[1] Born in village Narol of Poonch District of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Murtaza A. Khan is a well known lawyer and widely travelled person.
He joined Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party,[2] headed by former Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed at its inception in July 1999 as a founder member, authored its Constitution and served it in various capacities.
Was elected as Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (Upper House of the State's bicameral legislature) in February 2007.
He was appointed as Chairman of a House Committee constituted during the Summer Session 2012 to probe an issue of land grabbing by a sitting minister in Omar Abdullah's Cabinet but immediately before its second meeting scheduled to be held in mid November 2012, the Committee was controversially disbanded in the wake of withdrawal of three of its members belonging to the ruling alliance parties for unknown reasons.
He represented his Party at various national level seminars and conferences on political resolution of the K issue including the Round Table Conference held in April 2011 at Srinagar by the Padgoankar lead three member team of interlocutors appointed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for resolution of the issue.