As a politician, he became Governor of East Pakistan and Federal Minister for Commerce, Science and Technology where he served from 1964 to 1967.
His father was Rasual Khan Khattak of Shaidu Khan Khel, which is a village in Nowshera tehsil, Peshawar District of British India (now in Nowshera District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan).
The Akor Khels, a clan named after Akoray, still hold a prominent position in the Khattak tribe.
He also held several other governmental roles, including Federal Minister for Commerce, Defence Advisor (1965–1967), chairman of the Investment Corporation of Pakistan, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Minister for Finance, Planning and Development of the NWFP Province.
He defeated Arbab Noor Muhammad Khan in his home town, Peshawar NW.2, in 1970.