He was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Cabinet Minister of Labour, and a councillor in the Colombo Municipal Council.
In 2012, during his 80th birthday ceremony Alavi Moulana was conferred the 'Jana Prasadini' title by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
He has received National awards by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga for more than 45 years of service rendered for the Trade Union movement in Sri Lanka.
He has also received several Vishvaprasadini and National and International awards as member of the World Federation of Trade Unions.
Moulana has represented Sri Lanka in several seminars of the Trade Union throughout the World, and in 2001 was appointed as the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Region of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for a period of three years, which was proposed by China and seconded by India.