Haleem Brohi

Haleem Brohi (5 August 1935 – 28 July 2010, Hyderabad)

Education and family Brohi was the son of Aziz Brohi, He graduated from the University of Sindh in 1956 and completed his LLB in 1960. He was married with four daughters.

Career In his early career, he practiced law and also served at Sindh University in various capacities. He retired from Sindh University as chief accountant in 1980.

Literary career Brohi started writing in 1967. He published more than ten books. Amongst them were, in English: Solo Decayed, Nothing In Particular, Nothing In Earnest and in Sindhi: Haleem Show, Orah ["Inferno"] (1975) and Hitler ji Kahani (1972), all in the early to mid-1970s.

Brohi was also instrumental in creating a Latin alphabet for the Sindhi language, and was a regular contributor to a popular Sindhi daily.

Death Brohi died of a heart stroke at a local hospital in July 2010. He was buried in the Cantonment graveyard in Hyderabad.

Awards In 2009, Brohi was awarded the Shah Latif Award by Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah.