 In the early days of his career, he was nicknamed "Fauji Qawwal" () (meaning "Military Qawwal") because most of his early stage-performances were in military barracks for the army personnel.He was known for a "more recitative, more dramatic diction" and was inclined toward qawwali's religious rather than entertainment qualities, though he also enjoyed success in more "ashiqana sufi qawwalis".He was fond of discussing religious and Sufi paradoxes in his qawwalis.