His last composition in Bombay films was released in 1947, leading him to retain his position for more than twenty years in South Asia's music industry during the 1940s.

In 2016, his wife argued that she submitted multiple requests to the government of Pakistan, including provincial government of Punjab for financial assistance, she according to The Express Tribune is living in one rental room in Jogi Mohalla area of Bhatti Chowk, Lahore, and was not assisted by the authorities.

[3][4] After completing his training, he left midway working for the All India Radio and went to Mumbai in bollywood film industry.

He originally started his career in 1943 with Vishwas film, in which he worked with Chhelalal, Indian music director.

Later in 1947, Noor Jehan and her husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi's production company Shaukat Art Productions (SAP) in Mumbai recruited him to score the music for SAP's first film Jugnu, a music blockbuster film of 1940s.

During the late 1950s, he used to teach classical music at the Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore, Pakistan.