Writers
Among the prominent members of the movement have been:
- Sajjad Zaheer
- Professor Ahmed Ali
- Mahmuduzzafar
- Syed Fakhruddin Balley (Balley Alig)
- Rashid Jahan
- Sadat Hassan Manto
- Sibt-e-Hassan
- Ali Jawad Zaidi
- Prof. Zoe Ansari
- Dr M. D. Taseer
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Vijaydan Detha
- Khagendra Thakur
- Bhisham Sahni
- Dr Nusrat Jehan
- Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
- Ahmed Faraz
- Habib Jalib
- Gul Khan Nasir
- Kaifi Azmi
- Krishan Chander
- Ismat Chughtai
- Rajinder Singh Bedi
- Habib Tanvir
- Prem Nath Dar
- Ali Sardar Jafri
- Josh Malihabadi
- Jan Nisar Akhtar
- Majrooh Sultanpuri
- Ghulam Rabbani Tabban
- Makhdoom Mohiuddin
- Munshi Premchand
- Majnun Gorakhpuri
- Firaq Gorakhpuri
- Amrita Pritam
- Majaz Lucknawi
- Sahir Ludhianvi
- Sulaiman Areeb
- Raja Zulqarnain
- Zafar Mairaj
- Idris Azad
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