She can be introduced as a younger sister of the poet Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz, wife of the poet, Janisar Akhtar and mother of Famous writer Javed Akhtar and Salman Akhtar. She was a brilliant mind, popular teacher, a talented writer and literary critic who did not have enough time to achieve her full potential. But she found a place in Urdu literature for her letters to her husband which she wrote over a period of nine years, and which her husband posthumously published under the titles: “Hurf-e-Aashna ” (Familiar Words) and “Zer-e-Lub” (Below the Lips) as well as for a short collection of essays ” Andaaz-e-Nazar”