[1] Khurram Khan Panni was born in 1921, to the Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Karatia.
[3][4] In 1954, Panni lost the election to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, candidate of the United Front.
[2] In 1962, Panni was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly and went on to become whip of the ruling party.
[6] He declared allegiance to Bangladesh during the war along with two other Bengali Pakistan ambassadors, Abdul Momin and Abul Fateh.
[1] His maternal grandfather was Abdul Halim Ghaznavi, for whom he worked as a Private secretary.