Ayla is one of the granddaughters of Malik Amir Mohammad Khan of Kalabagh, who had been the governor of West Pakistan.
[6] Malik started her political career by joining the Millat Party of Farooq Leghari in 1998.
She served as Deputy Secretary General of Millat Party and was an MNA from the platform of the National Alliance (Pakistan) from 2002 to 2007.
Ayla Malik joined PTI in 2011 and since is the central member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, she was on the priority list of the party for a reserved seat in the National Assembly but the party failed to win enough seats to nominate her to the parliament.
[1] On 10 May 2013 Ayla Malik were injured after unidentified persons opened firing on her convoy in Mianwali.