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M.Ibrahim Khan is a senior, Karachi-based journalist. He pens columns based on humor and satire in Urdu and has been a regular contributor to many prominent publications and websites. Currently, he is associated with Urdu daily DUNYA which is published from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Gujranwala and Faisalabad simultaneously. He serves the main news desk in Karachi under the supervision of seniors like Ahmed Hasan and Saleem Aamir. He is also one of the prime columnists of the paper writing columns under the title of KAALAM AARAAEE under the supervision of Nazeer Naji and with assistance from loving colleagues like Aslam Kolsari, Ammar Chaudhary, Sajjad Kareem, Malik Faiz Baksh and Hafeez Quraishi. He has also written, with the pen name ABU SABAHAT, a regular news feature titled TASWEER KAHANI on page 9 of Roznama DUNYA’s Karachi edition. This regular pictorial feature depicted social and economic issues bearing and generating public interest.

CAREER

After having started his career in journalism as a translator for Urdu daily JASARAT way back in 1984, M.Ibrahim Khan joined this newspaper on March 16, 1992 as a senior sub editor. He also continued to contribute articles for the magazine section and editorial page of the same newspaper. During his association with JASARAT, he worked under the supervision of renowned columnist Athar Hashimi. In the initial years, M.Ibrahim Khan learned a lot from seniors like Abdul Hafeez Noori and Rashid Aziz.

On July 1, 1998, M.Ibrahim Khan joined the main news desk of the emergent Urdu daily EXPRESS (Karachi) and continued to write for editorial pages and magazine of this newspaper, too. During his eight-year association with EXPRESS and its sister publication INSAF TIMES, M.Ibrahim Khan kept writing extensively and contributed more than 250 articles and translations. His weekly feature on controversial books became a success. During his EXPRESS years, he had a better time working with famed media personalities like Nayyer Alvi (late), Tahir Najmi and Ahfaaz-ur_Rehman.

In October 2006, M.Ibrahim Khan quit EXPRESS to join SUNBIZ TV as Copy Editor. He worked as commentator, too, for the morning transmissions of SUNBIZ.

Having served SUNBIZ TV for over a year, he moved on to NEWS ONE TV as Assistant Assignment Editor and Senior Copy Editor. He learned a lot there thanks to close association with renowned analyst and writer Muhiyuddin Aazim.

After having spent almost two years in NEWS ONE TV, he switched over to Urdu daily UMMAT as Senior Sub Editor and columnist. This proved to be a very rich and profound fine-tuning experience for his career. He penned humorous and satirical columns titled QALAM ZAREEFI regualarly for UMMAT. He also wrote humorous columns titled KHANDA BAYANI for weekly TAKBEER, a sister publication of the same organization. This continued for almost three years. In GHAZI, a monthly magazine of the same organization, M.Ibrahim Khan wrote regular feature MAKTOOB-e-‘GHAALIB’, incorporating the style of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Asadullah Khan ‘Ghaalib’. During his association with this organization, he was fortunate to have invaluable suggestions and feedback from seniors like Rafeeq Afghan, Naseer Hashimi, Sajjad Abbasi, Shabbeer Soomro and friends like Amjad Chaudhary, Yaqoob Ghaznavi, Ahmed Ansari and renowned calligraphy maestro Abdul Rasheed Shahid.

M.Ibrahim Khan quit UMMAT PUBLICATIONS on July 31, 2012 to join upcoming Roznama DUNYA, a sister organization of DUNYA TV.

M.Ibrahim Khan also served URDU POST, a Dubai-based Urdu daily as Chief News Editor, editorial writer and columnist from November 2004 to February 2005.

BOOKS

M.Ibrahim Khan has 10 books on his credit. His first book was “BAIN-AL-AQWAAMI TAA’LLUQAAT AUR SIYAASYAAT-E-AALAM” published in March, 1990 by Maktaba-e-Faridi, Karachi. The books was meant for the International Relations students of M.A. and B.A. After that, he penned Principles of Commerce for students of First Year commerce.

SHIKAST-e-AARZOO is his latest contribution based on a translation of memoirs of Dr. Sajjad Hussain (late), the last vice chancellor of Dhaka University before the break-up of Pakistan and emergence of the new state of Bangladesh. The original book was titled THE WASTE OF TIME: Reflections on the Decline and Fall of East Pakistan. Three reprints of this translation have come out so far.

