Bokhari was born on 6 July 1935 in Lahore, British India, to the Syed family of Jhang.
He appeared in the freshmen's match in 1954 alongside his compatriot Shaharyar Khan,[6] but neither was selected for the university team.
He played for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1956, scoring 649 runs in seven matches at an average of 72.11, and won the competition's batting award.
[8] Returning to Pakistan, Bokhari played two matches as an opening batsman for Punjab in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1957–58, and two for Lahore in 1958–59, with a top score of 27.
[10] Bokhari scored his last first-class century in the first match of the 1961–62 season, when he made 106 against Multan.