[1] The late 1960s, Radio Pakistan and PTV were broadcasting commentary only in English, which was not clearly understandable to most Pakistani cricket fans.

[1] He started commentating in Urdu during the 1969 Jang Gold Cup final, a match between National Sports and Clifton Gymkhana played at the Youth Centre, Nazimabad; in the match 13 Pakistani Test cricketers were playing.

[2] Hussain's first passion was journalism; his earliest successful magazine was Filmasia, dedicated to the Indian and Pakistani film industries.

[9][10][11] Hussain continuously wrote weekly cricket columns for the Daily Jang, the Pakistan's largest and oldest circulation newspaper, for almost four decades.

[9] At a very young age, he moved to Karol Bagh – a neighbourhood of Delhi – where he spent the early years of his life.

[1] Before his death on 29 July 2013, Hussain watched the second Twenty20 International played between Pakistan and the West Indies.

[5][6][13] His funeral was offered at Abu Bakar Siddiq mosque, DHA Phase-II, and he was buried at Gizri graveyard later that day.

[2] Hussain's granddaughter, Khizra, said at his death that "he was so loved that at the funeral we weren't given a chance to cry because people kept telling us stories about him and his generosity.