Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri was born in Deoli, Zafarwal, North India, British Raj (present-day Punjab, Pakistan).

[4] He earned an MA in British literature after compiling a critical and analytical thesis on Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens.

[5] For sometime, he remained associated with the Pakistan Army and briefly served in Inter-Services Public Relations, which he eventually becoming its director-general and achieved the rank of colonel in 1965.

Subsequently, he was removed by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from The Pakistan Times and was thrown in jail after penning an article against socialism.

After the imposition of martial law in 1977, chief of army staff General Zia-ul-Haq released him from prison and ultimately appointed him for a stint as editor-in-chief of The Pakistan Times.

[2] His political ideas further pushed him to be close with the military government whereas he briefly served as additional secretary of the Ministry of Information and Mass-media Broadcasting.