[2] He also "scripted, directed and produced more than 175 short feature films, documentaries, and newsreels in the 1970s-1990s".
He held diplomas in film-making technique from London and Tokyo, and founded his own production house in Karachi.
He also worked as Production Assistant with the UK-based TV film mini-series, the Emmy Award winner Traffik (1989).
Before he suddenly died on 15 November 2000, he was elected the honorary secretary of the Pakistan Arts Council, Karachi.
[3][2] His daughter, Aisha Gazdar, worked with her father and became a short documentary film maker in Pakistan in 2010.