Suraiya Shahab (1945 – 13 September 2019) was a Pakistani newscaster, poet, and novelist.

[1][2] Suraiya began her broadcasting career in the 1960s by voicing in dramas at Radio Pakistan, Karachi.

In the 1990s, she moved to Germany and worked for many years for the German national radio Deutsche Welle.

[3][4][5][6] Suraiya first married her colleague Nazrul Isalm Afza while she was working for the radio in Karachi, who was a Bengali artist.

[3] Suraiya died on the morning of Friday, 13 September 2019, at the age of 75.