Obaidullah Aleem (Urdu: عبیدالله علیم, 12 June 1939 – 18 May 1998) was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language.
Aleem was born in 1939 in Bhopal, India.[1] He received an MA in Urdu from the University of Karachi and began working as a radio and television producer until 1967.[1]
In 1974, his first book of poetry Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen was published.[1] He was senior producer at Karachi station Pakistan Television Corporation until he was forced to resign in 1978 following an edict against him.[1]
His book of poetry received the highest award in literature in Pakistan, the Adamji Prize.[1] He wrote an article, Khurshid missal shakhs, in memory of Khalifatul Masih III in 1982.[citation needed] His second collection of poetry Viran saray ka diya was published in 1986.[1]
In March 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 in Karachi.[citation needed] He died from heart failure, following another heart attack on 18 May 1998.[2][3]