 In recognition of his services, the British Government awarded him the titles Khan Sahib in 1919 and Khan Bahadur in 1926.Haq was involved with M. Hedayetullah, Syed Emdad Ali and M. Asad Ali to publish monthly Nabanur (1903–06) and was president of the Publication Committee of the "Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Patrika", a Bengali literary quarterly established on 4 September 1911 in Calcutta.In May 1920, Haq became an editor of "Shiksak", an educational monthly magazine and remained with this magazine for three years.