From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of women writers who were born in
Pakistan or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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Umera Ahmad (born 1976), short story writer, novelist, playwright, author of
Pir-e-Kamil
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Annie Ali Khan (1980 – 21 July 2018), Pakistani writer and journalist
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Shaila Abdullah (born 1971), Pakistani-American short story writer, novelist
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Ishrat Afreen (born 1956), Pakistani-American poet, women's rights activist, educator
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Moniza Alvi (born 1954), Pakistani-British poet
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Altaf Fatima (1927–2018), Pakistani novelist
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Afzal Tauseef (May 18 1936 – December 30 2014), writer, columnist and journalist
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Fatima Surayya Bajia (1930–2016), novelist, playwright
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Bano Qudsia (1928-2017) novelist, playwright
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Fatima Bhutto (born 1982), poet, memorist, novelist
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Shahbano Bilgrami, poet, novelist, editor
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Razia Butt (1924–2012), novelist, autobiographer
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Tehmina Durrani (born 1953), autobiographical novelist, author of the widely translated My Feudal Lord
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Yasmeen Hameed, since 1988, poet, educator
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Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (1921–2000), Indian-born Pakistani journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist
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Shahida Hassan, since the mid-1990s, poet
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Zahida Hina, since 1962, essayist, journalist, columnist, short story writer, novelist
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Shahrukh Husain (born 1950), novelist, non-fiction writer, living in London
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Fahmida Hussain (born 1948), literary scholar, non-fiction writer
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Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani-American educator, historian, since 1990: non-fiction writer
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Asma Nabeel (fl 2000s), screenwriter, poet
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Kishwar Naheed (born 1940), poet, feminist
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Badam Natawan, (1924–1988), novelist, prose writer
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Sarwat Nazir, contemporary novelist, playwright, screenwriter, author of
Main Abdul Qadir Hoon (2010)
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Amina Nazli (1914–1996), writer, editor, feminist
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Zehra Nigah, since 1950s, poet, screenwriter
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Afia Salam (fl 1980s), journalist
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Sehba Sarwar, contemporary novelist, short story writer, author of Black Wings (2004)
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Sara Shagufta (died 1984), poet
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Bina Shah, since 2001, short story writer, novelist, columnist
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Qaisra Shahraz, since 2001, novelist, short story writer, living in Britain
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Parveen Shakir (1952–1994), poet, educator
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Kamila Shamsie (born 1973), English-language novelist
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Muneeza Shamsie, essayist, anthologist, literary writer
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Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938), English-language novelist, living in the United States
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Noorul Huda Shah (born 1957), playwright, novelist, Short story writer and Dramatist
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Salma Shaheen (born 1954), poet, writer, researcher and novelist
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See also
References
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