Career
He has authored several books of the short stories such as and and the novel Chor Bazar. He joined the daily Jang and wrote his columns Waghaira Waghaira that made him famous. He also worked as an editor of Musawat, Karachi, the daily newspaper of the Pakistan People's Party.
Later he launched his own weekly magazine, Awami Adalat.
He was awarded the Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkrdagi by Government of Pakistan in 1989 after his death for the recognition of his literary works. Jalees was born on 22 August 1924, in Bangalore, India.
He originally hailed from Hyderabad State. His father Ahmed Hussain was a self-made person.
His family migrated to Pakistan after the partition of British India.
In 1940, he received Bachelor degree from Aligarh University, India. In 1951, after his six-week visit to China, he wrote a travelogue, Nai Deewar-I-Cheen. He has two brothers Mehboob Hussain Jigar and Mujtaba Hussain, they also worked as a journalist and humourist.
He died on 26 October 1977.
Jalees started his career to serve his first job at the civil supply department in India, but he resigned and joined broadcasting and writing for local newspapers and magazines. In 1941, his short story ‘’ was published in Saqi, a literary magazine of Delhi.
He also tried his fortune at Movie Capital India, in Mumbai, staying with famous poet Sahir Ludhyanvi. In 1946, Jaless took the active part in All India Meeting of the Progressive Writers.
He joined a children magazine Saathi, Lahore.
He was jailed for his publication, Public Safety Razor. Jalees went to Karachi in 1955 and joined Jang, where his humour columns Waghaira Waghaira became very popular. In 1976, Jalees joined Musawat as the editor, the daily newspaper of the Pakistan People's Party.
Later, he worked for Anjaam as the editors
Later, he launched his own weekly, Awami Adalat.