[4][5] Gulab was born on 6 January 1958[6][7] in Shahmir Chandio village, Nawabshah district, in a farming household.
He had been jailed for taking part in protests after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's death penalty.
[2] He entered the TV industry in 1982 and made his debut with the Sindhi drama Biyo Shaks (The Other Man).
[5] He appeared in various plays and serials, including Sindhi dramas Talash, Saam, Jungle, Jiyapo, Mittia ja Manhoo, and Ghulam, and Urdu serials Zeenat, Rawish, Noori Jam Tamachi, Tipu Sultan, and Saagar ka Aansoo.
[3] Gulab contested the Pakistani general elections from Nawabshah and Karachi twice but lost both times.