Sardar Abdul Qayyum was born on 4 April 1924 in Ghaziabad, District, Bagh (Poonch) then Participant of Former State of Jammu & Kashmir.After completing his secondary education from a secondary school in Jammu, he joined the Engineers Corps of the British Indian Army and served in African and Middle E.
Early Life & He actively participated in the kashmiri freedom struggle. He was elected as President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) State in 1956, 1971 and 1985. He also remained Prime Minister of AJK from 1991-1996.
In 2002, he was made chairman of the National Kashmir Committee.
He died on 10 July 2015 after a protracted illness.The Azad Kashmir government announced three-day mourning on his death.
