Sheikh Mukhtar was the son of Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed (who was a railway police inspector and born in Karachi, British India; now Pakistan) Chaudhary Ashfaq Ahmed intentionally got transferred and  migrated to Delhi. Sheikh Mukhtar was born on 24 December 1914 in Delhi.
Sheikh Mukhtar was the son of Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed (who was a railway police inspector born in Karachi, British India; now Pakistan) and intentionally moved to Delhi. Sheikh Mukhtar was born on 24 December 1914 in Delhi.