[2] The Government of Pakistan conferred Pride of Performance award in 2006 upon him in recognition of his literary contribution to Pashto poetry.
[3] Mohammad Ghazi was born in 1933 at Kotka Akundan village of Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He learned classics in Pashto, Arabic and Persian language from his father, Abdul Ghafoor Shah, who was a literary figure and a noted religious scholar.
His books Banzey, Kashmala, Mangarai and Zama Sandaray Sta Da Para are among the popular Pashto poetic works he wrote during his literary career.
[2] His folk songs were sung by popular Pashto-language vocalists including Zarsanga, Gulnar Begum, Kishwar Sultana among others.