[5] During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Shafiullah was stuck in West Pakistan.
[5] He served as the Press officer of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from 1972 to 1975.
[5][6] Shafiullah was the Director-General for Middle East and North Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[8] Shafiullah was a Senior Research Fellow at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute from 2002.
[10] He has been critical of Bangladesh-India relations describing it as unbalanced and in favor of India.