Wajiha Hyder is a writer and editor working at the intersection of culture, creative dialogue and contemporary life in Pakistan. Her work has appeared in The Missing Slate, Pakistan Today, and The News on Sunday, among others.
She began her career in finance before moving into journalism, taking on editorial roles across publications. She now oversees the art, culture and book review sections at The News on Sunday, where she commissions and curates essays, interviews and criticism.
Beyond journalism, she undertakes qualitative research as an independent country researcher (Pakistan), including KIIs, stakeholder mapping and synthesis for international research and evaluation assignments. Recent work includes qualitative research with Athena Infonomics, as well as communications management for a non-profit health foundation.
Wajiha’s debut short fiction appeared in The Stained-Glass Window: Stories of the Pandemic from Pakistan (2020). She has been part of the juries for the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women (2022) and the inaugural LLF Writing Prize (2023).
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