Altaf Fatima: Pakistani Urdu Novelist, Short Story Writer and Educator Altaf Fatima Altaf Fatima (1927–2018) was a Pakistani Urdu novelist and teacher whose work addressed social change and the human cost of Partition; her novel Dastak Na Do is widely regarded as…
Bano Qudsia — Pakistani Urdu novelist, playwright and intellectual Bano Qudsia Bano Qudsia (1928–2017) was a leading Pakistani writer in Urdu, best known for the novel Raja Gidh (1981). Her work spans fiction, drama and essays and addresses moral, social and…
