'May God bless her soul as he blessed her pen': Writer Fahmida Riaz mourned by admirers

Fahmida Riaz, one of Pakistan's foremost feminist writers, passed away after a prolonged illness in Lahore yesterday. She was 72.

While she was known for speaking up for the rights of the downtrodden in her writings, Riaz's contribution to literature also include her work as a translator and educationist.

She will be greatly missed — and her admirers did their best to encapsulate what her work meant to them: