during the 1980s, ahsan was the chief selector and manager of the pakistan cricket team. it was he who first selected wasim akram for the series against new zealand in 1984–85. akram described him as "a powerful selector, [who] spotted young talent and threw them into the bigger battles". he was technical committee's chairman for the 1987 cricket world cup and one of the members of the tournament organising committee. during the same tournament, he served as a team manager for pakistan. in 2003, former pakistan cricket board's (pcb) tuqir zia appointed him as president of the sindh cricket association. he was also the ireland's honorary counsel general and director of the karachi's american express. pcb chairman zaka ashraf said of ahsan that he was "not only a superb test cricketer but also was a good administrator who intimately knew the game". he was the member of the panel that heard the appeals opposed to doping bans that were imposed on shoaib akhtar and mohammad asif. his colleagues described him that he was a "perfect administrator".