Early Life and Education
Born in 1950, Ahmad was educated in Lahore, West-Pakistan. He attended Central Model High School. At there, he became politically active and also managed to defeat his opponent by a large margin in school elections for presidency at Central Model High school and, he achieved this feat while he was still in Grade 8 whereas his opponent came from 10th Grade. Ahmad spent quite some time of his childhood with his grandfather Hifzur Rehmann who was a very keen reader. Ahmad picked up the habit of reading books since a very young age, usually studying books on Political science. He was 15 when he along with his friend from the local library crossed a minefield on bicycle to kill Indian soldiers on Wagha border in the Indo-Pakistan 1965 September war.
In the end, he managed only to be fed alu gobhi from the military ration and sent back with an escort by the astonished Pakistani soldiers by Indian soldiers when he was apprehended. After the war, Ahmad went on to attend Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO) where he completed his oriental studies. During this same time, Ahmad at the age of 17, became a founding member Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
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