Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a cikin 1916 ga dangin manoma matalauta a Punjab, Indiya ta Biritaniya, ya kammala karatun digiri a fannin shari'a daga Kwalejin Islamia (Lahore) a cikin 1942, yana fara ayyukansa na shari'a ta hanyar kafa kamfaninsa na doka a 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. Wanda ke da alhakin gudanarwa da kuma kula da lardin Punjab bayan yakin da Indiya
a shekarar 1971, an nada Meraj Khalid a matsayin ministan shari'a a shekarar 1974 kuma Shugaban Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa a cikin sharuddan da ba su dace ba.