Ibrahim Jalees () born Ibrahim Hussain () on (22 August 1924 – 26 October 1977) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, and humorist. He has authored several books of the short stories such as ''Chalees Karor Bhikari'' and ''Tikona Des'' and the novel ''Chor Bazar''. He joined the

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newspaper and wrote his columns titled ''Waghaira Waghaira'' which made him famous. He also worked as an editor of ''Musawat'',

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, the daily newspaper of the

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. Later he launched his own weekly magazine, ''Awami Adalat'' (Peoples Court). He was awarded the (''Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkrdagi'')

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Award by the

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in 1990, after his death, in recognition of his literary works.

Early life

Ibrahim Jalees was born on 22 August 1924, in

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, British India. He originally hailed from the

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

. His father Ahmed Hussain was a

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. His family migrated to

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after the partition of

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. In 1940, he received BA degree from

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, India. In 1948, he migrated to Lahore, Pakistan soon after the fall of Hyderabad Deccan to India. In 1951, after his six-week visit to China, he wrote a travelogue, ''Nai Deewar-I-Cheen''. He has three brothers Mehboob Hussain Jigar and

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who stayed back in India, both of whom also worked as journalists and humorists. His youngest brother Yusuf Husain, worked as a supervisor for

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in the aviation industry at

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, and died in January 2016, in Old Westbury, New York. Ibrahim Jalees died on 26 October 1977.

Career

Jalees started his career with his first job at the civil supply department in

, but he resigned and joined broadcasting and writing for local newspapers and magazines. In 1941, he gained some fame, when his short story ‘Rishta’ was published in Saqi, a literary magazine of Delhi. He also tried his fortune at ''Movie Capital of India'', in

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, staying with the famous Indian poet Sahir Ludhyanvi. In 1946, Jaless took an active part in ''All India Meeting'' of the ''Progressive Writers' Association''. Since his roots were from

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, he actively opposed the annexation of it with the Indian Union by military aggression. He then joined a children's magazine ''Saathi'',

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. Later he joined ''

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'' newspaper as a sub-editor where the famous poets,

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi ( ur, ) born Ahmad Shah Awan ( ur, ) (20 November 1916 - 10 July 2006) was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. He wrote 50 books on topics such as poetry, fiction ...

, and

Ibn-e-Insha Sher Muhammad Khan ( ur, ), ( Punjabi, ), better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha, ( ur, ), ( Punjabi, ) (15 June 1927 – 11 January 1978) He was jailed for his publication, ''Public Safety Razor''. Jalees went to Karachi in 1955 and joined ''

'' newspaper, where his humour columns ''Waghaira Waghaira'' became very popular. In 1976, Jalees joined ''Musawat'' as the editor, the daily newspaper of the

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. Later, he worked for the daily newspaper ''Anjaam'' as its editor. Finally he launched his own weekly magazine, ''Awami Adalat'' (Peoples Court) but it shut down due to lack of funds. Many years after his death, he received an award ''Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkardagi'' (

) in 1990 by the

for his literary services to the nation.

Awards

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in 1962 in film ''Aanchal'' *

Award (''Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkardagi'') in 1990 (award announced on 14 August 1989, actually conferred on Pakistan Day (23 March 1990) by the

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Retrieved 14 April 2019

Publications

* ''Zard Chehre'' (a collection of short stories), published in 1944 * ''Tirange Ki Chhaaon Mein'' (a cynical account of the political unrest in Hyderabad Deccan) * ''Chalees Karor Bhikari'' * ''Rishta'' * ''Jail Ke Din Jail Ki Raten'' * ''Tikona Des'' * ''Chor Bazar'' (Novel) * ''Ulti Qabr'' * ''Neki Kar Thane Ja'' * ''Ooper Shervani Ander Pareshani'' * ''Hanse Aur Phanse'' * ''Shugufta Shugufta'' * ''Kala Chor'' * ''Nai Deewar-i-Cheen.''

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