Iftikhar Arif
Iftikhar Arif was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 21st, 1943 and is the Urdu Poet. At the age of 81, Iftikhar Arif biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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He studied Urdu, English and Sanskrit. Iftikhar Arif did his M.A. in 1965 - at the Lucknow university, then studied journalism at New York University, before migrating to Karachi, Pakistan and working for Radio Pakistan as a newscaster and then went on to work for Pakistan Television Corporation (Karachi Center) where he teamed up with Obaidullah Baig for the PTV program Kasauti.
After doing Kasauti, he spent next 13 years of his life in England until 1990 working for Urdu Markaz there.
- Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan (2005)
- Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan (1999)
- Pride of Performance (literature) by the President of Pakistan (1990)
- Faiz International Award for Poetry from the Aalami Urdu Conference