He authored several books of short stories such as Chalees Karor Bhikari and Tikona Des and the novel Chor Bazar.
His youngest brother Yusuf Husain, worked as a supervisor for Caltex Oil in the aviation industry at Karachi airport, and died in January 2016, in Old Westbury, New York.
[1] Jalees started his career with his first job at the civil supply department in British India, but he resigned and joined broadcasting and writing for local newspapers and magazines.
Later he joined Daily Imroze newspaper as a sub-editor where the famous poets, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, and Ibn-e-Insha were his colleagues.
Finally he launched his own weekly magazine, Awami Adalat (Peoples Court) but it shut down due to lack of funds.
[1] Many years after his death, he received an award Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkardagi (Pride of Performance) in 1990 by the Government of Pakistan for his literary services to the nation.