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'''Obaidullah Aleem''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq| عبیدالله علیم}}}}, 12 June 1939 – 18 May 2003) was a [[Pakistani]] poet of [[Urdu]] language.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Aleem was born in 1939 in [[Bhopal]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2017/05/modern-urdu-poet-obaidullah-being-remembered/|title=Modern Urdu poet Obaidullah being remembered {{!}} SAMAA|website=Samaa TV|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref> His father moved to [[Sialkot]] following Partition. Aleem was from a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] [[Bhat (Kashmir)|Butt family]] and was an [[Ahmadi]]. {{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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He received an MA in Urdu from the [[University of Karachi]] and began working as a radio and television producer until 1967.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1974, his first book of poetry ''Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen'' was published.<ref name=":0" /> He was senior producer at Karachi station [[Pakistan Television Corporation]] until he was forced to resign in 1978 following an edict against him.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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His book of poetry received the highest award in literature in [[Pakistan]], the Adamji Prize.<ref name=":0" /> He wrote an article, {{transl|ur|Khurshid missal shakhs}}, in memory of [[Mirza Nasir Ahmad|Khalifatul Masih III]] in 1982.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} His second collection of poetry {{transl|ur|Viran saray ka diya}} was published in 1986.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In March 1998 he suffered a severe [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and was treated in [[Fazl-e-Omar Hospital]] for a few days. He returned to his residence at [[Nazimabad]] no 4, in [[Karachi]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} He died from heart failure, following another heart attack on 18 May 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/05/19/urdu-poet-obaidullah-aleem-remembered/|title=Urdu poet Obaidullah Aleem remembered {{!}} Pakistan Today|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jang.com.pk/news/494460|title=جون ایلیا کا خط عبید اللہ علیم کے نام|website=jang.com.pk|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''Chand chehra sitara ankhhen'', (1974)<br />
*''Viran saray ka diya'', (1986)<br />
*''Yei Zindagi Hey Hamari'', (Selected Poems)<br />
*''Men Khhuli Huwi Ik Sachai'', (Collected Prose)<br />
*''Chiragh Jaltey Hen: The Unpublished Poetry of Obaidullah Aleem'', (Facsimile edition edited by Rehan Qayoom, 2014)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/aleemsarmad Obaidullah Aleem - Aleem's Ghazals (in videos) sung by famous singers]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/aleemsarmad2 Obaidullah Aleem - Aleem's Ghazals in Aleem's own videos & his own voice]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C3200062623DD876 Obaidullah Aleem - Thoughts of a Poet]<br />
*{{cite web | url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/who-are-killers-who-are-those-getting.html | title=Killings, bloodshed across Muslim world: Who are the killers, Who are getting killed? | publisher=Indscribe | date=20 August 2007 | accessdate=20 May 2019 }}<br />
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