The Olympian footballer who is also a well known FIFA referee served Salgaocar as coach during the 1984-85 season. Salgaocar was unlucky not to have made it to the Federation Cup final at Bangalore under his guidance. They lost the double leg semifinal to Mohun Bagan in the tie-breaker after leading by two goals. Hakim had sent Derrick Pereira as a substitute towards the fag end of the game and Derrick netted the last minute equaliser for Salgaocar.

Hakim was a squadron leader in the Indian Air Force and has serv9d as referee in all the major tournaments of the country, including the Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup International tournament, with distinction. He had officiated matches in the 17th Asian Youth championship and had also supervised Pre-Olympic matches at Baghdad, Afghanistan.