 He also served as Federal Minister for Information under Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali and resigned in 1957.He served as Pakistan's ambassador in the Philippines from 1957 to 1961 and was Doyen of the diplomatic corps there.He also served as ambassador in China for 10 months, during which he concluded negotiations for the border agreement between Pakistan and China that later on, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto signed on behalf of Pakistan.