Khadim Hussain was born in Siraiki speaking poor family of Dera Ghazi Khan. During the early seventies when he was studying Mechanical Engineering in Lahore, revolutionary ideas attracted him. Later he spent time in the US; besides receiving two Master degrees (Engineering and Politcal Science) there, he remained active watcher of political affairs of Pakistan, Central America and the world in general. Back in Pakistan in 1986, he heavily researched about the political affairs of India while he was employed by a government institution. For the last 15 years he is knwon as a civil society activist in Islamabad.