Facts:   - instrument: vocals harmonium percussions    - years active: 1973 -- present    - native name lang: sd    - native name: عابده پروين    - caption: parveen in coke studio in 2010    - birth name: abida parveen    - origin: larkana , sindh , pakistan    - genre: kafi ghazal qawwali      - alias: queen of sufi music , abida ji    - awards: hilal-e-imtiaz -lrb- 2012 -rrb- sitara-e-imtiaz -lrb- 2005 -rrb-    - name: abida parveen    - background: solo_singer    - image: abida parveen in 2009.png    - nationality: pakistani    - associated acts: coke studio , jahan-e-khusrau , bulleh shah    - occupation: singer musician entrepreneur   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of abida parveen .
abida parveen is a pakistani singer of sindhi descent and one of the foremost exponents of sufi music -lrb- `` sufiana kalaam '' -rrb- .she is held as one of the world 's greatest singers .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 .she is arguably considered one of the finest sufi vocalists of the modern era with a career spanning over four decades .parveen is best known for her songs `` yaar ko humne '' from the album `` raqs-e-bismil '' and `` tere ishq nachaya '' which is a rendition of bulleh shah 's poetry .she was a judge on the musical show sur kshetra .pakistan 's second highest civilian award the hilal-e-imtiaz has been bestowed upon her .