Education and Early Life
Firoz Shah was born on 7 January 1914 at Pind Dadan Khan near Chakwal, Jhelum District, Punjab. He graduated from the Punjab University, Kitchener's College, Nowgong (in undivided India). Subsequently, he graduated from the Royal Navy College in London. He married Sughra on 24 November 1940. They had three children: two sons (Shafqat and Sajjad) and one daughter. His wife Sughra expired in 1996.
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