List of Pakistani authors
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This is a List of Pakistani writers, writers of fiction and nonfiction who are native to, or born in, Pakistan
, writing in any language.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, writing in any language.
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- Ahmed AliAhmed AliAhmed Ali was an Indian novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar, who was responsible for writing Twilight in Delhi. Born in Delhi, India, he was involved in progressive literary movements as a young man...
- Abdul Hameed
- Ahfaz ur Rahman
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ahmad Nadeem QasimiAhmad Nadeem QasimiAhmad Nadeem Qasmi, PP, SI was a legendary Urdu and English language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. With some 50 books of poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art to his credit, Qasmi was a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature...
- Aijaz Ahmad MangiAijaz Ahmad MangiAijaz Ahmad Mangi [ Sindhi: اعجاز احمد منگى ] born February 25, 1965 in Shikarpur, Sindh is a writer and journalist. He has interviewed many notable Pakistani personalities including Murtaza Bhutto, GM Syed. & Sherbaz Mazari. He is a writes for the Daily Ummat, an Urdu-language newspaper...
- Alamgir HashmiAlamgir HashmiAlamgir Hashmi is a major English poet of Pakistani origin in the latter half of the 20th century. Considered avant-garde, both his early and later works were published to universal critical acclaim and widespread influence...
- Alauddin MasoodAlauddin MasoodAlauddin Masood is an author, columnist, educationalist and former bureaucrat of Pakistan. He retired in January 2001 from the post of Director-General / Joint Secretary, Senate Secretariat.- References :...
- Altaf FatimaAltaf FatimaAltaf Fatima is an Urdu novelist. Her novel Dastak Na Do has enjoyed a lot of success and is widely regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language...
- Ali MoeenAli MoeenAli Moeen is a Pakistani dramatist and lyricist. He has written more than a dozen drama serials with dictionary seeking titles and also is known as the Gulzar of Pakistan music industry as lyricist, having written more than a hundred songs for various Pakistani artists.- Biography :Born November...
- Altaf GauharAltaf GauharAltaf Gauhar was a civil servant, journalist, poet, and writer from Pakistan. He was born in Gujranwala.-Civil service career:...
- Amar JaleelAmar Jaleel-Introduction:Qazi Abdul Jaleel , popularly known as Amar Jaleel, is a Sindhi fiction writer and a columnist whose columns appears in various Sindhi, Urdu and English-language dailies of Pakistan. He frequently plays with a dark sense of humor in his writings. Has authored 20 books...
- Anwar MaqsoodAnwar MaqsoodAnwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistani playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.-Life and career:Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust...
- Anwaar AhmadAnwaar Ahmad-Present Assignment:Dr. Anwaar Ahmad has been appointed as Chairman, National Language Authority, Pakistan by Prime Minister.Anwaar Ahmad is a Pakistani educationist, scholar and a short story writer. Born on June 11, 1947 in Multan, Pakistan, Ahmad is an author of ten books. He has written seventy...
- Anwer ZahidiAnwer ZahidiAnwer Zahidi is a Pakistani Urdu author of more than twelve books of poetry, short stories, travelogue and translations. After completing his graduation in science from Punjab University, Anwer Zahidi received a degree of MBBS from Nishtar Medical College, Multan in 1970.-Career:A practicing...
- Amjad JavedAmjad JavedAmjad Javed is a cricketer who has played one One Day International for the United Arab Emirates.- External links :**...
- Ashfaq AhmedAshfaq AhmedFor disambiguation also see Ashfaq Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed and Ishfaq AhmadAshfaq Ahmed, PP, SI was a distinguished writer, playwright, broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan. His prime qualities of heart and hand earned appreciations across the world...
- Amjad Islam AmjadAmjad Islam AmjadAmjad Islam Amjad, PP, SI is a famous Urdu poet, drama writer and lyricist from Pakistan.-Life and career:...
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- Faiz Ahmad Faiz
- Faryal GoharFaryal GoharFaryal Gohar is an acclaimed Pakistani actress, television writer, human right activist from Karachi Sindh, Pakistan. Faryal Gohar was married to artist Jamal Shah the couple is now divorced ....
