Since then he has served from 1993 to 1996 as assistant priest in Gujrat, Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi; from 1996 to 2004 as Procurator of the Franciscan Province; from 2004 to 2008 as Guardian of the Franciscan Order and President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Pakistan; since 2008 as pastor of St. Elizabeth Church in Hyderabad, and Diocesan Director of the National Commission for Justice and Peace.
The principal consecrator was Max John Rodrigues, Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, while the co-consecrators were Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi and Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw of Lahore.
[4] Speaking against discrimination against religious minorities, Shukardin told reporters on 10 December 2015, that Pakistan's human rights record was so poor that it was voted off the U.N. Human Rights Council.
[5] On 1 December 2015, along with many other former students, Shukardin gathered at the Karachi Gymkhana to celebrate the 94th birthday of his former school teacher John Baptist Todd.
[6] In August 2020, Bishop Shukardin ordained to the priesthood Fr Sunil Ashraf and Father Perkho Sono OFM, in the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Hyderabad.