He has received many prestigious awards, including Research Productivity Award from University of Lahore (2018, 2019 and 2020), Abdul Salam Prize from Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 2019, Research Productivity Award from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (2013, 2018 and 2019), and Highest Impact Factor Research Article Award from Chemical Society of Pakistan in 2016. Dr. Iqbal is an author to 400 scientific papers and nine book chapters (current impact factor 750+, citation 9000+ and h-index 49).