Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya shiga rundunar sojan ruwa ta Pakistan a shekarar 1963, inda ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Sojan Ruwa (wanda a lokacin ake kira PNS Rahbar), kuma ya yi aikin soja tare da Royal Navy a Ingila. Ya shiga cikin yakin na biyu a 1965 da kuma
Yankin yamma na yaƙi na uku tare da Indiya a 1971, inda ya yi aiki a reshen surface a matsayin jami'in surface a cikin jiragen ruwa daban-daban.