Political Career
He was elected to the Senate in 1988 after completion of his two years bar from election after retiring from the army. He contested and lost the 1988 general elections from his home town of Mardan. He however won election from Kohistan. In the next elections, he won from Malakand with an overwhelming majority and remained a member of NWFP provincial assembly till his assassination in 1991. He also remained as caretaker Chief Minister of NWFP from May 31, 1988 till December 2, 1988. On 3 October 1991 he was assassinated by an unknown assailant allegedly in retaliation for the death of a senior shia cleric.he was buried in Peshawar( Cantonment Board Graveyard warsak road Peshawar Cantt)
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