Career
He served in the Pakistan Army for 26 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1978. In 1971 he was captured during the Bangladesh war and held as a prisoner-of-war in India for 18 months. He managed Pakistan"s tours to Australia and the West Indies in 1976-1977.
He wrote two books of Pakistan cricket history, From Babes of Cricket to World Champions (1996) and The Chequered History of Pakistan Cricket (2003), with Mohammed Salim Parvez.