Asif Noorani (Urdu: آصف نورانی; born 1942) is a Pakistani newspaper and television journalist and writer.

Asif Noorani contributes to leading Pakistani, and occasionally Indian publications, articles on art, literature and music.

[3][1] The ensuing communal riots and the migration of millions of people in the aftermath of independence of Pakistan and The partition of india affected him deeply.

In addition, the writings of progressive writers like Krishan Chander, Rajendra Singh Bedi, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Ismat Chughtai made his outlook completely secular.

[3] An ardent crusader of the need for close contacts between Pakistanis and Indians, as also warm cultural relationship between their two countries, Asif Noorani has spoken on the subject at various forums in Boston, New Delhi and Karachi.