[1] Sherko was born on October 27, 1887, in Korçë, a city in south-eastern Albania, then part of the Ottoman Empire.

He graduated in 1915 from the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Odessa, then within the Russian Empire.

The following year, Sherko moved back to Korçë and taught at a local high school.

On July 25, 1927, he was appointed director of the Press Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which later was to become the Albanian Telegraphic Agency.

[2] From April 8 to 12, 1939 Sherko was member in charge of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Administrative Committee.