He played for the first ever Bangladesh national football team and was in the starting XI during the country's first official game.

[5] During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, Hakim played exhibition matches with the Shadhin Bangla football team, in India.

[8] During the latter stages of 1972, he travelled to India with the Dhaka XI (unofficial Bangladesh national team, as the country was not a FIFA or AFC member yet), to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy, held in Guwahati.

Although he was a second choice left-back to the late Ainul Haque, coach Sheikh Shaheb Ali later transitioned Hakim into a starter.

On 28 August 2022, he died while under treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, leaving behind a wife, a son and three daughters.