List of Pakistani women writers

A

• Annie Ali Khan, Pakistani writer and journalist
• Shaila Abdullah, Pakistani-American short story writer, novelist
• Ishrat Afreen, Pakistani-American poet, women's rights activist, educator
• Moniza Alvi, Pakistani-British poet
• Altaf Fatima, Pakistani novelist
• Afzal Tauseef, writer, columnist and journalist

B

• Fatima Surayya Bajia, novelist, playwright
• Bano Qudsia novelist, playwright
• Fatima Bhutto, poet, memorist, novelist
• Shahbano Bilgrami, poet, novelist, editor
• Razia Butt, novelist, autobiographer

C

• Zeenat Abdullah Channa,, Short story writer, essayist

D

• Tehmina Durrani, autobiographical novelist, author of the widely translated ''My Feudal Lord''

F

• Bushra Farrukh, poet
• Samira Fazal, playwright, screenwriter

H

• Yasmeen Hameed, since 1988, poet, educator
• Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, 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, novelist, non-fiction writer, living in London
• Fahmida Hussain, literary scholar, non-fiction writer
• Hseena Moin top Writer حسینہ معین) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter.

I

• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, politician, essayist, autobiographer
• Saba Imtiaz, journalist, author, screenwriter
• Farhat Ishtiaq, novelist, screenwriter, author of ''Humsafar''

J

• Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani-American educator, historian, since 1990: non-fiction writer
• Kanza Javed, a Pakistani educator and writer: fiction.

K

• Manmeet Kaur, Sikh journalist
• Uzma Aslam Khan, Pakistani novelist
• Rukhsana Khan, Pakistani-Canadian children's writer
• Maki Kureishi, poet

L

• Yasmeen Lari, architect, non-fiction writer

M

• Muniba Mazari
• Shazia Mirza Columnist for The Guardian

N

• Asma Nabeel, screenwriter, poet
• Kishwar Naheed, poet, feminist
• Badam Natawan,, novelist, prose writer
• Sarwat Nazir, contemporary novelist, playwright, screenwriter, author of Main Abdul Qadir Hoon
• Amina Nazli, writer, editor, feminist
• Zehra Nigah, since 1950s, poet, screenwriter
• Nemrah Ahmed Khan,, writer, novelist
• Najeeba Arif,, writer, novelist, poet

R

• Bushra Rahman, politician, novelist
• Samina Raja, poet, translator, educator
• Fahmida Riaz, poet, translator, feminist

S

• Afia Salam, journalist
• Sehba Sarwar, contemporary novelist, short story writer, author of Black Wings
• Sara Shagufta, poet
• Bina Shah, since 2001, short story writer, novelist, columnist
• Qaisra Shahraz, since 2001, novelist, short story writer, living in Britain
• Parveen Shakir, poet, educator
• Kamila Shamsie, English-language novelist
• Muneeza Shamsie, essayist, anthologist, literary writer
• Bapsi Sidhwa, English-language novelist, living in the United States
• Noorul Huda Shah, playwright, novelist, Short story writer and Dramatist
• Salma Shaheen, poet, writer, researcher and novelist
• Salma Awan, novelist, short story writer, columnist and travelogue author

T

• Naseem Thebo,, story writer

U

• Umera Ahmad, short story writer, novelist, playwright, author of ''Pir-e-Kamil''

Y

• Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, female education activist, memoirist

Z

• Sumaira Zareen, story writer
• Zaitoon Bano, fiction writer, poet