[2] Khan joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) before the 2013 Pakistani general election[5] and was allocated the party ticket to contest the 2013 general election from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV).

[3][7][8][5][9] He received 55,134 votes and defeated Nasir Khan Musazai, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).

[10] In 2014, Khan was elected as a chairman of a group which consisted of 13 PTI's members of the National Assembly who opposed a PTI call to resign from the National Assembly during the Azadi march.

[11] However, his National Assembly membership was not revoked[3] after Khan refused to quit his National Assembly seat over a difference of opinion as part of a normal democratic process.

[12] He died on 28 August 2017 after suffering from cardiac arrest in his native town, Masho Gogar in Badaber.