Khadija Mastoor

Khadija Mastoor (Urdu: خدیجہ مستور, romanized: K͟hadījah Mastūr; 11 December 1927 – 25 July 1982) was a Pakistani short story writer and novelist who worked in Urdu literature. Her novel Aangan is widely considered a literary masterpiece in Urdu literature, which has also been made into a television drama. Her younger sister Hajra Masroor was also a short story writer while poet, playwright and newspaper columnist Khalid Ahmad was her younger brother.