Her father, Muhammad Abul Khair, emigrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi, where Hina was brought up and homeschooled until she started her formal education from 7th class at Happy Home School.
Hina has also worked for Radio Pakistan, BBC Urdu and Voice of America.
Since 2006, she has written a weekly column, "Pakistan Diary", in Rasrang, the Sunday magazine of India's most widely-read Hindi newspaper, Dainik Bhaskar.
Many of her short stories have been translated into English, Bengali, Hindi and Marathi.
Some of her important titles are: She is a known critic of nuclear technology for any purpose (military or civilian).