Abdul Hameed, 83, Pakistani writer and novelist.

Omar Kureishi (1928 - 14 March 2005) was a distinguished Pakistani writer.

He has edited and compiled many anthologies of Pakistani writers.

Shahvaar Ali Khan is a Pakistani writer, singer-songwriter and composer.

He is one of very few Pakistani writers who became famous by writing an autobiography, despite not being already well-known.

Lutfullah Khan, 95, Pakistani writer and sound archivist.

Obaidullah Baig, 76, Pakistani writer and television personality, cancer.

Moin was the first Pakistani writer to write for a Bollywood film.

Ashfaq Ahmed (1925 -2004) was a famous Pakistani writer, playwright and intellectual.

Moni Mohsin (born 1963) is a Pakistani writer based partly in the United Kingdom.