Since October 2019, she has been Chair of the First Commission of the People's Representative Council, responsible for matters regarding national defense, foreign affairs, information, communications, and intelligence.

On 28 September 2007, Hafid published her book, entitled 168 Jam dalam Sandera: Memoar Seorang Jurnalis yang Disandera di Irak (168 Hours Taken as A Hostage: Memoirs of a Journalist in Iraq).

Besides the president, several other figures also contributed to the book, such as Don Bosco Selamun (Chief Editor of Metro TV 2004–2005), Marty Natalegawa (Former Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and Abu Bakar Baasyir (Leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid).

On 11 October 2007, Hafid was selected as the winner of the Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award, rewarded by the government of Australia.

The award is given annually to commemorate and honor former Australian Embassy Press Attache Elizabeth O'Neill, who died while working on a plane crash in Yogyakarta, on 7 March 2007.

Other finalists in the same category were Avian Tumengkol (William Angliss Institute), a special vice presidential of foreign affairs, Wishnutama Kusubandio (Kooralbyn International School) a Director of Trans 7, Mohammad Sobary (Monash University) an executive director of Kemitraan; and Rahmad Nasution (University of Queensland), Jakarta chief bureau of Reuters.

In 2010, Hafid was paired with H Dhani Setiawan Isma S.Sos as the candidate for Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Binjai for the period of 2010–2015, supported by the Golkar party, Demokrat party, Hanura, PAN, Patriot, P3I, PDS and 16 members of a non-party's faction of Binjai's parliament.

[citation needed] In August 2010, Hafid was appointed an interim Member of Parliament for the Golkar Party, replacing Burhanudin Napitupulu after he died.

The Democratic National party's resignation was announced on Thursday, 11 August 2011 which was the deadline for the Golkar cadres to choose between the banyan-symbolized-party and Nasdem.

Other than Hafid, other notable Golkar cadres who had joined in Nasdem, and left afterwards, are Jeffrie Geovani and Ferry Mursyidan Baldan.