She co-edited a quarterly journal called Third Frame: Literature, Culture and Society, published and distributed by Cambridge University Press from 2007 to 2009.

She has edited four collections of short stories: Urdu Stories[8] (Srishti, 2002), a selection by Pakistani women writers called Neither Night Nor Day[9] (HarperCollins, 2007), New Urdu Writings: From India & Pakistan [10] (Westland, 2013), and Pigeons of the Domes: Stories of Communalism (Niyogi, 2015); a collection of essays on the little known monuments of Delhi, called Invisible City (Niyogi, 2008, revised third edition 2011); two co-authored books, Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia[11] (Niyogi, 2006) and Journey to a Holy Land: A Pilgrim’s Diary [12][13] (OUP, 2009).

She has edited and introduced a volume of essays entitled Qurratulain Hyder and the River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of her Legacy[15] (Aakar, 2010; and Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2010).

[22] The biography of Urdu feminist writer Dr Rashid Jahan by Rakhshanda Jalil has been published by Women Unlimited under the title A Rebel and her Cause (2014).

She also contributes regularly to Himal (Kathmandu), The Herald (Karachi) and The Friday Times (Lahore), apart from The Hindu, Biblio, The Literary Review, etc.