Shams Abbasi

Aapa Shams Abbasi
Native name
آپا شمس عباسي
Born(1924-01-10)10 January 1924
Sehwan, Sindh, British India
Died16 March 2011(2011-03-16) (aged 87)
Hyderabad, Sindh
OccupationEducator, academic leader, teacher
CitizenshipPakistani
Period1924 - 2011

Shams Abbasi (Sindhi: شمس عباسي) (10 January 1924 -16 March 2011), popularly known as Apa Shams Abbasi, was a Pakistani educationist, academic leader, scholar, and writer. She authored 22 books both in English and Sindhi and remained committed to her cause of educating girls from poor families. She served as Director of Education and Director of the Bureau of Curriculum. She was president of the Sindh chapter of All Pakistan Women Association (APWA) and president of Sindhi Aurat Tanzeem (Sindhi Women Association). She was affiliated with a number of literary, educational, and social societies and organizations.