Background
Amjad was born on June 29, 1914 in Jhang, a small town in the Pakistani province of Punjab into a reputable family.
Amjad was born on June 29, 1914 in Jhang, a small town in the Pakistani province of Punjab into a reputable family.
Then for a few years he studied Arabic and Persian at a local mosque before enrolling in first grade in a government school. Two years later he completed his Intermediate exam, also in the first division from Government College, Jhang.
In popular culture Amjad"s poetry readers are less than Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Noon Meem Rashid, Nasir Kazmi or Meeraji but amongst many critics he is regarded as a "philosophical poet of depth and sensitivity". His ghazals have also been sung by various Pakistani singers. Amjad"s first collection of poetry, Shab-e-Rafta, was published in 1958 for which he wrote a preface in verse.
This was published by Naya Idara in Lahore and was the only collection published in his lifetime even though he had written steadily throughout his life.
After his death, the manuscripts of his unpublished poetry were preserved by Javaid Qureshi who was then the deputy commissioner of Sahiwal. In 1976, Javaid Qureshi and others published a second collection of his poetry titled Shab-e-Rafta Ke Baad.