Career
Irani received a diploma in design from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore in 1967. Irani was part of the NCA faculty from 1976 to 1999. Painter
He exhibited in over 20 solo and group shows.
Stamp design
Irani designed two stamps (40 paisas and 85 paisas) of the Third Organisation of the Islamic Conference (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) (1981) issue.
On 14 August 2006, Pakistan Post issued a Rs. 40 sheetlet of stamps to posthumously honour 10 Pakistani painters.
Besides Askari Mian Irani, the other nine painters were: Laila Shahzada, Zubeida Agha, Sadequain, Ali Imam, Shakir Ali, Anna Molka Ahmed, Zahoor ul Akhlaq, Ahmed Pervez and Bashir Mirza.