After marriage he settled in Delhi and worked as an editor for various magazines and poetry collections. His nights were spent with the famous poets and writers of the city who would flock around him and, during the day, Sufis and people with a taste for Sufism would come to him and had discussions with him about Sufism.

After settling in Karachi he started working as an electrician on Lawrence Road. Gradually, when people came to know of him, he joined the daily Dawn (Urdu) as sub editor. After that he worked with the monthly Naqqad. He also worked as Editor of various magazines and wrote many serial stories under different names. A book was also published having the serial stories in it. It became so popular that it saw many editions.