Lahore: Renowned Pakistani Urdu novelist and playwright Bano Qudsia has passed away here. She was 88. Qudsia was having heart-related complications and was admitted to a local hospital when her condition deteriorated a few days ago.

She breathed her last last evening and was laid to rest next to her husband Ashfaq Ahmed's grave in Model Town area of Lahore. Like her husband Qudsia was a towering literary figure and her writings were popular both inside and outside the country.