Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Azad Iqbal received his early education in Karachi Grammar School, after which he was sent to England for further education. He holds LL.B. (Hons.) from the University of London and, like his father and grandfather, is a Barrister, having been called to the Bar from Lincoln’s Inn, London. He returned to Pakistan in 1975 where he practised law along with his father. In 1983 he came to Saudi Arabia as the Group Legal Counsel to the Olayan Group of Companies. Currently he is the Group Legal Counsel to the Saudi Binladin Group, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Azad is the eldest grandson of Sir Muhammad Allama Iqbal, the internationally renowned poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent.