He is the son of Chaudhry Nawab Khan Sahi, a famous landlord of Sahianwala.

Although earlier results indicated that Sahi was defeated by 88 votes, the majority of the population was of the view that the elections were rigged.

[1] He functioned as Parliamentary Secretary for Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife during 1990-93 and as Minister for Communications & Works in Punjab during 1997-99.

He received 44,933 votes and lost to Rana Shoaib Adrees Khan, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).

[4] After losing this election, Sahi announced his retirement from active politics.

His son Ch Junaid Afzal Sahi was chairman UC 10 Faisalabad from 2015 to 2020.