In our society, women are kept one step behind in every field of life. The exploitation of women is not a matter of age but a centuries-old ritual that is performed as a duty. When they wrote history, literary historians either ignored women writers or mentioned them very briefly. In this way, even the critic did not consider women's creations worthy to take a look at their mysteries. I have written this article inspired by Fatima Hasan's idea that it is now time for women to research women writers themselves.

 The main reason for limiting my article to Karachi was that the topic should be written concisely and the second important reason was to bring forward women writers of Karachi, especially poets, and to see that there are some big names of literature in Karachi at that time. To what extent and in what manner are allegorical elements present in his speech? Thus, Karachi is a very fertile city in terms of women poets, but keeping in mind the brevity, I have selected only a few women poets. Especially those poets who are skilled in writing poetry and whose name is a poem.

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1. Altaf Hussain Hali, Muqadma-e-Shair-o-Sha’iri, (Aligarh: Educational Book House 1988), p. 22

2. Razia Fareed, Shehron Mein Aik Shehar, in Qirtas-e -Adab, Jang Magazine, 26th Jan., 2024.

3. Kanwal Krishan Bali, Azad Nazam Urdu Shayari Mein, (Lucknow: Kitab Ghar, 1967), p.14

4. Manzar Azami, Urdu Mein Tamseel Nigari, (Delhi: Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Hind, 1977), p. 87

5. Ibid. p. 88

6 Shibli Nomani, Shair-ul-Ajam, (Azamgarh: Maktaba Ma’arif, 1988), p. 110

7. Manzar Azami, Urdu Mein Tamseel Nigari, p. 86

8. Mohammad Aslam Qureshi, Drama Nigari ka Fan, (Delhi: Ali Printing Press, 1983), p. 87

9. Abid Ali Abid, Usool-e-Intiqad-o-Adabiyat, (Lahore: Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e- Adab, 1960), p. 53

10. Basheer, (Editor), Javahir-ul-Lughat, (Lahore: Maktaba Kitabistan, 1975), p. 213

11. Seema Asghar, Tanisiyat aur Urdu Adab, (Delhi: Brown Book Publications, 2018), p. 21

12. Hasan Ma’az, Top Ten Das Sha’irat, (Lahore: Ilm-o-Irfan Publishers, 2000), p. 84

13. Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Preface in, Shaam ka Pehla Tara, (Delhi: Maktaba Jamia Dehli, 2012). p. 8

14. Zehra Nigah, Shaam ka Pehla Tara, (Delhi: Maktaba Jamia, 2012), p. 55

15. Ibid, p. 51-56

16. Maseeh-uz-Zaman, Mayar-o-Maizaan, (Allahabad: Ram Narayan Lal Beeni Madhaw, 1968), p. 307

17. Fahmida Riaz, Diyey ki Nanhi si Lau, Kunj Peelay Phoolon ka, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 1985), p. 13

18. Ishrat Afreen, Ibid, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications 1985). p. 205

19. Fatima Hasan, Urdu Shairi aur Nisai Sha’oor: Suo Baras ka Safar, (New York: Virsa Publications, Urdu Markaz, 1920), p. 62

20. Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Preface, in Khud Kalami by Parveen Shakir, (Lahore: Maktaba Funoon, 1990), Flap

21. Parveen Shakir, Khud Kalami, (Ibid, 1990), p. 108

22. Ibid, p. 108

23. Manzar Azami, Urdu Mein Tamseel Nigari, p.42

24. Qamar Jameel, Foreward, in Dastak se Dar ka Faasla, (Karachi: Fareed Publishers, 1993), p. 12

25. Fatima Hasan, Faslon se Mawra, (Islamabad: Dost Publications, 2019). P. 80

26. Amjad Islam Amjad, Preface in Raakh Roshan Hai, (Karachi: Fazli Sons, 2018), Flap

27. Salman Siddiqui, Taweel Nazm “Jahangard”: Ek Jaiza in Raakh Roshan Hai, Ibid, p. 275 

28. Ruksana Saba, Raakh Roshan Hai, Ibid, p. 232

29. Ibid, p. 242

30. Ibid, p. 249

31. Ibid, p. 255

32. Shamim Hanafi, Blurb in Dil ke Ufaq par, (Karachi: Academy Bazyaft, 2012), on Back cover

33. Gohar Naushahi, (Editor), Padmavat, by Mir Zia-ud-Din Ibrat & Mir Ghulam Ali Ishrat, (Lahore: Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab, 1968), p. 61

34. Ambareen Haseeb Amber, Dil ke Ufaq Par, (Karachi: Academy Bazyaft, 2012), p. 171

35. Ibid, p. 172

36. Mubeen Mirza, Chashm-e-Ma Roshan, in Dil Ke Ufaq Par, (Karachi: Academy Bazyaft, 2012), p. 24

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Newspaper & Magazine:

1. Qirtas-e -Adab, Jang Magazine, 26th Jan., 2024.

Dictionary:

1. Basheer, (Editor), Javahir-ul-Lughat, Lahore: Maktaba Kitabistan, 1975

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