 In 1983, he joined the Non-Aligned News Agencies which he co-chaired in New Delhi.In 1985–86, Hussain had established himself as a journalist and had enjoyed considerable fame when he wrote articles on politics and security.In 1988, he reportedly lost his job as a journalist when he published an interview in "The Muslim" on the issue of the country's covert atomic bomb program when President Zia-ul-Haq froze the funding of the news correspondent

Hussain also written three political books covering the issues of civilian control of the military, geostrategy, and governance.