He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the World Report, a syndication service on foreign affairs, and has written for several publication, both global and Indian, including the BBC News, The Sunday Observer, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Indian Express, The Citizen and Outlook magazine.

[3][4][5] Saeed Naqvi started his journalist career as Staff Reporter with The Statesman, Delhi in 1964, later he became editor of the Sunday Magazine.

He reported from the inside about the life and living of John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

[citation needed] During his long career, Saeed Naqvi has interviewed world famous leaders and politicians including Nelson Mandela,[9] Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, Henry Kissinger, Benazir Bhutto, Mohammad Najibullah, Hamid Karzai, Shimon Peres, Gorbachev[10] and more[11][12][13] Famous Bollywood film director Kabir Khan assisted Saeed Naqvi.

[16] He delivered the 18th Narendran Memorial Lecture on ‘Saffron surge: can it be stopped’ at the Trivandrum Press Club on 18 August 2019.