Pakistani and Indian poets and writers have paid rich tributes to Qurratulain Haider — ‘Aini Aapa’ to them — saying her death was “a huge blow to Urdu literature”.
“She was a unique writer of the present era and inspired many generations through her writings,” Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) chairman Iftikhar Arif said in a condolence message.
A renowned Urdu novelist, poet and short story writer, Haider (80) died in New Delhi on Tuesday. She had lived in Pakistan for some years, but had return to India in the 1960s.