[1] Born on 31 May 1926,[2] Naik completed his education from Punjab University and received a master's degree.

[2][1] According to a major newspaper of Pakistan, "As a foreign secretary, he played a key role in the signing of pacts with India on trade, visas and defence".

His first posting was in Sydney where he served from 1951 to 1955, New York City from 1955 to 1959, Rangoon from 1960 to 1963,[2] Bonn, Germany from 1963 to 1965 and Geneva from 1965 to 1967.

[2] From 1986 to 1990, Naik served as the permanent Representative of Pakistan to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

A postmortem at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital revealed that Naik may have been tortured before he was killed.