Obaidullah Aleem

Obaidullah Aleem was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language.

Life

Aleem was born in 1939 in Bhopal, British India. He received an MA in Urdu from the University of Karachi and began working as a radio and television producer until 1967.
In 1974, his first book of poetry Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen was published. He was senior producer at Karachi station Pakistan Television Corporation until he was forced to resign in 1978 following an edict against him.
His book of poetry received the highest award in literature in Pakistan, the Adamji Prize. He wrote an article,, in memory of Khalifatul Masih III in 1982. His second collection of poetry was published in 1986.
In March 1998 he suffered a severe heart attack in Punjab and was hospitalized for a few days. He returned to his residence at Nazimabad in Karachi. He died from heart failure, following another heart attack on 18 May 1998.