Abdus Salim Khan was born on 18 December 1907, at Talokar (village), near Haripur, NWFP, British India, as the eldest son to Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, Khan-sahib, OBE.
[4] Having joined the British Indian Civil Service in 1933, Khan served as a magistrate and a Political Officer in the North-West Frontier Province.
[8] Between 1951 and 1953 he held diplomatic postings in Afghanistan and the United States;[9][citation needed] and in 1953, he was appointed as Pakistan's Chargé d'Affaires in Japan.
[10] and then ambassador,[11] playing an instrumental role in firmly establishing positive Japan-Pakistan relations.
[14] He died there suddenly of heart failure between 12/13 July 1957 [15] and his body was flown back and buried in his native village.