# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iftikhar-arif
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:24:48.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iftikhar-arif"
name: "Iftikhar Arif"
slug: "iftikhar-arif"
description: "Iftikhar Hussain Arif is a Pakistani poet and litterateur of Urdu. His main theme is romantic Urdu poetry. He is a former chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) and the National Language Authority."
tagline: "Urdu poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iftkhararif.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             15.78947368421053
  historical:           6.417712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "افتخار عارف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Iftikhar Arif"
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    title: "ਇਫ਼ਤਿਖਾਰ ਆਰਿਫ਼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "افتخار عارف"
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    title: "افتخار عارف"
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    title: "افتخار عارف"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump