Selim was born in 1940 to a
Bengali Muslim family of
Sarkars hailing from Kuripara in
Qazipur,
Sirajganj (then under
Pabna District),
Bengal Presidency. Selim's father was Captain
M Mansur Ali, a key figure of Bangladeshi independence and a former
prime minister of Bangladesh. His brother is the former health minister
Mohammed Nasim. ==Career==