Abida Parveen

Abida Parveen

Abida Parveen is a Pakistani Sufi singer native to Sindh. She is considered as one of the finest Sufi singers of present era with a career spanning over forty years. Many National and International awards have been bestowed upon her including President of Pakistan's Award for Pride of Performance, the Sitara-e-Imtiaz and  Hilal-e-Imtiaz- Pakistan's second highest civilian award.

Abida Parveen was born in 1954 in Larkana region of Sindh, in southern Pakistan in a society where the Muslim Sufi culture was very popular. She is known for her blinding quality of voice. Her two most popular Sufi songs are Tere Ishq Nachaya which is based upon Baba Bulleh Shah's poetry and Yaar ko Humne from Raqs-e-Bismil album.

Abida Parveen has performed on every popular  stage all over the world. Recently, she created a mystical environment with her sizzling voice in Morocco's Fez Festival where she performed to an audience of over 10,000. Abida has also performed at renowned Royal Festival Hall in London on September 15, 2001 where she captured the hearts of listeners.


Abida's has an enormous fan following in Indian subcontinent. Her fans call her Undisputed Queen of Sufi Music. She says Sufi music will always be a source in unifying the two countries sharing so much common cultural and traditional legacy, peace will prevail one day and Sufi music will be the source.

Abida Parveen married Ghulam Hussain Sheikh in 1975. He was working at Radio Pakistan as a senior producer. Hussain later retired from his job in 1980s to look after  Parveen's career.