Zafar Iqbal

Early life and career Zafar was born in 1932 in Bahawalnagar, Punjab where his maternal grandparents lived. He received his early education at his hometown, in Okara, and later moved to Lahore for his college education.

In contrast to classical poets, Zafar's poetry portrays love as scientific and physical rather than supernatural. Dr Tabassam Kaashmiri called him Literature's renegade of the 20th century. Former Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan), Hanif Ramay, who was also a writer and a well-known literary critic, called him a poet of a new tone and new concepts.

Besides being a poet, he has been a newspaper columnist for different newspapers for over 35 years. Considering that he also has been a professional lawyer for most of his adult life, those are not small accomplishments. He practised as an attorney, first in Okara and then in Lahore until 2003, when he had a heart bypass surgery and quit practicing law. Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1999.