Aftab Iqbal Shamim

Aftab Iqbal Shamim (Urdu: آفتاب اقبال شمیم ; (16 February 1933 – July 26, 2024) was a Pakistani Urdu language poet and educator from Pakistan.^[1][2]

Aftab Iqbal Shamim
Born	(1936-02-16)16 February 1936 Jhelum, British India
Died	26 July 2024(2024-07-26) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)	Professor of English/Urdu literature Poet
Known for	Urdu language poetry
Awards	Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2006

Career

Aftab Iqbal was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1933.^[3][1] He served as a professor of English literature and language for 33 years at Government Gordon College, Rawalpindi. He also taught Urdu language and literature to Chinese students at Beijing University for 12 years.^[1][4] 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 in reputed literary magazines like Adabi Dunya and Funoon.^[1]

Shamim died on 26 July 2024, at the age of 88.^[5]

Awards and recognition

• Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2006.^[6][3]

Selected collections of poems

• Farda Nizhad^[1][3]
• Zaid Se Mukalma (1982)^[1][2][3]
• Gum Samandar^[3]
• Mein Nazm Likhta Houn^[1][2]