In 1954, he gained commissioned as Midshipman in the Operations Branch of the Pakistan Navy in 1954 and was sent to the United Kingdom to be trained at as a navigation specialist. Upon his return in 1958, he was promoted as sub-lieutenant in the Navy and served aboard PNS "Tariq" in gunnery. In the 1960s, he was the commanding officer of PNS "Tariq" and participated in the second with India in 1965 and then in the third war with India in 1971 as an artillery specialist and earned a nickname "Beast of the Sea" by his superiors.