English language poetry from Pakistan from the beginning held a special place in South Asian writing, on account of the new trends represented by Shahid Suhrawardy, [GM]Ahmed Ali, Alamgir Hashmi, Taufiq Rafat, Daud Kamal, Maki Kureishi, Zulfikar Ghose, Waqas Ahmed Khwaja, Moniza Alvi, Bilal Faruqi, Shahid Suhrawardy, Omar Tarin, Kaleem Omar, Raja Changez Sultan, Muneeza Shamsie, Kamila Shamsie, and others.
The early success of Pakistani English poets was followed in fiction by the prose works written by Ahmed Ali, co-founder of The Progressive Writers Movement & Association, author of Twilight in Delhi (1940), Angarey (1932), and Zulfikar Ghose, and by such figures as Bapsi Sidhwa, the Parsi author of The Crow Eaters (1978), Cracking India (1988) and other novels.
His book of English poetry Pale Leaves was published in 2007 and in the same year it was honoured with National Award by Government of Pakistan.
[citation needed] In the early years of the 21st century, a number of Pakistani novelists writing in English won or were shortlisted for international awards.
Ejaz Rahim, Hina Babar Ali, Waqas Ahmed Khwaja, Omar Tarin, Harris Khalique and Ilona Yusuf are now publishing fine poetry.
[10] Other household names prominent in English literary circles include Zulfikar Ghose, Kamila Shamsie, Jamil Ahmed, and Qaisra Shahraz.
Those who have written and spoken extensively about Pakistani English Literature, following the seminal scholarly and critical work of Alamgir Hashmi, are Tariq Rahman, Muneeza Shamsie, Amra Raza, Claire Chambers, Cara Cilano and Sauleha Kamal.