Mazhar Kaleem
Mazhar Kaleem (Urdu: مظہر کلیم)
(born 1942, died 2018) was a Pakistani novelist chiefly known in Imran Series,
Urdu spy fiction written within Imran Series mythos created by Ibn-e-Safi.
He was known for writing the Imran Series and had written
short stories for children as well. He was the anchorperson of a saraiki radio
talk show from Radio Multan, "Jamhoor-de-Awaz". He was a lawyer who
was elected Senior Vice-President of Multan Bar Council.
In "his writing career of over five decades, he has
written around 600 spy fiction novels", as well as "around 5000 short
stories for children including the famous series of Umro Aiyyar."
Biography
Mazhar was born to Mr. Hamid Yar
Khan who was a Police officer. He did his B.A. from Emerson College and did
M.A. (Urdu) from the Multan Campus of Punjab University. Mazhar Kaleem was born
on 22 July 1942 in Multan. His father Hamid Yar Khan was a retired police
Inspector. He belongs to a Pathan family,"Muhammad Zai" in Multan,
who settled in Multan after migrating from Afghanistan in the late 19th
century. His original name is Mazhar Nawaz Khan; however he is now only known
as his literary pen name, Mazhar Kaleem Khan.
He studied in Islamia high school
Multan and graduated from Emerson College (Current Government College) . He was
a color holder in basketball and bodybuilding from Emerson College. After
graduating he taught as a master in a government high school, Daulat Gate, but
he left it to pursue more studies at the University of Multan (currently
Bahauddin Zakariya University) to do his M.A. in Urdu Literature and LL.B. He
is a senior lawyer in Multan Bench of Lahore High Court. Professionally he is a
lawyer and not a novelist which is his part-time hobby. He is also anchor
person of a radio talk show from Radio Multan. His original name is Mazhar
Nawaz Khan while Kaleem is his literary adoption. He had two sons and four
daughters but his eldest son Faisal Jan died at the age of 31. The second son
Fahad Usman Khan is working in a Multinational Bank.
Mazhar Kaleem is a contemporary of
Ibn-e-Safi in writing Imran series and he just used the few principal
characters but always had a different style. While many writers notably Safdar
Shaheen & Ibne-Rahat tried to cash in on the popularity of Imran he is
unparalleled now as undisputed master of writing Imran Series. He has written
over four hundred novels and has introduced new style of spy novels writing.
Almost every grown up person in Pakistan who had been fond of reading has read
one or more of his novels. He is based in Multan.
Works
He has written over five hundred
books in Imran Series both mystery long and short novels of Imran Series and
short stories for children.
Stories
Action Agency
Basashi
Be Jurm
Black Sun
Black Feather
Blue Eye
Double White
Dus Crore May Dou Shetaan
Fohag International
Gang war
Hawk Eye
HaaraKari
Kamran Mission
Limelight
Sabolat
Safli Dunya
Shogi Pama
Silver Girl
Terntola
Weather boss
Asadam
Chief Agent
Dashing Agent
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