Parvesh Shaheen

Writing

Shaheen started writing for the Daily Shahbaz Peshawar in 1958, when he was in 7th standard. He wrote hundreds of articles in papers, newspapers, magazines and journals. He has written essays for every leading journal in Pakistan and other national standard journals since 1980.

Academia

Shaheen worked with Japan Province Project from 1998 until 2000 as chairman. He worked at Kalam Development Project of Switzerland as a culture consultant. He worked at Allai Dam Hydel Project Batagram. Shaheen worked as a research scholar for Ancient Wooden Museum Preservation at Lok-Versa Islamabad, and as literary and culture adviser to the Commissioner of Malakand Division since 1985.

Linguistics

Shaheen is a member of the New Alphabet Committee at Pashto Academy Peshawar. He worked as a review expert on the Pashto Computerized Alphabet Committee Islamabad in 2005. He was a Director of National Language Authority for the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Shaheen also worked on Kalasha language.

Other

He buried archaeological remains in dirt during the insurgency period so they could be preserved. He later worked as a volunteer with an Italian mission in the reconstruction of a statue of Buddha. During Swat operations, Shaheen opposed the Taliban. As a prominent figure, he was beaten, injured and had damage caused to his personal library by the Taliban.

Pashto Books

Urdu Books