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Pakistani writer (1928-2017)

Bano Qudsia (Urdu: بانو قدسیہ‎; 28 November 1928 – 4 February 2017), also known as Bano Aapa,^[4] was a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist.

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She wrote literature in Urdu, producing novels, dramas plays and short stories. Qudsia is best recognized for her novel Raja Gidh.^[5] Qudsia also wrote for television and stage in both Urdu and Punjabi languages.

Her play Aadhi Baat has been called "a classic play."^[6] Bano Qudsia died in Lahore on 4 February 2017.^[7]

Personal life

Bano Qudsia was born on 28 November 1928 in Firozpur, British India, as Qudsia Chattha in a MuslimJat family.^[8] Her father was a Bachelor of Agriculture; her mother was also a graduate and inspector of schools in British India and her brother Pervaiz Chattha was a painter.

She migrated to Lahore with her family after the partition of India. She graduated from the Kinnaird C