Aftab Iqbal Shamim (; born 16 February 1933 in Jhelum, Pakistan) is an

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language

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and educator from Pakistan.

Career

Aftab Iqbal was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1933. He served as a professor of English literature and language for 33 years at

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. He also taught Urdu language and literature to Chinese students at

Beijing University Peking University (PKU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. It i ...

for 12 years. His Chinese students have served in various high positions such as ambassadors, cultural secretaries, counsellors and high government officials in China and Pakistan. He started writing Urdu poetry at a very early stage of his life. His poetry has been published with continuity in reputed literary magazines over the years. He has given a new trend to Urdu poetry. He wrote poetry that was published in literary magazines like ''Adabi Dunya'' and '' Funoon''.

Awards and recognition

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Award by the

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in 2006.

Selected poems

*''Farda Nizhad'' *''Zaid Se Mukalma'' (1982) *''Gum Samandar'' *''Mein Nazm Likhta Houn''

References

Pakistani poets People from Jhelum 1933 births Living people Government Gordon College alumni Academic staff of Government Gordon College Academic staff of Peking University Pakistani academics Urdu-language poets from Pakistan Recipients of the Pride of Performance {{Pakistan-poet-stub