Khan akaberekwa muLahore musi wa5 Gumiguru 1952. Mamwe mashoko anoratidza kuti akaberekwa musi wa25 Mbudzi 1952. Zvinonzi musi wa25 Mbudzi wakataurwa zvisirizvo nevakuru vePakistan Cricket Board papasipoti yake. Ndiye mwanakomana mumwechete waIkramullah Khan Niazi, injinjini yezvekuvaka, nemukadzi wake Shaukat Khanum, uye ane hanzvadzi ina. Akagara kwenguva refu kuMianwali kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwePunjab, mhuri yababa vake ndevechiPashtun uye ndevedzinza reNiazi, uye mumwe wemadzitateguru ake, Haibat Khan Niazi, muzana ramakore rechi16, "aive mumwe wevakuru vakuru vaSher Shah Suri, pamwe nekuve gavhuna wePunjab. Amai vaKhan vaibva kurudzi rePashtun reBurki, iro rakagadzira vatambi vanoverengeka vakabudirira munhoroondo yePakistan, kusanganisira hama dzake Maj.
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