Khursheed Kamal Aziz ( better known as K.K Aziz) was born on December 11, 1927 in the village of Ballambad near Faisalabad.His father Abdul Aziz was a barrister and a historian in his own right. He received his early education from the M.B. High School in Batala and then went to Forman Christian College and Finally Government College Lahore for graduation. Later he completed his studies at Victoria University in Manchester UK.
Aziz taught at various reputed institutions sucha s the universitites of Cambridge, London, Heidelberg, Khartoum and the Punjab University in Pakistan. He also delivered occasional lectures at universities in Karachi, Peshawar Islamabad, Dacca, Hull, New Castle upon Tyne, Geneva, Oxford and Bergen. HE worked as an advisor to Z.A Bhutto and was the chairman of the National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research. His career came to an abrupt halt when Z.A Bhutto was deposed and he was ultimately made to leave the country. He retured his "Sitara e Imtiaz" in protest of this treatment.