Durrani was born on 5 October 1953 in
Shikarpur.In a Sindhi Family Hailing from
Garhi Yasin, his father Agha Sadaruddin and uncle Agha Badruddin also served as speakers of the same assembly. He matriculated from the
St Patrick's High School in Karachi in 1971, followed by a bachelor of commerce. He also pursued an LLB degree at the
Sindh Muslim Law College. During the 1980s, he left for the United States where he ran a hardware business. ==Political career==