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

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