[2] He was also the prime mover behind the Institute of Architects, Pakistan (IAP) which was established in the 1950s.
[1] Mirza was born in 1911 to an officer of the forest service in Hyderabad State, British India.
[3] He taught at the Delhi Polytechnic's department of architecture till 1947, then he migrated to Pakistan.
[1][4] After arriving in Karachi at independence, he started his career with the Public Works Department in 1947.
[1] In the 1950s, he along with 10 other practising architects including two foreigners; M. A. Ahed, Tajuddin Bhamani, Minoo Mistry, Pir Mohammad, R. S. Rustumjee, H. H. Khan, Abdulhusein M. Thariani, Zahiruddn Khawaja, Bloomfield and Peter Powell., formed the Institute of Architects, Pakistan.