His most popular work was his biography of Khalid ibn al-Walid, The Sword of Allah, which he published while serving in the Pakistan Army.

[12][13][14] He served in several key positions including as Pakistan's Permanent Military Representative to CENTO in Ankara, sixth Colonel Commandant of the Frontier Force Regiment,[15] Deputy Martial Law Administrator of Zone F (NWFP) under President Yahya Khan and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, G.O.C of 7th Inf Division, Military Secretary GHQ, and Colonel Staff HQ 15th Division.

[28] In his memoirs, Inamul Haque Khan recalled that Akram was a well-read person who used to discuss philosophy and Allama Iqbal's poetry.

Afterwards, he received a promotion on 1 January 1945 as Temporary Captain and was appointed as the Quartermaster of the 14th Battalion of the 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force).

[26][30][31] After the Partition of British India in August 1947, Akram opted to join the Pakistan Army and commanded a company of the Tochi Scouts of the Frontier Corps in the First Kashmir War.

[30][20][32][33] In September 1949, Pakistan was among several countries which received an invitation to attend the Harbnen Medal presentation by the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene of the United Kingdom.

It was at this time when he decided to fill the void himself and began working on the biography of Khalid bin Walid, The Sword of Allah.

[43] His first book, The Sword of Allah is about the life and campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid which was published during his army service in 1970 after a five year effort, including visiting battle-fields in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for research.

[47] While Akram was Pakistan's Permanent Military Deputy to CENTO, he published his second book The Muslim Conquest of Persia in 1975 after a four year research effort including visiting battlefields in Iran and discussing with Iranian scholars.

[44] Major General Akram was not involved in the Bangladesh genocide as he was posted at the Western Front to defend Pakistan's borders against the Indian Army.

[58] To research for writing all these books he learned Arabic, Persian and Spanish and collected an impressive library of historical works.

[64] His final books, The Falcon of The Quraish: Abdur Rahman The Immigrant of Spain and The Rise of Cordoba, were published after his death.