He also served as a Provincial Minister of Punjab For Housing, Urban Development & Public Health.

Malik Asad Ali Khokhar was not able to win the seat in general elections.

However soon after the general elections he got another chance in the by-election on 13 December 2018 from constituency PP-168 of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on the ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

He won the election by the majority of 687 votes over the runner up Rana Khalid Mehmood Qadri of Pakistan Muslim League (N).

[7] On 21 May 2022, he was de-seated due to his vote against party policy for the Chief Minister of Punjab election on 16 April 2022.