Since partition, Pakistani literature has referred to literature written in Pakistan. See List of Pakistani authors.

Much Pakistani literature is written in Urdu, but not all Urdu literature is or has been produced within the borders of Pakistan. Some Pakistani writers have produced literature in English.

See also

• Pakistani poetry
• Postcolonial literature

References

• Pakistani Literature: The Contemporary English Writers edited by Alamgir Hashmi (New York: World University Service, 1978; Islamabad: Gulmohar Press, 1987) (2nd ed.). ISBN 000500408X (OCLC # 19328427; LC Card # 87931006)
• A Dragonfly in the Sun: An Anthology of Pakistani Writing in English edited by Muneeza Shamsie (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1997). ISBN 0195777840
• Leaving Home: Towards a New Millennium: A Collection of English Prose by Pakistani Writers edited by Muneeza Shamsie (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001). ISBN 0195795296
• Post Independence Voices in South Asian Writings edited by Alamgir Hashmi, Malashri Lal and Victor Ramraj (Islamabad: Alhamra, 2001). ISBN 969-516-093-X

External links

• Directory on Pakistani Writers
• Bibliography of Alamgir Hashmi