Wani spent six months in 1973 in the Bagh-e-Mehtab Interrogation Centre, working against the Indira Shiekh Accord that was underway through Beg Parthasthi dialogue.
On 23 March 1986 (Pak Day) he wrote an article that received so much viewership that Uqaab was sold in black at 59 Rs per copy.
He was closely associated with Muslim United Front (MUF) and was among the pioneers of Student Islamic Organisation (SIO) and acted in the capacity of district president.
He was the founder patron of Islamic Students League (ISL) and General Secretary of Muslim Mutahida Mahaz (MMM) that he founded with Qazi Nisar who opposed Farooq Abdullah in 1986 state Assembly elections.
Before that the commander in chief of Jklf Ammanullah Khan group in Kashmir Bashart Raza, Nisar Telbali and dozens of colleagues were attached to him.