Career
Khurshid Jahan Haq was born on 11 August 1939 in Balaburi, in the Dinajpur District of Bangladesh. After matriculation from the local schools, she attended Kumudini College where she received a Bachelor degree in 1958. During her college years, she was active in student government and served as Secretary of the Students" Union in 1956-1957.
She was later twice re-elected as Member of Parliament from the Dinajpur-3 constituency, in 1996 and 2001.