Zahida hina biography definition

Urdu columnist, writer, novelist and dramatist

Zahida Hina (born 1946) is a noted Urdu columnist, essayist, short story
writer, novelist and dramatist from Pakistan.
Life

Zahida was born on October 5, 1946 in the Sasaram town of Bihar, India.
After the partition of India, her father, Muhammad Abul Khair, emigrated
to Pakistan and settled in Karachi, where Zahida was brought up and
educated.

She wrote her first story when she was nine years old. She
graduated from University of Karachi, and her first essay was published
in the monthly Insha in 1962. She chose journalism as a career in mid
60s.

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In 1970, she married the well-known poet Jon Elia. Zahida Hina was
associated with the daily Jang from 1988 until 2005, when she moved to
the Daily Express, Pakistan. She now lives in Karachi.zahida hina also
worked in Radio Pakistan, BBC Urdu and Voice of America.
Since 2006, she writes a weekly column Pakistan Diary in Rasrang, Sunday
magazine of India’s largest read