M. Ibrahim Khan’s other books include:


 * MUTANAAZEY KITAABEIN (two editions)
 * HAIRAT-ANGEZ WAAQEAAT (FRANK EDWARDS)


 * KAAMYAAB ZINDAGI KYA HAI? (two reprints)


 * KAAMYAAB ZINDARI KE RAAZ (NOEL WHITTAKER)


 * KAAMYAABI QADAM CHOOMEGI (25 great books on success)


 * ASR-e-HAAZIR KI 50 NUMAAINDA KITAABEIN


 * INQALAAB-e-UMMEED (ERIC FROMM)

One of M.Ibrahim Khan’s books, KAAMYAABI QADAM CHOOMEGI, has been translated into Sindhi (KAAMYAABI QADAM CHOOMANDI) by Mohsin Memon.

INTERESTS

Self-help, personal development and social issues are the main fields of interest for M.Ibrahim Khan and he writes extensively for the youth to let them have a clearer picture of what they think about life and career in terms of professional success.

M.Ibrahim Khan has a profound penchant for classical Indian and Pakistani music. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Mehdi Hasan, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Muhammed Rafi, Noor Jehan, Lata Mangeshkar, Kundan Lal Sehgal, Kanan Devi, Jyotika Roy and Manna Dey are his favourites.

M.Ibrahim Khan developed great interest in general knowledge during his initial college years and took part in a number of quiz contests. He won the first prize in QUIZ SHOW of Radio Pakistan (Karachi) on 19th February, 1984. Azeem Sarwar played quiz master.

He won many prizes in ZAHANAT SHART HAI (another quiz program aired by Radio Pakistan from Karachi station) in which Muhammed Naqi (late) played quiz master.

M.Ibrahim Khan was a regular participant of Bazm-e-Talaba, a Radio Pakistan (Karachi) program. He used to be a regular participant of Sirf Ek Minute in Bazme-e-Talaba and won first prize thrice and second prize twice.

M.Ibrahim Khan also won the essay-writing contest held by Education Department of Sindh in November 1986 in connection with National Year of the Youth and stood first in the province.

M.Ibrahim Khan has been a “practicing” poet since 1980. Legendary poet ‘Raees’ Amrohvi was his inspiration and mentor in poetry and he got the pen-name of ‘Khaleel’ from him. M.Ibrahim Khan recited many of his ghazals in Bazm-e-Talaba as well. Besides 'Raees' Amrohvi, 'Ghalib', Allama 'Iqbal', and 'Hazeen' Quraishi Ahmedabadi have influenced him to a great extent in poetry.

EDUCATION

M.Ibrahim Khan was born in Karachi on April 24, 1964. After having completed primary education at Shining Star Primary School (Pak Colony, Karachi), he was enrolled to G.B.S.S., Nazimabad No.1, Karachi. He earned his bachelor degree in commerce from the prestigious Government Premier College in 1990 and got master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Karachi in 1993. Besides Urdu and English, M.Ibrahim Khan has a workable knowledge of Gujarati and Hindi, too. He has translated two books into Urdu one each from Hindi and Gujarat.

APPEARANCE IN CYBER-SPACE

M.Ibrahim Khan’s columns and articles are featured regularly on dunya.com.pk/index.php/columnist/m-ibrahim-khan/66

www.hamariweb.com

www.pakistantv.tv

www.urducolumnsonline.com

www.awaz.tv

www.sochnews.tv

www.9211news.com

www.pakcolumnist.com

www.oyepakistan.com

www.paknewscolumns.com

www.columnstoday.com

www.paktvcorner.com

www.columnghar.com

www.columnist.pk

www.pakdiscussion.com

www.tiptopfun.com

www.jahaztv.com

www.pakistanisocialmedia.com

www.thenewstrack.com

www.columns.bestofpak.com

www.friendsmania.net

www.mediawatch.pk

www.uwatching.com

www.viewsatnews.com

www.dailytalkshows.com

www.jhangtv.com

www.minhaj.org

www.prospk.com

www.fashionpaki.com

www.thesiasat.com

www.page2rss.com

www.angoothachaap.com

www.mix-videos.com

www.pakistan.worldnewsviews.com

One of prime and prominent Urdu websites www.hamariweb.com has formally acknowledged him as one of its prime contributors.

Here is a list of blogs featuring his columns

www.teantime.blogspot.com

www.tvz-mag.blogspot.com

www.pakdramatalk.wordpress.com

www.columns99.blogspot.com

www.allurducolumnz.blogspot.com

www.urducolumnists.wordpress.com

www.paktts.blogspot.com

www.pkmedianews.blogspot.com

www.tanveerali010.blogspot.com

www.pakistan.worldnewsviews.com

https://twitter.com/mkhaliq66/statuses/43892510623404032

He maintains his blog, too, and all his newspaper columns and other writes up can also be read at mibrahimkhann.wordpress.com

M.Ibrahim Khan can be reached at ibkhan1964@yahoo.com (prime id) and ibrahim.khan@dunya.com.pk