Education
He was born on 21 December 1943 in Jullundher, India, and settled in Lahore after the partition of India. Ahmed received his masters degree in English literature from Government College, Lahore. He achieved first position in the University in 1969 and was entered in the Roll of Honour for that year. He was also Editor of The Ravi from 1968 to 1969 (under the chief editor).
In 1969 he move on to a postgraduate Diploma in International Affairs (1969) at Punjab University, then a Diploma in Interpretership (Russian) at Moscow State University in 1970.
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