Background and Family Life
Born in Delhi, India, he was the eldest in a family of 11 children. His family moved to Lahore in 1947 during the partition, eventually settling in Karachi. Akhlaq attended the Sindh Madrassah as a young boy and went to study in art in Lahore at the National College of Arts. In 1971, he married Sheherezade Alam, a potter, and the couple had two daughters, Jahanara, (1974–1999), Nurjahan (b.1979).
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