Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin neman 'yanci na 1971
, An tura Karim a matsayin Sakatare na Farko a London a Babban Hukumar Pakistan. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Babban Kwamishina kuma ya tafi Indiya a ƙarshen 1970s. Ya ci gaba da zama jakadan kasar Sin, Iraki, Iran, Masar da Rasha, kuma babban kwamishina a Sri Lanka da Ingila. Ya yi ritaya daga hidimar kasashen waje a shekarar 1992.