Having done his Master of Arts in Pashto, Taizi did his Doctor of Philosophy from the Area Study Centre, Peshawar University. His thesis in English is related to “the Saur Revolution (1978) – the Communist Revolution that took place in April 1978”.
Born in Pabbi, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province), Present-day Pakistan. Taizi served in the Army Service Corps as a clerk (1949–1954), Intelligence Bureau of the Government of Pakistan, Peshawar, (1954–1977), as Liaison Officer Afghan Refugees Commissionerate, Peshawar (1979–1980), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Protection Officer and Programme Officer. 1980–1991), daily the Frontier Post, Peshawar (Assistant Editor.
1991–1995) and British Broadcasting Corporation Project at Peshawar (Editor of the New Home New Life - a trilingual magazine.
1996–1997). Later he was attached to the Tribal Women Welfare Association as vice-chairperson and editor-in-chief of its bilingual quarter Neway Zhwand (New Life). During his service in the Intelligence Bureau, Taizi spent more than 15 years in tribal areas, having stayed in every tribal agency, and more than seven years in the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Having done his Master of Arts In Pashto literary circles Taizi was still known as Ghamzhan, although he has long given up that nom de plume and instead uses his family name Taizi.
