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Life
Zahida was born in India, after the
independence
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of
Pakistan
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in 1947, her father, Muhammad Abul Khair, emigrated to Pakistan and settled in
Karachi
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, where Zahida was brought up and
homeschooled
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until she started her formal education from 7th class at Happy Home School. She wrote her first story when she was nine years old. She graduated from
University of Karachi
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, and her first essay was published in the monthly ''Insha'' in 1962. She chose journalism as a career in mid-60s. In 1970, she married the well-known poet
Jaun Elia
Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia ( ur, , 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pakistani poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconve ...
. 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. Hina has also worked for
Radio Pakistan
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Voice of America
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.
Since 2006, she has written a weekly column, Pakistan Diary in Rasrang, the Sunday magazine of India's largest read Hindi newspaper, Dainik Bhaskar.
Work
Zahida Hina has written more than two thousand journalistic articles. Many of her short stories have been translated into
English
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Hindi
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and
Marathi
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See also
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. Some of her important titles are:
* ''Qaidi sans leta hai'' (collection of short stories)
* ''Titlian dhondhne wali'' (collections of stories)
* ''Raqs-i-bismil hai'' (collections of stories)
* ''Rah main ajal hai'' (collection of short stories)
* ''Na junoon raha na pari rahi'' (short novel)
* ''Dard ka Shajar'' (Novel)
* ''Dard-e-Ashob'' (Novel)
* ''Zard Paton ka ban'' (TV Drama)
* ''The House of Loneliness'' (Zahida Hina's short stories translated into English)
She is a known critic of nuclear technology for any purpose (military or civilian).
Her books have been translated into English by
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmad ''Faiz'' (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984; Urdu, Punjabi:
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, Samina Rahman and
Muhammad Umar Memon
Muhammad Umar Memon (Urdu: محمد عمر میمن) Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies, (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Memon was an accomplished scholar, translator, Urdu Short Story writer, and the editor of ''The A ...
* ''Faiz Award''
* ''Literary Performance Award''
* ''Saghir Siddiqui Adabi Award''
* ''K. P. Award''
* ''Sindh Speaker Award''
* ''SAARC Literary Award'' in 2001 by the
President of India
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Pride of Performance
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