Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1958, Alam ya shiga Hukumar Kula da Makamashi ta Atomic ta Pakistan a matsayin mai bincike, kuma an umurce shi da ya shiga Cibiyar Kimiyyar Nukiliya da Fasaha (PINSTECH), cibiyar binciken kasa a Nilore, a cikin 1970. A lokacin yakin da Indiya
a shekara ta 1971, Alam ya zama mai sha'awar lissafi da lissafi, a takaice ya rubuta shirin kwamfuta yayin aiki a cikin matsalolin da suka shafi dabaru da lissafi. Alam ya taimaka sosai wajen kafa sashen kwamfuta a Cibiyar Kimiyyar Nukiliya da Fasaha kafin ya koma Sashin Kimiyyar Kimiyya.