gov.pk/AbidaParveen.aspx |title=Abida Parveen profile |access-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101001702/http://infopak.gov.pk/AbidaParveen.aspx |archive-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Latif Award]] (twice)
* [[Sindh]] Graduate Association Award
* [[Pakistan Television]] Award
* [[Sachal Sarmast]] Honor
* [[PTV Awards|9th PTV Awards]] for Best Singer in 1998<ref>{{Citation |title=PTV Awards 1998|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6o5shu2Tw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/xZ6o5shu2Tw |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|website=PTV (News)|access-date=29 June 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]] Award (2005) by President [[Pervez Musharaff]]<ref name=Dawn/>
* [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz]] Award (2012) by President [[Asif Ali Zardari]]<ref name=Tribune/>
* [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] at the Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal in India (2012).<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2012/10/09/india-honours-abida-parveen-with-life-time-achievement-award/|title=India honours Abida Parveen with lifetime achievement award|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=9 October 2012|access-date=23 July 2019|last1=Com|first1=Dawn}}</ref>
* 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 [[12th Lux Style Awards]]. (2013)
* Wonder Woman of the Year (2013)<ref>[http://wonderwomenpakistan.com/award-recipients?more=2# Wonder Women of Pakistan Award (winners)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731090136/http://wonderwomenpakistan.com/award-recipients?more=2 |date=31 July 2016 }} Retrieved 9 November 2018</ref>
* [[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 in Dhaka International Folk Fest 2015.
* She had been awarded in 2nd International Sufi Conference, 2016 in Karachi by famous politician [[Sharmila Farooqi]].
* [[15th Lux Style Awards]] for 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.

==Filmography==
Although Parveen is a highly acclaimed singer, she has never rendered her voice to films. Her pre-recorded songs have been used in films, however, on the insistence of her fans and Farooq Mengal. Parveen appears less and less in interviews and television morning shows due to her shy personality. Parveen confesses that she keeps getting offers from [[Bollywood]] film-makers namely [[Subhash Ghai]] and [[Yash Chopra]] but she keeps declining them as she has immersed herself in [[Sufism]] and it is time-consuming to spread the Divine Message.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/bollywood-can-wait-abida-parveen-interview_100456305.html%3E|title=Bollywood can wait: Abida Parveen (Interview)|publisher=Thaindian News|date=8 November 2010|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> She even got offers from [[Shah Rukh Khan]] for [[Ra.One]] and music director [[A.R.Rehman]] has offered her some songs, too.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news-and-interviews/Abida-Parveen-and-Runa-Laila-to-spread-love-in-India/articleshow/16049861.cms|title=Abida Parveen and Runa Laila to spread love in India |newspaper=The Times of India|author=Bharti Dubey|date=31 August 2012|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref>

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Show
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|1980
!scope="row"| ''Awaz-o-Andaz''
|Performer
|aired on PTV
|-
|2009
!scope="row"| ''Nara-e-Mastana''
|Performer
|Concert sponsored and aired by [[Hum TV|Hum]]
|-
| 2010
!scope="row"| ''Chotte Ustad''
| Guest Judge with [[Ghulam Ali (singer)|Ghulam Ali]]
| Eid Celebration
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Sur Kshetra]]'' TV Show
| Judge
|Representing [[Pakistan]] in India
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Shehr-e-Zaat]]''
| OST Singer for Yaar ko Humne
| Pre-recorded from album Raqs-e-Bismil
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa]]''
| Special appearance with [[Runa Laila]]
| To promote [[Sur Kshetra]] TV Show
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[1st Hum Awards]]''
| Performer
| Sang Naraye Mastana
|-
| 2014
!scope="row"| ''[[Pakistan Idol]]'' TV Show
| Guest Judge
| Grand Finale
|-
| 2014
!scope="row"| ''Zee Channel''
| TV Singer
| New Channel
|-
| 2014
!scope="row"| ''Sama-e-Ishq''
| Performer
| Concert aired on [[Hum TV]]
|}

===Films===

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col"| Song
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 2005
!scope="row"| ''[[Viruddh]]''
| Mann Lago Yaar Bhala Hua Meri Saahib Mera Ek
| From her album "Kabir by Abida"
|-
| 2008
!scope="row"| ''[[Zill-e-Shah]]''
| Sajjan de Haath
| Pre-recorded
|-
| 2013
!scope="row"| ''[[Ishq Khuda]]''
| Title Track
| Pre-recorded Winner-[[1st ARY Film Awards]] for Best Female Playback Singer
|-
| 2015
!scope="row"| ''[[Jaanisaar]]''
| Sufiye Ba Safa Manam (female)
| Indian film by [[Muzaffar Ali]]
|-
| 2015
!scope="row"| ''[[Bin Roye]]''
| Maula Maula
| with [[Zeb Bangash]] Winner-[[15th Lux Style Awards]] for Best Female Playback Singer
|-
| 2017
!scope="row"| ''[[Rangreza]]''
| Phool Khil Jayein
| with [[Asrar (musician)]]
|}

==Discography==
{{Main|Abida Parveen discography}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

* [https://punjabistudio.in/biography-of-abida-parveen/ Abida Parveen] at [https://punjabistudio.in/ Punjabi Studio]
* {{IMDb name|5052650}}

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