He competed successfully in Audits and Accounts as well as the Indian Civil Service examinations.

He resigned in July to proceed to Cambridge University for his probationary training.

He was posted in Bengal where he served in various capacities, including District Magistrate and Collector Midnapore in 1942.

He was the only member of the steering committee on behalf of East Pakistan in the Bengal partition council.

He was widely travelled and represented Pakistan on different international bodies.

Chughtai in London and presented his paintings to the Emperor of Japan and Willie Brant, the Chancellor of West Germany.

He also wrote a biography of Hussain Shaheed Suhra Wardy, but could not have it published in his lifetime.