Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: An haife shi a jajibirin sabuwar shekara, 1952 a Malabare Mansion, Azam ya fara karatu ne a masu zaman kansu kafin a tura shi zuwa Rajshahi Collegiate School sannan kuma zuwa Jhenidah Cadet College, makarantar kwana ta soja da mahaifinsa. Ya kasance a cikin aji na farko na makarantar a shekarar 1968. A matsayinsa na ɗan takara, rundunar sojin Pakistan ta yi masa tambayoyi a lokacin da suke mamaye ƙasar.
Babban Yakin 'Yanci na 1971. Da farko an saita shi ne don halartar Kwalejin Injiniyan Lantarki da Injiniya kuma ya zama ɗan takara a Kwalejin Sojojin Pakistan a Kakul. A ranar 7 ga Maris, 1971, ya kalli masu zanga-zangar Bengali sama da dubu goma da suka tilasta hanyarsu zuwa Kwalejin Jhenidah Cadet a cikin zanga-zanga. An kashe shugaban makarantarsa, Lt Col Monzurur Rahman (Bengali), da malamai uku. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Sojojin Bangladesh kuma an ba shi izini a cikin Injiniyoyin Injiniya na sabuwar rundunar sojojin Bangladesh a shekarar 1976, ya kammala karatunsa daga BUET a shekarar 1979 tare da digiri na farko a fannin injiniyan injiniya.