 He won the Sahitya Akademi award in Urdu in 1964 for his poetry, specifically the book "Meri Hadis-e-Umr-e-Gurezan".His first collection of poems, "Ju-yi shir", published in 1949, was followed by "Hans cog" and "Bamhina bol".He was also a recipient of the Iqbal Samman, a literary award, when aged 92.