He joined National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, an autonomous body under the HRD ministry in 1998 as literary advisor and edited research journal quarterly "Fikr o Tahqeeq".
[1] He is considered one of the preeminent practitioners of modern poetry in Urdu alongside Basheer Badr, Ali Sardar Jafri and Kaifi Azmi.
His twenty publications include Sabrang, Seah bar Safed, Awaz ke jism, Wahid Mutakallam, Aate jaate lamhon ki sadaa, Guftani, Deewar o dar ke darmiaan and Rasta aur main.
[2] An appraisal of his life and works compiled by Sheen Kaaf Nizam titled Bheed mein akelaa was published by the Rajasthan Urdu Akademi in 2007.
Lall, Inder Jit, Makhmoor classical cum modern poet, EN (Hindustan Times), June 19, 1981