[1] He was selected to tour India with the Pakistan team in 1960–61, and scored 262 runs in eight first-class matches at 29.11.

[4] In 1965–66 he scored 268 for Lahore Greens against Bahawalpur, adding 346 for the fourth wicket with Majid Khan,[5] setting a Pakistan record for a fourth-wicket partnership.

[9] A few weeks later he captained North Zone against the Commonwealth XI in Peshawar, top-scoring in each innings with 64 not out and 32.

When Abdul Hafeez Kardar became the President of the Pakistan Cricket Board in 1972, he appointed Altaf as his Secretary.

[13] Dr Altaf worked as an economist in the Pakistan civil service, rising to the position of Federal Secretary for Agriculture, which he occupied for ten years from the early 1990s.