[1] Abidi started his journalistic career working for the Urdu language daily newspaper Afaq in 1955.
[citation needed] He had also translated fellow journalist Eqbal Ahmed's essays into Urdu and written stories and poems for children.
He was more in control of his craft in the traditional confines of the ghazal but chose another style and content for his nazms.
His collection of poems, Farar Hona Huroof Ka, was published in 2004, by Scheherzade, Karachi.
[1] He once suffered heart trouble in the 1970s, but had recovered well and continued his professional career with vigor until the last week of his life.