 He worked at Islamabad Policy Research Institute (Islamabad).Abroad, he had worked in various capacities like Research Fellow, Senior Fulbright scholar, Visiting Scholar for Australian National University (Australia), School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (US), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, (Singapore), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US).As a Visiting Lecturer, he also delivered lectures at many professional and training institutions including National Defence College (now called National Defence University (Islamabad), Command and Staff College (Quetta), Joint Staff College (Rawalpindi), Foreign Service Training Institute (Islamabad), Information Services Academy (Islamabad), Allama Iqbal Open University (Islamabad), Pakistan Administrative Staff College (renamed now as National Management College, Islamabad).