[1][4] He has written many columns, translation, criticism and essays while his main focus remained writing nazms, a type of Urdu poetry.

[1] He wrote the lyrics of Mann Ki Lagan for the 2003 movie Paap, the song which launched the Bollywood career of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

[10] In June 2008, he joined Urdu newspaper Daily Express[11] and wrote column with the title of Chasham-e-Tamasha.

He also translated the poetries of the African poets in Urdu called Kale Logon ki Roshan Nazmein.

In December 2019, Amjad received the Necip Fazil International Culture and Art Award in Istanbul, Turkey.