He was born on May 7, 1947 at village Behroot in district Rajouri. He obtained degrees of MA Urdu and PhD from Jammu University. He was an employee of Jammu-Kashmir Cultural Academy from where he retired as deputy secretary some years ago. His published works include “Sooba-e-Jammu-Kashmir ke ilaaqai adab par Urdu ke asaraat” (PhD thesis), Bagh-e-Bararaan (collection of pahadi poetry) and Khushoo-Numa (collection of Urdu poetry. He has participated in some local, state-level as well national-level mushairas.