According to Haseeb Asif historically not only romance & sexuality but also soft erotica had always been a part Pakistani pulp fiction digests, only that some of them make it feel it guilt free by imputing something negative along natural human instincts. Some of the fiction digests not being adequately in tune with Pakistan's Islamist religious orthodoxy faced challenging times during General Zia times, but also had to find ways and means to bypass official & unofficial moral police at times by bribing them. Mohiuddin Nawab ran a 33 year long suspense digest series called Devta until 2010.
Ibn-e-Safi and Shakeel Adilzada of Sabrang Digest (1960s) was Pakistan's early popular pulp fiction writers. Karachi was leading in publishing of popular pulp fiction. As some digests cater to current events, but a large number of them used to publish pulp fiction. Since 1960s Pakistan had periodicals called digests. Pakistani literature's main official platform is the Pakistan Academy of Letters, whose work is overseen by a Board of Governors. Many writers of fiction borrow from English and vice versa. It also has evolved in merging Urdu literary forms and English literature leading to experimentation. Today, Pakistani literature has taken a shape of its own by depicting the complex class system and the common man. According to several critics it had not only evolved its own identity but also had played a significant role in documenting the hardships and hopes of Pakistan in the latter part of the 20th century. His literature is considered to be progressive in its tone and spirit. Saadat Hassan Manto (1912–1955), a prominent writer of short stories of South Asia, produced great literature out of the events relating to the India-Pakistan independence. According to Gilani Kamran ( GC University), Pakistani literature was expected to take a new direction along with the new state of Pakistan at this point, but did not immediately meet this expectation.
The nature of Pakistani literature soon after independence aroused controversy among writers due to its being centred heavily on the negative events related to the independence movement.
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