Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te herekore o Pakistan i te tau 1947, i tukuna a Matinuddin hei kaipatu i te 7th Field Regiment o te Royal Pakistan Artillery. I uru ia ki te Pakanga Kashmir Tuatahi, i te pupuhi i nga tuunga hoariri i te rohe o Bhimber. I ako ia i te Canadian Army Command and Staff College i Kingston, i puta i te tau 1957. I a ia e 34 tau e mahi ana i te ope taua, i whakahaerehia e Matinuddin nga kaimahi maha, nga tohutohu me nga whakaritenga e pa ana ki te whakahau, tae atu ki te arahi i tetahi wehenga hiko me te kawenga mo te whakamahere whakahaere hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua mo nga Kaimahi. I kite ia i te mahi i te Pakanga Tuarua o Kashmir me te
Te Pakanga o te tau 1971. I te tau 1981, i reti a Matinuddin hei rangatira rangatira mai i te ope taua o Pakistan.