- Fatima Surayya BajiaFatima Surayya BajiaFatima Surayya Bajia PP , is a renowned Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer of Pakistan. She has been awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works...
- Muhammad FarooqMuhammad FarooqMuhammad Farooq is a journalist, Qari, Naat Khawan and newscaster from Pakistan. He was the founder editor of first Pakistani evening newspaper, Daily Evening Special from Quetta. He also worked as Joint Executive Editor Daily Mashriq Quetta. Nowadays he is working in Daily Pakistan Lahore as a...
- Fatima BhuttoFatima BhuttoFatima Bhutto born, Fatima Murtaza Bhutto on 29 May 1982, is a Pakistani poet and writer. She is granddaughter of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the niece of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and daughter of Murtaza Bhutto....
- Fawzia Afzal-KhanFawzia Afzal-KhanOriginally from Pakistan, Dr. Fawzia Afzal-Khan is a professor of English and director of Women and Gender Studies Program at Montclair State University. Dr. Afzal-Khan received her BA from Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan, and her MA and PhD. in English Literature from Tufts...
- Farman FatehpuriFarman FatehpuriSyed Dildar Ali commonly known as Prof. Dr. Farman Fatehpuri, SI, is the eminent Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan. He is widely regarded as the supreme living authority on life and work of Ghalib - the greatest ever Urdu poet...
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- Ibn-e-InshaIbn-e-InshaIbn-e-Insha was a Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded one of the best humorists of Urdu...
- Iftikhar ArifIftikhar ArifIftikhar Hussain Arif, PP, SI, HI commonly known as Iftikhar Arif is an Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur from Pakistan. His style is romantic Urdu poetry. He has headed Academy Adbiyat, the Pakistan Academy of Letters and currently, he is the Chairman of Muqtadra Quami Zaban, the National...
- Ihsan DanishIhsan DanishEhsan Danish , born Ehsan-ul-Haq , was a prominent Urdu poet from the Indian subcontinent. . In beginning his poetry was very romantic but later he had been written his poems mostly for the labourers and he was titled "Mazdoor Shair" by his audience.His poetry inspired the common peoples feelings...
- Imdad HussainiImdad HussainiImdad Hussaini is a prolific Sindhi poet and writer of Pakistan.His published work includes:*Hawa Jay Samhoon*Shehar*Imdad Aahay Rol*Kirnay Jehro Pal-See also:* Sindhi poetry...
- Ishtiaq Ahmed
- Ismail AhmedaniIsmail AhmedaniIsmail Ahmedani was a famous siraiki writer. He is a celebrated novelist and fiction writer.Rasoolpur Ahmedani has done much to promote the Siraiki language. He was born 1 January 1930 in a small village "Khoi" district Rajapur Pakistan. His father Muhammad Moosa Khan was a famous writer and teacher...
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- Masood Ashraf RajaMasood Ashraf RajaOriginally from Pakistan, Dr. Masood Ashraf Raja is an Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature and Theory at the University of North Texas and the editor of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, a journal that he founded in 2009...
- Mazhar Hussain RehmaniMazhar Hussain RehmaniMazhar Hussain Rehmani was born in Saharanpur, India. He is considered one of the greatest modern Urdu Pakistani poets and writers of the last century and the greatest living Urdu poet and writer of present times List of Pakistani writers.-Works:*Tajeliyat-e-Khizar: Collection of Poetry, Naat,...
- Mohammad Hanif
- Mohammad Tanzeel-ul-siddiqi al-husainiMohammad Tanzeel-ul-siddiqi al-husainiMohammad Tanzeel al-siddiqi al-husaini is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer and the son of the Muslim scholar Mohammad Ahsanullah Dianwi Azeemabadi. He has written at least 12 books and over 100 articles relating to Islamic scholars, faith, history, current affairs and other topics...
- Mohsin BhopaliMohsin BhopaliMohsin Bhopali was an acclaimed Urdu poet from Pakistan.-Life:Born in Bhopal, British India, Mohsin Bhopali later migrated to Pakistan...
- Mohsin HamidMohsin HamidMohsin Hamid is a Pakistani author best known for his novels Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist .- Biography :...
