In his conflict with Bhutto, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was imprisoned, and his family property was confiscated by the Government.
Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was assassinated in Lahore in 1981 by Razaq Jharna, a member of Al-Zulfikar, a terrorist organization led by Murtaza Bhutto.
Upon his return from Amritsar, Chaudry Manzoor Elahi teamed with his elder brother to develop a family-owned textile business in Gujrat.
In 1950, the business was expanded to Lahore where they established Parvez Textile Mills, specializing in weaving, finishing and dyeing.
The family continued to dedicate their energies to their business and set up Modern Flour Mills in Lahore and Rawalpindi.
Despite being cleared by the EBDO Tribunal of all charges, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was victimized by the martial law regime and was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was among the nine opposition parliamentary leaders who were forcibly thrown out of the Parliament House on Bhutto's orders.
He was arrested for delivering an anti-government speech in Hotel Intercontinental, Karachi and a special tribunal sentenced him to imprisonment for five years.
Due to the deteriorating financial plight of the nationalized industries, the Zia government decided to return them to their original owners.
Ghulam Mustafa Khar, who was living in exile in London informed a close associate of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi of Al-Zulfikar's plot to assassinate him.