He worked at various newspapers as a foreign correspondent such Daily Imroze and Pakistan Times of Progressive Papers Limited.
[4] In the 1940s, he worked for CPI's newspapers Qaumi Jang which played a significant role to the cause of dominion of India and Pakistan.
He was among the few Pakistanis who supported Bangladesh Liberation War, following which he was dismissed from the job at Daily Imroze, which was controlled by the military dictators at the time.
[1] Following his dismissal, he established Azad, a daily national newspaper which was later banned by the military after Bangladesh's liberation war broke out.
[4] Prior to its closure, he wrote columns and on historical topics for the newspapers besides producing scholarly works on history and politics.