Abida Parveen is a well-known Pakistani singer in the traditions of qawwali, ghazal and kafi, and known to many as the Sufi Queen of music. Abida composes her own music adding to it lyrics from Sufi poetry,


Abida Parveen (born 1954) (Sindhi: عابده پروين, Urdu: عابده پروین‎), is a Pakistani singer of Sindhi descent and one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music (Sufiana kalaam). She sings mainly ghazals and her forte, Kafis, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets. Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Saraiki, Punjabi and Persian, and together with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is considered one of the finest Sufi vocalists of the modern era. She is currently a Judge on a musical show Sur Kshetra.

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