[1][2] Shama Khalid belonged to Astore Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan and her father Wazir Ashraf Khan was a law graduate from the famous Aligarh University.
She excelled in education and completed her MBBS from Peshawar in 1968.
[2] After her marriage, Shama settled in Abbottabad where she started her medical practice.
During that period, she carried out social work in her area and regularly visited Gilgit-Baltistan to organize medical camps there.
She also worked for social organizations, including "Save the Children".