The 27th death anniversary of the famous poet of modern Urdu Obaidullah Aleem is being observed on Sunday.

He was born on 12th June 1939 in Bhopal, British India.

He started his career with Radio Pakistan. He was ranked among the best Ghazal writers of modern times.

His famous books of poetry are Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen, Veeran Saray Ka Diya and Nigar-e-Subah ke Ummed Main.

He died on this day in 1998 at the age of fifty-eight in Karachi.