Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: An haife shi a shekara ta 1916 a cikin wani dangin manoma matalauta a Punjab, Indiya ta Burtaniya, ya kammala karatun digiri a fannin shari'a daga Kwalejin Islamia (Lahore) a shekarar 1942, ya fara ayyukansa na shari'a ta hanyar kafa kamfaninsa na doka a shekarar 1948. An yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar wallafe-wallafen kwaminisanci da aka buga a Tarayyar Soviet, aikinsa na farko na jama'a ya kasance ne don inganta ilimin karatu a ƙauyensa. A shekarar 1967, yana daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa jam'iyyar PPP kuma ya hau zuwa rike manyan mukaman gwamnati. Mai alhakin gudanarwa da kuma kula da lardin Punjab bayan da aka yi
a yakin da Indiya a shekarar 1971, an nada Meraj Khalid a matsayin ministan shari'a a shekarar 1974 kuma Kakakin Majalisar Dokoki a cikin wa'adi biyu marasa jituwa.