[1] He made his first-class debut at the age of 15, playing a Patron's Trophy match for Multan against the Karachi Blues in November 1985.
[3] Zulfiqar's 1987–88 domestic season was interrupted by his selection for the Pakistan under-19s at the 1988 Youth World Cup in Australia.
He appeared in six of his team's nine matches, including the semi-final and final, and took four wickets with a best of 2/20 against Sri Lanka.
[4] In a Quaid-i-Azam match against United Bank Limited in February 1989, Zulfiqar took 7/76, the best figures of his first-class career.
[5] He played only two more seasons of top-level Pakistani domestic cricket, however, with his final match at that level coming in October 1990.