Shi ne kawai dan Ikramullah Khan Niazi, wani injiniyan injiniya, da matarsa Shaukat Khanum, kuma yana da 'yan'uwa mata hudu. Ya daɗe da zama a Mianwali a arewa maso yammacin Punjab, dangin mahaifinsa na kabilar Pashtun ne kuma na kabilar Niazi, kuma ɗaya daga cikin kakanninsa, Haibat Khan Niazi, a karni na 16, "yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan janarorin Sher Shah Suri, tare da zama gwamnan Punjab".
Kwalejin Aitchison