Shehzad was born on 23 November 1991 in the city of Lahore. He belongs to a Pashtun family and is fluent in Pashto. When Shehzad was two years old, his father died and he was raised by a single mother in Anarkali, Lahore.

On 19 September 2015, Shehzad married Sana, his childhood friend. Shehzad was really excited about this event and he hired a personal stylist and designer for his clothes.

He was the leading run-scorer in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup, with 653 runs, including a career-best score in List A cricket of 166 in the semi-final. He was also captain of team. During the tournament he scored three centuries and three half-centuries in nine matches.

In April 2018, he was named as the captain of Baluchistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup. He scored the most runs for Baluchistan during the tournament, with 251 runs in four matches.^[16]

Shehzad made his first-class debut in 2007. The innings which led to a call-up for the national team was a 167 he scored in Pakistan Youth’s victory against England.^[17][18]

Shehzad made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2013 scoring 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second.^[19] Ahmed Shahzad was part of the Test squad against South Africa in UAE. However he wasn’t selected in the playing XI in either of the 2 Tests against South Africa.

Shehzad was issued a one match ban in 2011 for showing dissent in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. This was after he was issued a fine just the mon