As a pioneer in the field in Pakistan, he has advocated a Nationalist centric approach as opposed to the Euro-centric approach in teaching of art and architecture. He has taught at the leading Institutes of Art and Architecture education in Lahore, and helped found the Department of Architecture and Design, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, at Islamabad and Lahore, which is now moving towards a Faculty of Art and Culture. Along with Professor Sajida H. Vandal, he authored the book ‘The Raj, Lahore and Bhai Ram Singh’.