Syed Muhammad Shah has worked as Professional Surveyor, his dream of an Architect son came true in 1946 when his son Syed Alam Shah joins the British Government as Assistant Architect in Delhi. After migration Shah Pakistan Public Works Department and retired as Chief Architect of the Department in 1980 with “Tamgha-e-Pakistan” awarded by President of Pakistan.

Shah was also associate of Royal Institute of British Architects “RIBA” and Australian Institute of Architect “AIA” along with the Founder Member and Principal of school of Architecture later become part of Dawood College of Engineering & Technology.