# List of Pakistani women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Pakistan or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Umera Ahmad (born 1976), short story writer, novelist, playwright, author of Pir-e-Kamil
* Annie Ali Khan (1980 – 21 July 2018), Pakistani writer and journalist
* Shaila Abdullah (born 1971), Pakistani-American short story writer, novelist
* Ishrat Afreen (born 1956), Pakistani-American poet, women's rights activist, educator
* Moniza Alvi (born 1954), Pakistani-British poet
* Altaf Fatima (1927–2018), Pakistani novelist
* Afzal Tauseef (May 18 1936 – December 30 2014), writer, columnist and journalist

## B

* Fatima Surayya Bajia (1930–2016), novelist, playwright
* Bano Qudsia (1928-2017) novelist, playwright
* Fatima Bhutto (born 1982), poet, memorist, novelist
* Shahbano Bilgrami, poet, novelist, editor
* Razia Butt (1924–2012), novelist, autobiographer

## C

* Zeenat Abdullah Channa, (1919–1974), Short story writer, essayist

## D

* Tehmina Durrani (born 1953), autobiographical novelist, author of the widely translated My Feudal Lord

## F

* Bushra Farrukh (born 1957), poet
* Samira Fazal (born 1976), playwright, screenwriter

## H

* Yasmeen Hameed, since 1988, poet, educator
* Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (1921–2000), Indian-born Pakistani journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist
* Shahida Hassan, since the mid-1990s, poet
* Zahida Hina, since 1962, essayist, journalist, columnist, short story writer, novelist
* Shahrukh Husain (born 1950), novelist, non-fiction writer, living in London
* Fahmida Hussain (born 1948), literary scholar, non-fiction writer
* Hseena Moin top Writer حسینہ معین) (20 November 1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter.

## I

* Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915–2000), politician, essayist, autobiographer
* Saba Imtiaz, journalist, author, screenwriter
* Farhat Ishtiaq (born 1980), novelist, screenwriter, author of Humsafar

## J

* Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani-American educator, historian, since 1990: non-fiction writer

## K

* Manmeet Kaur (fl 2000s), Sikh journalist
* Uzma Aslam Khan (born 1969), Pakistani novelist
* Rukhsana Khan (born 1962), Pakistani-Canadian children's writer
* Maki Kureishi (1927–1995), poet

## L

* Yasmeen Lari (born c.1941), architect, non-fiction writer

## M

* Muniba Mazari
* Shazia Mirza (British Comedian and Writer) Columnist for The Guardian

## N

* Asma Nabeel (fl 2000s), screenwriter, poet
* Kishwar Naheed (born 1940), poet, feminist
* Badam Natawan, (1924–1988), novelist, prose writer
* Sarwat Nazir, contemporary novelist, playwright, screenwriter, author of Main Abdul Qadir Hoon (2010)
* Amina Nazli (1914–1996), writer, editor, feminist
* Zehra Nigah, since 1950s, poet, screenwriter

## R

* Bushra Rahman (1944–2022), politician, novelist
* Samina Raja (1961–2012), poet, translator, educator
* Fahmida Riaz (1946–2018), poet, translator, feminist

## S

* Afia Salam (fl 1980s), journalist
* Sehba Sarwar, contemporary novelist, short story writer, author of Black Wings (2004)
* Sara Shagufta (died 1984), poet
* Bina Shah, since 2001, short story writer, novelist, columnist
* Qaisra Shahraz, since 2001, novelist, short story writer, living in Britain
* Parveen Shakir (1952–1994), poet, educator
* Kamila Shamsie (born 1973), English-language novelist
* Muneeza Shamsie, essayist, anthologist, literary writer
* Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938), English-language novelist, living in the United States
* Noorul Huda Shah (born 1957), playwright, novelist, Short story writer and Dramatist
* Salma Shaheen (born 1954), poet, writer, researcher and novelist

## T

* Naseem Thebo, (1948–2012), story writer

## Y

* Malala Yousafzai (born 1997), Nobel Peace Prize winner, female education activist, memoirist

## Z

* Sumaira Zareen (1944–1977), story writer
* Zaitoon Bano (18 June 1938 — 14 September 2021), fiction writer, poet