In 1971, he graduated from the University of Ceylon Colombo campus, with a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) winning the Gate Mudaliyar Edmund Pieris prize awarded for academic excellence, and after passing the Final Examination for the Admission of Advocates held in October 1973, was admitted to the Bar as an Attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in June 1974.
The cast of ''Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge''. From left: Saqib Saleem | Ahsan Saleem Hyat | Shad Saleem Faruqi | Saleem Sheikh | Saleem Shahzad | Muhammad Saleem Bajawa | Master Saleem |