- Muhammad Asim ButtMuhammad Asim ButtMuhammad Asim Butt is an Urdu novelist, short story writer, translator, researcher, editor, critic and journalist. He has published one novel and two collections of short stories along with a number of books translated from English into Urdu and vice versa.Butt also writes in English and has...
- Muhammad Munawwar MirzaMuhammad Munawwar MirzaMuhammad Munawwar Mirza , was a prominent Iqbal scholar, historian, writer and intellectual from Pakistan.-Life and contribution:...
- Muhammad Umar MemonMuhammad Umar MemonDr. Muhammad Umar Memon Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies,, Dr. Memon is an accomplished scholar, translator, poet, Urdu Short Story writer, and the editor of The Annual of Urdu Studies.Dr...
- Mumtaz MuftiMumtaz MuftiMumtaz Mufti SI , was a distinguished writer from Pakistan.-Early life:...
- Muneeza ShamsieMuneeza ShamsieMuneeza Shamsie is a Pakistani writer, critic, bibliographer and freelance journalist. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan into a literary-minded family, and was educated in England. She is daughter of the writer Jahanara Habibullah...
- Muniruddin AhmedMuniruddin AhmedMuniruddin Ahmed is a Pakistani writer. He is a specialist in the history and politics of the Muslim world with emphasis on the South Asia. He studied Arabic and Political Science at the University of Panjab and the University of Hamburg...
- Musharraf Ali FarooqiMusharraf Ali FarooqiMusharraf Ali Farooqi is a Pakistani-Canadian writer, translator and journalist.-Biography:Farooqi received his early education in Hyderabad, at St...
- Mustansar Hussain TararMustansar Hussain TararMustansar Hussain Tarar is a Pakistani author, actor, former radio show host, compere and enthusiast. Having made a name for himself by taking the mantle in Pakistan's mountaineering community, Mustansar Hussain is widely recognized as one of the most famous and well known personalities in both...
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- Saadat Hasan MantoSaadat Hasan MantoSaadat Hassan Manto was a short story writer of the Urdu language. He is best known for his short stories, 'Bu' , 'Khol Do' , 'Thanda Gosht' , and his magnum opus, 'Toba Tek Singh'....
- Saeed Ahmad AkhtarSaeed Ahmad AkhtarSaeed Ahmad Akhtar, was born on March 3, 1933 in Pishin, Pakistan. He did his masters in English Literature from Peshawar University in 1958 and then masters in Urdu Literature from the same University in 1965...
- Saeed RashidSaeed RashidSaeed Rashid, PP, was a writer, teacher, and historian from Pakistan. He was director of Tameer-e-Millat Institute of Education & Research Islamabad and Director of Sultana Foundation Department of Charactrer building and Pakistaniat, Islamabad. Earlier, from 1990 to 1994, he was Principal of Army...
- Sarfraz ManzoorSarfraz ManzoorSarfraz Manzoor is a journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. He is a regularly contributor to The Guardian, presenter of documentaries on BBC Radio 4, and a cultural commentator who appears on programmes such as Newsnight Review and Saturday Review. His first book, Greetings from Bury Park...
- Shaikh AyazShaikh AyazShaikh Ayaz was one of the great Sindhi poets of Pakistan. He was born in Shikarpur Sindh. By profession he was a lawyer but he also served as the vice chancellor of Sindh University. His poetry brought new trends into Sindhi literature....
- Shaukat SiddiquiShaukat SiddiquiShaukat Siddiqui was a Pakistani writer of fiction who wrote in Urdu. He is known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti and Jangloos.- Life :...
- Shaukat ThanviShaukat ThanviShaukat Thanvi , was a Pakistani essayist, columnist, novelist, short story writer, broadcaster, playwright, sketch-writer and poet....
- Syed Asim MahmoodSyed Asim MahmoodSyed Asim Mahmood Urdu Writer, Encyclopedist, Researcher, Editor and Journalist. He has written 13 books and many articles on Science and Fine arts. He edited three Magazines and currently he is associated with Pakistan’s leading Newspaper, Daily Express as a Senior Sub Editor...
- Syed Qasim MahmoodSyed Qasim MahmoodSyed Qasim Mahmood Pakistani intellectual and Urdu short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher, translator and for most encyclopedist of Pakistan...
- Shafiq-ur-Rehman