Born on 19 January 1968 in Islamabad, he his early childhood in Lahore before moving to Islamabad. He did a lot of traveling right from the beginning as his father worked in the Foreign Service of Pakistan. He started his schooling in Islamabad, and then went to school in the USA. After a few years of U.S. education and exposure, he returned to Islamabad to finish his schooling. He also attended Government College University (Lahore). Afterwards, he moved to Karachi and for last 15 years is living in Dubai, UAE as an overseas Pakistani since 2004.