[3][11][5] Sattar was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the second time in 1990 Pakistani general election on the ticket on MQM from Karachi's south constituency.

[3] Sattar was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the third time in 1997 Pakistani general election on the ticket on MQM from Karachi's south constituency.

[5][11][3] He was also re-elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh for the second time in 1997 Pakistani general election on the ticket on MQM from Karachi's south constituency.

[12][3][13] In 1999, Sattar was arrested over corruption charges soon after the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état in which then Chief of Army Staff, Pervez Musharraf, overthrew elected government of Pakistan.

[14] Sattar didn't run for National Assembly seat in 2002 Pakistani general election for unknown reasons, however, he was nominated by MQM to run in 2002 Pakistan by-elections which were held in 2003[12] and he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the third time from Karachi's south constituency.

[15][3] Sattar was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the fourth time in 2008 Pakistani general election on the ticket on MQM from Karachi's south constituency.

[5][3] Pakistan Peoples Party however alleged that there was rigging in the constituency and accused MQM and Sattar for manipulating the final results.

[18] Sattar was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the fifth time in 2013 Pakistani general election on the ticket on MQM from Karachi's south constituency.

[3][20] In 2016, Sattar was charged for listening to, organizing, and facilitating a speech by Altaf Hussain against the military and security agencies of Pakistan.

[33] In November 2017, Sattar announced Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistan would make a political alliance with Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP).

[38] A few days later, Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the decision of the ECP and reinstated Sattar as convener of the MQM.