He received his primary education from tSangrah and did his matriculation from Sankoo High School in the year 1973.
He lost his parents when he was in Primary School, thereafter his elder brother Talib Hussain took the responsibility on his shoulders to support his family and to educate Qamar Ali and his younger brother Dr. Mohd Jaffer Akhoon.
A renowned religious scholar of Suru Valley Late Agha Syed Haider Rizvi assisted in sending him to Srinagar for Higher studies, after completing his graduation Qamar Ali Akhoon pursued LLB (Honors) instead of applying for a job.
He was also the first Chief Executive Councillor / Chairman of the newly formed Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil in 2002.
[3] Earlier he has served as the Minister for Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution and Transport under Mr Omar Abdullah and Minister of State for Works and Power during the Farooq Abdullah regime, and he was the first Chief Executive Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil as well.