This is a representative selection of the works of vetern poet Iftikhar Arif. Arif’s poetry laments the loss of moral values and speaks contemptuously of the greed, hypocrisy, and callousness that mar our society today. However, he sees the social and political milieu in a wider historical perspective. He has published three collections of poetry: Mehr-i-do neem (1984), Harf-i-baryab (1994) and Jahan-i-maaloom (2005). His collected works, Kitab-i-dil-o-dunya, was published in 2009.