Khair-un-Nissa Jaffery

Khair-un-Nissa Jaffery (7 August 1947 - 4 March 1998) (Sindhi: خيرالنساء جعفري) was a short story writer, critic and educationist from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. She served as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Psychology of Sindh University, Jamshoro, Pakistan. Khair-un-Nissa Jaffery was born on 7 August 1947 at Tando Wali Muhammad, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Her parents were from Talhar, Badin District. Her father Ahmed Ali Khuwaja was a professor of Islamic Culture and her mother Sheeren was a house wife. She studied at Miran School and then Zubaida College Hyderabad. She got Master's degree in Psychology from University of Sindh. She started her career as a lecturer of Psychology at University of Sindh in 1970. She retired as a Professor and Chairperson of the same department. She had an interest in literature and writing since childhood. Her first story "Berozgari Aeen Bandooq" (Joblessness and Gun) was published in the literary magazine Sojhro. She was 27 years old when this story was published. Her first book of short stories titled "Takhleeqa Jo Maut" (Death of Creation) was published in 1978.