Iqbal joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1986 as an admin cadre.[6]
Iqbal completed a Graduate Certificate in Applied Sciences in 1998 at the Charles Sturt University.[6]
While working at the Ministry of Establishment in September 2009, Iqbal was promoted to additional secretary.[7]
In November 2013, Iqbal was appointed director general of the National Institute of Population Research and Training.[6] He was serving as the director general of the Department of Narcotics Control.[1] He identified party and synthetic drugs as new threats to Bangladesh.[8]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Iqbal was appointed member of the Police Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government.[6] One of five reform commissions created by the new regime.[9] He was included in a special commission of the Ministry of Public Administration led by Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury to examine raising the maximum age limit for government jobs.[10] The commission recommended raising the age limit to 35 for men and 37 for women.[11] The Police reform commission recommended not considering political identity in police recruitment.[12]
