He is professional lawyer, with a masters degree in Political Science and Law. He also has completed a number of professional courses, diplomas and training programs in law including a diploma in International Labour Standards from International Training Centre of the ILO- Turin, Italy. He has worked with Employees’ Old-age Benefits Institution, an institution for social safety for the workers as the head of Legal Department as well as Secretary to the Board of Trustees. He has multiple appearances before various courts including department representative at High Court, Federal Ombudsman, Federal Services Tribunal, National Industrial Relations Centre etc. Earlier, he served as Central Labour Advisor for the Government of Pakistan and worked with the ILO’s International Programme for Elimination of Child Labour, with a focus on Policy & Law Development; Institutional Capacity Building; Awareness Raising; and Direct Intervention to address child labour situations. He has extensively worked for development of law and policy on child labour, bonded labour, workers’ welfare, industrial relations, occupational safety and health, working conditions and wages, labour protection policy and labour inspection policy.