Begum Akhtar Riazuddin[b] SI, MA (English) also spelt Riaz-ud-din or Riaz-ud-deen (15 October 1928 – 11 January 2023) was a Pakistani feminist activist who was also the first modern Urdu-travelogue writer.

Riazuddin, a senior civil servant, was the nephew of the Urdu writer, Salahuddin Ahmed.

Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Asma Jahangir are related to Akhtar Riazuddin through her husband.

[6] When Benazir Bhutto became the prime minister in 1988, Riazuddin was optimistic and hoped for a better future for women after the harsh Zia regime.

Even in the most conservative corners, women know they no longer face what they have been through in the past 11 years.Other than being a teacher, she remained a member of the All Pakistan Music Conference Committee from 1957 to 1965.

She is one of the founding members of Behbud Association, a social welfare organization working towards empowering women in underprivileged areas.

[6] She was given the Adamjee Literary Award by the Pakistan Writers' Guild for her pioneering work in the genre of travelogue in Urdu 'Dhanak Par Qadam' in March 1970.