Writers from Karachi

Pakistani and British writer and novelist (born 1973)

Pakistani writer

Pakistani diplomat (1915–2000)

Pakistani novelist and poet (1910–1994)

Pakistani writer

pakistani-American ex-Muslim activist

Urdu scholar and linguist (1870-1961)

Journalist & writer

19th century Islamic scholar of Pakistan (1884–1953)

writer, scholar, Urdu poet from Pakistan (1926-2015)

Pakistani writer

screenwriter (1941–2021)

Pakistani journalist, feminist, human rights activist

Pakistani Urdu writer, poet, feminist (1946-2018)

Pakistani writer

Pakistani fiction writer (1923-2016)

Pakistani medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and governor of Sindh Province (1920–1998)

Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi () (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), and often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a historical Pakistani artist and poet best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced, having painted around 15000 paintings. He is also recognised as the only artist in Pakistan to have received all four civilian awards such as the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, and Pride of Performance.

Karachi-based Urdu editor

Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)

Pakistani journalist

Ibn-e-Safi, also spelt Ibne Safi, was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (, 26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980), a Pakistani fiction writer, novelist, and poet who wrote in Urdu. The name Ibn-e-Safi is a Persian expression meaning “Son of Safi,” with Safi translating to “chaste” or “righteous.”

Shayar-e-Inqalab (1894-1982)

Pakistani journalist and photographer, co-founder of Girls at Dhabas

Pakistani writer of novels, short stories, poetry and plays

Urdu poet

Sher Muhammad Khan (, Punjabi, ), better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha (, Punjabi, ; 15 June 1927 – 11 January 1978), was a Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and newspaper columnist.

Pakistani journalist (1942-2020)

actress (1944–2012)

writer, Critic, Short story writer, translator (1919–1978)

Pakistani writer, author and screenwriter

Urdu humorist

Urdu linguist, writer and critic

Pakistani writer

Pakistani director, writer and musician

Pakistani academic, critic, researcher, vice chancellor, linguist (1929–2019)

Indian fiction writer and poet of the Sindhi language

Pakistani artist and writer

Pakistani linguist, poet, teacher (1932–2008)

poet (1882–1951)

scholar, orator

Pakistani writer

Pakistani writer (1936–2012)

Pakistani philosopher and Poet

Pakistani politician (1905-1987)

Pakistani scholar

Pakistani poet, writer, and polemicist (1884–1966)

Pakistani journalist, writer, and humorist

Swiss space physicist

Pakistani writer

Pakastani scholar

Pakistani architect, researcher, poet

Pakistani Islamic scholar (1915-1999)

Pakistani-American writer

Pakistani scholar

British Indian judge (1867–1952)

Indian memoirist, poet, short story writer, novelist, and journalist

Pakistani scholar

Pakistani surgeon

Pakistani writer