Laiq Zada Laiq (Pashto: لائق زادہ لائق; 15 January 1959 – 30 October 2023) was a Pakistani Pashto-language poet, fiction writer, and dramatist from Madyan, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Laiq was a recipient of the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and the Kamal-e-Fun Award in 2021, the highest literary honour in Pakistan.

[citation needed] Laiq graduated from Jahanzeb College Swat, and received a master's degree in Urdu and Pashto literature from University of Peshawar, and in political science from University of Karachi.

[3] Laiq died from a heart attack in Peshawar, on 30 October 2023, at the age of 64.

[citation needed] President of the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Najiba Arif, expressed her deep sorrow over Laiq's death.