| Urdu poet Ubaid ullah Aleem |
He was a modern Poet of Urdu language. He is ranked among the best Ghazal writers of modern times. He was bornon June 12, 1939 in Bhopal, India He Received an MA in Urdu from the University of Karachi and began working as a radio and Television producer until 1967. His first marriage was to Nigar Yasmin in 1970 and in late 1990s he married to Tehseen Fatima. In 1974 his first book of poetry ‘Chand chehra sitara ankhhen’ was published. He was the chairman of 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.. His second collection of poetry ‘Viran saray ka diya’ was published in 1986. He first came to England in 1982, then in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, and in 1997. In March of this year 1998 he suffered a severe heart attack in Punjab and was treated in Fazl-e-Omar Hospital for a few days. He returned to his residence at Nazimabad no 4, in Karachi, in comparatively good health but died from heart failure, following a second heart attack in My 18, 1998
