Earlier he served as the secretary general of the Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lakshmipur-1 constituency from 2014 to 2018.
[5] On 20 May 2021, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Awal on suspicion of being involved in killing Shahinuddin, a trader in the Pallabi neighborhood of Dhaka, over a land dispute.
[6][7] The police found evidence of a phone call to Awal which recorded the assailant saying "Sir Finish".
[9] In September 2023, Awal formed a coalition of fifteen parties, Progotishil Islami Jot, which would participate at the 2024 Bangladeshi general election.
[10] Awal was arrested after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government in a fraud case.