[1][2] He started his career in Bombay cinema (in modern-day Bollywood) and later worked in Lollywood.

[3][5] His family later migrated to Pakistan following the partition in 1947 and worked in Pakistani films as a composer.

[2] Then, in the same year, a widely popular film Saheli gained him a lot of recognition as a music composer.

Another popular film Aulad (1962) followed with notable songs, "Naam le le ke tera hum to jiye jaen ge" (Naseem Begum), Tum mile pyar mila ab koi armaan nahin (Naseem Begum - Munir Hussain).

Munir Hussain and Salim Raza's Qawali, "Na milta gar ye tauba ka sahaara hum kahaan jaate" and Noor Jehan's song "O re sanam dil yeh kaise bataye" became very popular.