I completed the Cambridge School Certificate in 1962 (Division one) From ESS and then left for further studies to Pakistan. I joined the Government College in Lahore in December 1962 and from the same institution I earned my Higher School Certificate (Division two). In September 1965 I took admission at the West Pakistan Agricultural University, Lyallpur (Faisalabad) and successfully completed the four-year degree course of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 1969. I secured the top most position amongst the successful candidates and won the Gold Medal for that year.

I left Pakistan in December 1969 and joined the Kenya Game Department in early 1979 as a wildlife vet. I worked in this position until I left Kenya in 1977. In 1979, the West Midlands County Council employed me. Later I joined the Birmingham local authority as a Meat Hygiene Inspector. In 1995, the meat inspection was taken over by the FSA. I now work for the government's meat hygiene service as a DMHI (Dual Meat Hygiene Inspector). It is an executive agency of the Food Standards Agency which is responsible to the Minister for DEFRA.

- As of October 2006