Khan was born at Silmo a village of Batalik, Kargil on 11 December 1936.
He married Zeben Nissa on 18 December 1963, and he had a bachelor's degree in arts from the University of Kashmir.
Though later he announced his decision to return to the National Conference at a news conference, termed by JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah as his "Homecoming"[5][6] however due to political circumstances[7][8] he had to clarify later on that he would be only lending unconditional support to the UPA and won't be re- joining the JKNC.
[9] In September 2013 he contested as a councilor and won from Silmo constituency in the 3rd General elections of the LAHDC Kargil.
It was his case that brought to the front the peculiarity in the LAHDC Act 1995 as he holds the seat of a councilor and is yet to resign as the Member of Parliament, Ladakh.