Dr. Safdar Mehmood was born on December 30, 1944 in Dinga, a suburb of Gujarat. He obtained BA Honors from Government College Lahore and MA degree in Political Science from Punjab University. Initially, he was associated with the teaching department for some time. He passed the Civil Service Examination in 1967 and obtained his PhD in Political Science in 1974. Dr. Safdar Mahmood also held several senior administrative and government positions. He was the Director of the National Research and Reference Agency, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He also served as the Secretary of the Punjab Department of Information and Culture and later as the Secretary of the Punjab Education Department and Secretary of the Central Ministry of Education.