A women’s wing was recently formed at the Pakistan Writers Club-Riyadh (PWC-LC) in Riyadh on Friday.

The objective of the new wing, which will function under the aegis of the PWC, is to attract women writers in the community to develop their talent as well as involve them in community work.

A seven-member action committee has been formed to make organizational arrangements for PWC-LC. Wardah Qureshi, Erum Qalbani, Ambreen Faiz Ahmad, Qundeel Aymen, Farah Ehsan, Shaheen Javed, and Asma Tariq are currently in the interim committee.

Wardah Qureshi will be the convener of PWC-LC and Erum Qalbani the deputy convener.

Wardah Qureshi is a well-known physician working at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. She is a writer and a social worker. She is also popular in the social and literary circles in the capital.

Erum Qalbani is also a physician attached to Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City in Riyadh. She is a writer and social worker. The interim committee has been tasked with drafting a constitution for the new body and will be in force until the new office-bearers are elected to the women’s body.

Faiz Al-Najdi, PWC’s president, said that such an endeavor had been a long felt dream of Pakistani women in the Kingdom. “We are very happy that a separate body has been set up for women to promote their talent,” he said.