 The word "Meeruthi" refers to Meerut, a city in northern India, from where he migrated to Pakistan in 1947.At the age of ten, he began learning Harmonium under the tutelage of Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan of Lahore.He received sixteen years of training at the Data Ganj Baksh School of Lahore, and earned masters (M.A) degrees in Urdu literature, Arabic and Persian And B.A Degree English from the University of Punjab, Lahore.