[1] Haider was born on 18 April 1951 in Dhaka, he passed both SSC and HSC from Faujdarhat Cadet College.

He did his graduation in Bachelor of Arts under Pakistan Military Academy and Masters in Defence Studies from Allahabad University, India.

He has worked at UNAMET for UNTAET as Chief Military Observer.

He is the recipient of The Wiesel Ethics Award '2000 for his contributions to the international civil service.

He was supposed to be appointed by prime minister Khaleda Zia as she decided, but Moeen U Ahmed managed his appointment, cancelling the decision and using his army colleague Major (rtd) Sayeed Eskandar who was incidentally a younger brother of Khaleda Zia to cancel the decision.