The Reflection of Political, Social, and Economic Issues in the Short Stories of Zahida Hina

Ghulam Shabbir; Dr. Aslam Aziz Durrani

doi:10.5281/

Authors

Ghulam Shabbir PhD Urdu Scholar National College of Business Administration and Economics Multan Author
Dr. Aslam Aziz Durrani Department of Urdu National College of Business Administration and Economics Multan Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/

Keywords:

Zahida Hina, Urdu Fiction, Short Story, Political Consciousness, Resistance Literature, Historical Reclamation, Socio-Economic Exploitation, Psychological Impact of War, Trauma of Partition

Abstract

This research article offers a profound analytical study of the thematic, aesthetic, and ideological dimensions of Zahida Hina’s fictional oeuvre. Deviating from traditional modes of storytelling, Hina seamlessly intertwines her narrative art with a global consciousness and international political acumen. By establishing an organic link between history, the present, and the future, she seeks the reclamation of distorted historical truths through literature. The study delineates how her short stories courageously interrogate imperialist contradictions, the severe socio-psychological impacts of war on women and marginalized strata, the trauma of migration, and the atrocities of authoritarian regimes. The article demonstrates that her literary trajectory evolves from romantic pessimism into a robust paradigm of intellectual maturity and resistance literature. Ultimately, her fearless characters refuse escapism, establishing a sustainable intellectual discourse against exploitative global and domestic structures.