[citation needed] He was appointed as the Governor of Sindh in 1976 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
On 5 July 1977, chief of army staff Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq deposed Bhutto in a bloodless coup.
General Zia-ul-Haq imposed martial law in the country and dissolved the Provincial and Federal governments.
As a result of Coup d'état 1977, Nawab Khanji was removed as a Governor of Sindh.
[5] His eldest son, Muhammad Jahangir Khanji, became the titular claimant to the defunct Junagarh Nawabi title.