influenced birth_place awards nationality ethnicity notableworks name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
urdu poetry lucknow british india , united provinces of agra and oudh , faiz international award 1988 pakistani -lrb- pakistani -rrb- '' jahan-e-maloom '' , '' kitab-i-dil-o-dunya '' mehr-i-doneem '' , '' harf-i-baryab '' , '' iftikhar arif 21 march 1943 iftkhararif.jpg iftikhar arif
 iftikhar hussain arif urdu poet
iftikhar arif

iftikhar hussain arif -lrb- -rrb- commonly known as iftikhar arif -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- b. 21 march 1943 lucknow -rrb- is an urdu poet , scholar and littérateur from pakistan .
his style is romantic urdu poetry .
he has headed academy adbiyat -lrb- the pakistan academy of letters -rrb- and muqtadra quami zaban -lrb- the national language authority -rrb- .
he has been decorated with hilal-e-imtiaz , sitara-e-imtiaz and presidential pride of performance , which are the highest literary awards given by the government of pakistan .
