آفتاب اقبال شمیم کی آزاد نظم

Aftab Iqbal Shamim is famous for Urdu free verse. He gave rise to Urdu free verse by his deep emotions, keen observation and highly rated imagination. Aftab Iqbal Shamim's poem comprises a variety of subjects related to our social system of injustice, poverty, cruelty, helplessness of people, Psychological problems of conscience and subconscious and the history of man. He expresses his thoughts and emotions through dialogue. He created a powerful character of "Zaid" who is his cognate. The Government of Pakistan awarded him the "Pride of Performance" in 2005 for his literary work. His poetry is influenced by existentialism. He has both qualities of expression: comprehensiveness and explanation. He used personification in his poems. Aftab Iqbal Shamim’s free verse is multidimensional.