Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya yi aiki a cikin sojojin ya fi yawa a cikin bayanan soja, kuma ya yi aiki a gwamnatin Gabashin Pakistan a matsayin mai ba da shawara na soja ga sojojinsa, a takaice ya yi yaƙi a cikin yakin basasa
tare da taimakon makwabciyar Indiya. Bayan dawowarsa Pakistan a 1973, ya ci gaba da aikin soja a cikin sojojin kuma daga karshe ya zama babban darakta na leken asirin soja kafin ya dauki mukamin ma'aikata a GHQ na Sojoji. An nada shi mataimakin shugaban hafsoshin sojojin a shekarar 1984, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen daidaita gwamnatin Shugaba Zia-ul-Haq, kuma Janar Mirza Aslam Beg ya gaje shi a matsayin shugaban sojojin a watan Maris na 1987.